India, Feb. 9 -- The Epstein Files is a deep and dark morality tale of our times. It says as much about man's greed for sex, money and power as it does about society's treatment of sex crimes as a minor embarrassment rather than a character flaw. In a world this disordered, the predators win because they have influence and money, plus membership to the clubby world of fellow collaborators. The testimony of victims, collateral damage at best, counts for little.

Jess Michaels was 22, a budding professional dancer, when Jeffrey Epstein raped her in 1990. In September 2025 she was among the group of survivors that stood on the steps of the US Capitol demanding that the Epstein Files be made public.

The latest release on January 30 of over t...