WARNING: This story contains graphic descriptions of extremely heinous criminal acts committed against an animal.
A teenage foreign national in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Jersey</a> pled guilty this month to what one animal rights activist said was the &#8220;worst&#8221; case of animal cruelty she had ever seen in her 35 years of working to protect animals.
Bani J. Mezquititla, 19, pled guilty in Monmouth County Superior Court to two counts of animal cruelty, including Animal Cruelty by Tormenting, Torturing, or Unnecessarily or Cruelly Abusing a Living Animal Resulting in its Death, and Animal Cruelty by Using or Causing or Procuring the Use of an Animal or Creature in Any Kind of Sexual Manner, both third-degree crimes, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor&#8217;s Office.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told The Daily Wire that the agency is involved in &#8220;investigating the case&#8221; to determine next steps regarding potential action from its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) division.
The Asbury Park Press <a href="https://www.app.com/story/news/local/courts/2024/04/10/bani-mezquititla-facing-prison-raping-and-killing-pet-cat/73265476007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Superior Court Judge Chad N. Cagan told Mezquititla that he faces deportation because of the criminal conviction.
Mezquititla kept his back to the courtroom gallery while admitting that he began raping his female cat from December 2022 until February 2023, the report said.
The Asbury Park Police Department launched its criminal investigation after Mezquititla&#8217;s roommate turned him in after Mezquititla showed her images of the cat being tortured and told her that he threw the cat out the window.
Mezquititla confessed to investigators that he pleasured himself in front of the cat before escalating the abuse to raping the cat with sharp objects and later raping using his genitals, according to a <a href="https://patch.com/new-jersey/asbury-park/asbury-park-man-admits-raping-torturing-killing-pet-cat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Asbury Park Patch. He also ejaculated inside the cat, the report said.
The animal was seriously injured, including &#8220;both vaginally and rectally,&#8221; from the raping, the report said.
When he was first arrested, law enforcement asked him if he had ever had sexual contact with the animal, to which he allegedly laughed and said: &#8220;No, I&#8217;m not a psycho.&#8221;
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Law enforcement said that he repeatedly tortured the animal by creating a pulley device that he used to strangle the cat.
&#8220;He restrained her during the torture by binding her paws behind her back with miniature handcuffs,&#8221; the Asbury Park Press report said. &#8220;He also cut off her tongue and part of her jaw while she was still alive and took photographs and video of some of the torture.&#8221;
The videos showed the animal desperately gasping for air, shaking, and twitching.
A prosecutor on the case said, &#8220;You can see the cat struggling for its life and in the same picture you can see him smirking.&#8221;
Janine Motta, director of the Animal Protection League of New Jersey, said that this was &#8220;the worst [case] I&#8217;ve seen.&#8221;
Mezquititla was sentenced to the maximum of five years in prison for each charge, but as part of the plea agreement, prosecutors will recommend that the sentences are served concurrently, meaning that he would only serve a maximum of five years instead of 10.
He is also permanently banned from owning any animals.

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Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> signed several pieces of legislation into law this week aimed at protecting children from sex predators and enhancing penalties for other sexual crimes.
“In Florida, we let kids be kids, and we protect children from those who seek to harm them,” DeSantis said at a press conference. “Today’s anti-grooming legislation punishes those who seek to prey on children and rob them of their innocence. Florida will continue to be the best state in the country to raise a family.”
DeSantis&#8217; office highlighted the five bills signed into law, including:
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<li>HB 1545, which protects children from grooming activities and other sexual offenses.</li>
<li>HB 1131, which establishes a grant program within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to create online sting operations to target sexual predators.</li>
<li>HB 1235, which creates stricter guidelines for sex offender registration.</li>
<li>SB 1224, which strengthens the role of the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office and implements new training requirements to ensure law enforcement properly assesses a domestic violence situation.</li>
<li>HB 305, which expands the evidence that can be presented to a jury in sex-abuse cases where the victim is a minor and increases penalties on those who take part in sex trafficking of minors.</li>
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Regarding the laws that specifically target sexual offenses involving children, HB 1545 bans communication between an adult and a minor where a pattern is established that includes &#8220;explicit and detailed verbal descriptions of sexual activity.&#8221;
The law increases penalties for this type of child exploitation crime by making the crime a third degree felony.
HB 305 allows &#8220;a hearsay statement made by a minor, regardless of age, to be admitted as evidence,&#8221; the governor&#8217;s office said.
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“Growing Pains” star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kirk-cameron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron</a> said the “dark,” “evil” and “twisted” revelations we’ve seen in the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nickelodeon-star-melissa-joan-hart-responds-to-quiet-on-the-set-allegations-believe-them-100-percent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quiet on Set</a>: The Dark Side of Kids TV” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-nickelodeon-star-says-she-was-forced-to-kiss-30-year-old-man-as-a-teen-on-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">docuseries</a> have &#8220;been going on for a long time” in Hollywood.
Speaking to The Daily Wire, the 53-year-old actor said as a child working in Hollywood he definitely witnessed the “disturbing” behavior by those in the business, including his former personal dialogue coach on “Growing Pains” Brian Peck, the convicted sex offender named in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-documentary-uncovers-child-abuse-at-nickelodeon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">series</a>. Peck was arrested, charged with sexual abuse crimes, and ordered to register as a sex offender, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-nickelodeon-star-drake-bell-details-alleged-sexual-abuse-by-dialogue-coach-it-was-extensive-and-brutal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“So, the evil, the darkness, the twisted sickness of Hollywood has been going on for a long time,” Cameron told us. “I started acting when I was 9-years-old. I began ‘Growing Pains’ at 14-years-old. And I was suspicious that that stuff was going on behind the curtains even when I was working on ‘Growing Pains.’”
“And there were several young boys like us [Cameron and Leonardo DiCaprio] that he [Peck] interacted with on a regular basis,” Cameron said. “So, it’s shocking. It’s sickening.
In one of the episodes of the shocking documentary — which alleges abuse and a toxic work environment behind the scenes at Nickelodeon — a clip played from “Growing Pains” showing a young DiCaprio with Peck constantly rubbing the young star’s arms and touching him. Cameron said that’s exactly how he recalled Peck behaving and just remembered “that’s the kind of thing you would see and make you pause and go ‘there’s a little flag on the field,’ but not enough to prove something worse.”
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The Hollywood star shared that at the same time he worked on “Growing Pains” (1985 &#8211; 1992) with Peck, the executive producer and showrunner was Steven Marshall. In 2010, Marshall was arrested and convicted for possession and distribution of child pornography, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2010/03/16/growing-pains-producer-sentenced-for-child-porn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a> reported.
He served 7½ years in federal prison after he was <a href="https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/mar/17/child-porn-gets-ex-tv-exec-prison-20100317/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> by an undercover federal agent who was posing as a pedophile. In Marshall’s chats with the agent, the former TV producer would <a href="https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/mar/17/child-porn-gets-ex-tv-exec-prison-20100317/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brag</a> about “child abduction, bondage, rapes and murders,” the outlet noted. It came out later in court that the exec. producer never actually had “physical contact” with any of the kids he bragged about doing vile things to, Cameron noted.
“Thank God I got out of there unscathed in the 1980s,” Cameron said. “Those people who did this stuff to these kids are the same kind of people in the industry today. Still making twisted, sick, perverted material that’s hurting children today. And they need to be completely rooted out and replaced.”
“But it’s too late,” Cameron continued. “These children, like Drake Bell &#8230; they have scars that they will carry with them permanently throughout their life.”
Cameron also mentioned he recently spoke with former producers and writers of the show about working with Peck and Marshall, recalling their behavior on set.
“And the consensus was these individuals were charming, they ingratiated themselves into their victims’ lives and were generally likable people when they were putting the ‘nice guy’ face on,” Cameron said.
“But there was … always something smarmy about them,” he added. “You know it was like your ‘Spidey-senses’ told you something’s not right. They were handsy and physical in a smarmy kind of way. But not so overt that you could totally detect what was happening.”
Cameron said he “absolutely” credited his parents with keeping him safe in the predatory environment, adding, “My mom was on the set every day when I was a minor on ‘Growing Pains.’” He also credited his former “cast and crew” who served as additional sets of “guardians.”
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When asked if he thinks Hollywood protects the predator instead of the survivor, the longtime actor said what we are seeing now “ … is an industry that tries to indemnify, exonerate the very pedophiles that we say we want to get rid of, because they are the pedophiles.”
When asked about the letters of support written in defense of Peck by his former on-screen parents, Alan Thicke and Joanna Kerns, Cameron noted, “Nobody wants to believe that the fun, charming, dialogue coach who’s ingratiated himself into the lives of others — almost to the point of being a trusted family friend — would do something so wicked and evil.”
The letters were used by Peck’s attorneys before he was convicted of sexually assaulting a minor. Kearns has since walked back her letter of support. Thicke, however, passed away in 2016.
Following the documentary’s release, former child star Bell came forward and said he was the John Doe from a sexual abuse case from 2004 involving former Nickelodeon dialogue coach Peck. Peck pleaded no contest to the charges, was sentenced to 16 months in prison, and ordered to register as a sex offender, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-nickelodeon-star-drake-bell-details-alleged-sexual-abuse-by-dialogue-coach-it-was-extensive-and-brutal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Docuseries contributors also spoke frequently about former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider, who they said perpetrated abuse by acting in a controlling manner and making sexually suggestive jokes, some of which were used in children’s programming. They also alleged that Schneider was filmed in a hot tub with then-16-year-old actress Amanda Bynes.
“I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology,” Schneider said in a statement following the release of “Quiet on Set.”
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The “Lifemark” star talked about the massive increase in LGBTQ programming targeting children from places like Disney, Cartoon Network and Netflix, and said they are no longer hiding their agenda.
“Openly sharing their agenda &#8230; giddy with excitement trying to add as much ‘queerness’ to their content as they can over time,” the actor said. “Before it was sort of hidden, under the radar. But now it’s wide open. They’ve gotten themselves intoxicated with their own perversion and they are so drunk on it that they don’t even know what’s wrong.”
Cameron said he “one hundred percent” thinks the lack of faith in Hollywood led to the darkness.
“The problem is when you take God out of Hollywood or politics they become corrupted.”
It is those experiences the actor went through and the things he’s learned since about the people he worked with that he said motivates him to be part of the solution, to create a safe working environment for kids and children’s programming like he had when he was growing up.
That’s why I’m working with Brave Americans saying ‘we’re not waiting for Hollywood to get it right,’” the “Fireproof” actor said. “We need to make this stuff ourselves.”
“God has exposed them,” he added. “He’s drug the evil out into the middle of the street in broad daylight and this is the time for brave Americans to take charge of their children’s entertainment and their education and start doing something about it.”
The longtime actor said he wants this to “&#8230; be a wakeup call, an incredible opportunity for parents and grandparents &#8230; to be the executive producer of our children’s future. Our generation&#8217;s version of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood&#8221; with his current project. More information can be found <a href="https://bravebooks.us/pages/the-adventures-with-iggy-and-mr-kirk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
“I want to give them something to remind them what good wholesome family entertainment is like and what parents are looking for and children need.”

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Kirk Cameron On ‘Quiet On Set’ Revelations: ‘Been Going On For A Long Time’

Kirk Cameron On 'Quiet On Set' Revelations: 'Been Going On For A Long Time'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirsten-dunst-reveals-why-shes-open-to-appearing-in-another-superhero-movie">Kirsten Dunst</a> said her mom protected her from the &#8220;predatory side&#8221; of Hollywood as a young star in light of the new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-documentary-uncovers-child-abuse-at-nickelodeon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">docuseries</a> &#8220;Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,&#8221; which alleges abuse and a toxic work environment at Nickelodeon in the 1990s and 2000s from former child stars.
The 41-year-old actress &#8212; who has been working in the entertainment industry since she was 3-years-old &#8212; told the <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/kirsten-dunst-interview-civil-war-male-directors/">Telegraph</a> that her protective mother, Inez, never let her out of her sight.
&#8220;I was only able to avoid that predatory side of the business because wherever I went, my mother was literally always right there,&#8221; Dunst said.
However, the &#8220;Spider-Man 2&#8221; star said she wasn&#8217;t able to completely avoid the dark side of Hollywood before she became an adult and recalled a director asking her when she was 16 an &#8220;inappropriate&#8221; question during auditions.
&#8220;A male director had me in his office, by myself, and was asking me about this movie he wanted me for, and then, completely out of the blue, asked me this inappropriate question,&#8221; Dunst told the outlet, without describing what happened further.
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&#8220;Honestly, I’m not even sure he’s still working any more,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It&#8217;s not something I like to reflect on. But I will say what he said was nothing to do with acting. And it wasn&#8217;t that what he said was just &#8216;a bit off.&#8217; It was totally improper. And I remember sitting there and knowing that something was wrong, but with no idea what I should do.&#8221;
The then-young star said she informed her mom about their conversation &#8220;and that was the end of it. She withdrew me from the process and told them I wouldn&#8217;t be making the film.&#8221;
The &#8220;Bonfire of the Vanities&#8221; star landed her breakout role across from Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in the 1994 vampire drama, &#8220;Interview with a Vampire&#8221; at just 11-years-old. In the film, the young star had to kiss Pitt&#8217;s character. The <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kirsten-dunst-says-brad-pitt-152857241.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAA9D8yc3f4YOvX14UvYiUZ7kYZz6uQllDCm322CyevxSdZsRueZTiY25q7911DdU7Nc7H4Fdl3Ko5SwhOQqg7YlqzwKBElIeS1Dzlxo8FFgC0R-Q9dCSDRMBNXi3hqxP__3_nWUpqAu3s0_EHN2VqB3qcPdrAG893mbyR3d9AZSF#:~:text=Dunst%2C%20now%2041%2C%20starred%20with,very%20special%20bond%20with%20her." target="_blank" rel="noopener">actor</a> was 30-years-old at the time.
&#8220;Yes, it was a virtually all-male set, but everyone was very gentle and kind, and nothing ever felt weird. Brad was like an older brother to me,&#8221;  the actress said, recalling being &#8220;treated like a princess.&#8221;
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&#8220;And then Tom— well, one morning around Christmas, I remember going into my dressing room at Pinewood, and he&#8217;d set up a beautiful tree in there for me, covered in ornaments.&#8221;
Dunst said as she grew up in the entertainment industry, she made sure to make it clear that she was all about business and not interested in unwanted advances, the outlet noted.
&#8220;I don’t give off that vibe,&#8221; Dunst once told director <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2023/12/09/sofia-coppola-interview-francis-ford-priscilla-presley/">Sofia Coppola</a> when asked if one of her male counterparts had ever &#8220;pounced on&#8221; her on set.
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&#8220;Reacher&#8221; star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alan Ritchson</a> said he was sexually assaulted as a model, and after the alleged attack occurred, he quit the business for good and &#8220;acting&#8221; found him.
In a lengthy <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/alan-ritchson-interview-reacher-faith-stardom-mental-health-1235864260/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> for The Hollywood Reporter, the 41-year-old actor talked about the early days of his career as a model, comparing the industry to nothing but &#8220;legalized sex trafficking.&#8221;
&#8220;The industry is not regulated, and it&#8217;s a widely known secret that if you&#8217;re hired on a job, you&#8217;re basically being passed off to a photographer to be trafficked,&#8221; Ritchson said.
&#8220;The number of times and situations where I was put in horrific environments where sexual abuse was the goal and the paycheck that you were desperate for in order to survive was the carrot, I can&#8217;t count on two hands,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It was quite often.&#8221;
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The &#8220;Fast X&#8221; star said his final modeling gig was after he agreed to do a nude shoot with a &#8220;very famous photographer&#8221; for a &#8220;lucrative campaign.”
&#8220;I was sent into a hotel room to do nudes with the promise that if I did the shoot, he would offer me a very lucrative campaign for a magazine and a clothing line,&#8221; the actor said. &#8220;I was sexually assaulted by this guy.&#8221;
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&#8220;I left and drove straight to the agency that I was at in L.A,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I stormed in and said, &#8216;F*** you for sending me there. You knew what was going to happen, and you did it anyway.'&#8221;
&#8220;I told them to never call me again,” the actor continued. &#8220;I quit the industry and it was the last photo shoot I&#8217;ve ever had. Those pictures were never seen or published. That was it. I swore it off and thank God acting found me at the exact same time so I was able to make a switch to a new career, but it left some scars.&#8221;
After the abuse he said he endured and the demise of a business partnership, he experienced &#8220;an existential crisis&#8221; that he said lead to a suicide attempt in 2019.
&#8220;I hung myself. It all happened so fast, and I was dangling there,&#8221; Ritchson said, adding that it was the vision of his three children as grown adults that saved him. &#8220;They calmly asked me not to do it, and told me that they wanted me to be here, alive and part of their lives.&#8221;
The Amazon Prime star said he then pulled himself up off the rafters before he blacked out. &#8220;I was diagnosed as bipolar right after,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Deep down, I was comforted to know, &#8216;OK, there’s a name for this.'&#8221;
&#8220;I came out of that whole thing asking myself, &#8216;OK, if I am going to choose to be alive here &#8212; a decision we all make, some to a greater degree than others &#8212; what am I doing?” Ritchson continued. “Why am I here?&#8217; What I kept falling back on was the meaning and purpose of life as someone who believes that there is a creator and we are created beings, our purpose in life is, without qualification, to make the world a better place and serve others. That is what life is all about.&#8221;

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‘Reacher’ Star Says He Was Sexually Assaulted As A Model, Ended Suicide Attempt After A Vision Of His Kids

'Reacher’ Star Says He Was Sexually Assaulted As A Model, Ended Suicide Attempt After A Vision Of His Kids

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A woman who was held hostage by Palestinian Islamic terrorists inside <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gaza" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gaza</a> for two months told her story of being sexually abused in a forthcoming documentary.
Amit Soussana was kidnapped from her home by nearly a dozen men during Hamas&#8217; October 7 attack on Israel. She told her story to a documentary crew hired by Sheryl Sandberg, former chief operating officer of Facebook.
CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper previewed the documentary — &#8220;Screams Before Silence&#8221; — on Tuesday afternoon during a segment of &#8220;The Lead.&#8221;
&#8220;I was chained for three weeks in Gaza. I was kept in a really dark room without being able to move. And whenever I needed to go and use the bathroom, I needed to ask for permission,&#8221; Soussana said. &#8220;His name was Muhammad. He used to sit on the bed in front of me wearing his shorts and laying down. I remember I couldn&#8217;t look at him. I was just like looking away and covering myself with a blanket so I wouldn&#8217;t have to look at him. It made me feel really uncomfortable.&#8221;
&#8220;He also kept asking me, do I like sex? Do I have sex with my boyfriend? And whenever he talked about it, I just giggled and said, &#8216;Oh, come on, stop, stop,&#8217; trying to change the subject. I knew that he is up to something. I knew that something bad is going to happen,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;So one day, Muhammad came and gave me woman&#8217;s sanitary pads. He said, &#8216;Blood, blood. When you get your period, after that, you&#8217;ll take a shower and you&#8217;ll wash your clothes.&#8217; And he kept repeating that couple of times a day. And then I got my period, and the period was just for one day, but I fooled him to think that the period is continuing until I could not lie anymore.&#8221;
She said that he eventually took her to the kitchen and showed her a pot.
&#8220;I remember thinking, how can I avoid that? There&#8217;s nothing I can do,&#8221; she said.
The preview ended there and Sandberg went on to state that Soussana had been beaten and sexually abused at gunpoint by the terrorists.
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Israeli Woman Who Was Held Hostage By Hamas Details Sexual Abuse She Endured

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Recording artist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Sean “Diddy” Combs</a> posted on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/instagram">Instagram</a> on Easter Sunday, just days after his mansions in Los Angeles and Miami were raided by federal agents in connection with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sex-trafficking">sex trafficking</a> investigation.
The 54-year-old rapper and music mogul posted a photo carousel featuring images of his 17-month-old daughter, Love, dressed up for the holiday. &#8220;HAPPY EASTER from Baby Love,&#8221; Diddy wrote in the caption.
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Diddy shares his youngest daughter with Dana Tran. He also has six other children with various women. 
The Bad Boy Records founder has been making headlines all week following the Department of Homeland Security serving search warrants at Combs&#8217; multiple homes. He also faces sexual assault lawsuits from five different people dating back to last year. Two of the complaints also include sex trafficking allegations.
TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2024/03/28/diddy-feds-subpoenas-companies-sex-trafficking-investigation-raids/">reported</a> last week that companies doing business with Combs, including a private charter jet firm, phone provider, and computer specialists, were being issued subpoenas during the investigation. 
Diddy’s lawyers condemned the raids on his properties. &#8220;There was a gross overuse of military-level force as search warrants were executed at Mr. Combs’ residences,&#8221; lawyer Aaron Dyer said in a statement, per <a href="https://people.com/diddy-returns-to-instagram-after-home-raids-with-easter-photo-of-daughter-love-8621850">People</a>. &#8220;There is no excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his children and employees were treated.&#8221;
&#8220;This unprecedented ambush — paired with an advanced, coordinated media presence — leads to a premature rush to judgment of Mr. Combs and is nothing more than a witch hunt based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits,&#8221; Dyer continued, adding that “there has been no finding of criminal or civil liability with any of these allegations. Mr. Combs is innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name.&#8221;
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Diddy had also declared his innocence at the end of last year when the sexual assault lawsuits were initially filed. 
“For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy,” Combs said in December.
“Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday,” he said. “Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and the truth.”

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Diddy Posts To Instagram For First Time Since Feds Raided His Mansions

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You can tell someone has real power when they do something that&#8217;s obviously wrong, maybe even illegal, for a very long time — and yet they make no effort to hide it whatsoever. In the entertainment industry, Harvey Weinstein is of course one of the most prominent examples. His behavior was an open secret in Hollywood for three decades, to the point they were <a href="https://globalnews.ca/video/3796515/seth-macfarlane-jokes-about-weinstein-alleged-sexual-abuses-during-2013-oscar-nominations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">making jokes</a> about it during the Oscars. But nothing was done about it until just a few years ago.
Unfortunately, the process of taking down Harvey Weinstein involved a much larger, extraordinarily destructive movement called &#8220;Me Too,&#8221; which did far more harm than good. I won&#8217;t recount all of the problems of that particular movement; I&#8217;ve discussed all of that before.
But one major issue with &#8220;Me Too&#8221; is coming to light very plainly now, which is that the movement conspicuously left pedophiles pretty much unscathed. And you know that because, to this day, you still aren&#8217;t allowed to talk about the pedophilia that&#8217;s rampant in elite circles. You can complain about so-called “toxic masculinity” and misogyny all you want. But if you bring up the topic of pedophilia, the Left treats you as a &#8220;Q-Anon&#8221; conspiracy theorist. Using words like &#8220;groomer&#8221; is prohibited on many social media platforms. How dare you suggest that pedophiles have infested Hollywood, the education system, and the media? You must be crazy. That&#8217;s hate speech.
They&#8217;ll make that claim despite the fact that the sexualization and mistreatment of children has been on display, for decades, in mainstream children&#8217;s entertainment. And now it&#8217;s getting a lot of new exposure. 
The first episodes of a new documentary series exposing the inner workings of Nickelodeon — the children’s network that most people my age grew up watching in the 90s and early 2000s — called &#8220;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31193442/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV</a>,&#8221; just premiered. It&#8217;s worth watching because it&#8217;s one of the few well-researched, effectively produced looks into how the entertainment industry abuses children. 
But the incredible thing is that Nickelodeon wasn&#8217;t really hiding what they were doing. Some of the most perverse parts of this documentary are scenes that Nickelodeon aired publicly, or <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11113297/Disturbing-video-shows-Ariana-Grande-sexualized-teen-Nickelodeons-Victorious.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">uploaded</a> to the internet, many years ago. For example, take a look at these sequences from a show called &#8220;Victorious,&#8221; featuring a young Ariana Grande. It&#8217;s a teen sitcom created by former Nickelodeon bigwig Dan Schneider that premiered more than a decade ago on Nickelodeon. 
The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl0OuXw_mTM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">videos</a> received a lot of <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-08-16/ariana-grande-nickelodeon-the-slap-sexualized-jennette-mccurdy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attention</a> when they resurfaced in 2019, but it&#8217;s important to see them again to understand the new accusations against Schneider — who also created many other hit shows like &#8220;iCarly.&#8221; Watch:
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To be clear, these videos were posted online by Nickelodeon, which has a core audience of young children. They created this content to promote their show on the internet. And these videos are unambiguously, deliberately intended to be as suggestive as possible. They&#8217;re well past any pretense of plausible deniability. That&#8217;s how brazen this operation was.
But even after the uproar a few years ago, there still wasn&#8217;t a whole lot of in-depth reporting about what exactly Dan Schneider was doing at Nickelodeon. One of Grande&#8217;s co-stars, Jennette McCurdy, wrote a memoir titled &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Im-Glad-My-Mom-Died/dp/1982185821" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I&#8217;m Glad My Mom Died</a>,&#8221; describing her abuse at Nickelodeon, but generally speaking, Schneider himself escaped in-depth scrutiny.
That was a big oversight because anyone who&#8217;s willing to produce this kind of content for young children is obviously someone who needs to be investigated very thoroughly. Firing him should not have been the end of it. But for a while, it was. Now, though, we have a better idea of what was going on. 
One of the sequences that &#8220;Quiet on Set&#8221; has highlighted is this behind-the-scenes footage from 2002, in which Schneider sits in a jacuzzi with Amanda Bynes, who was 16-years-old at the time. In the footage, Schneider is fully clothed, while Bynes is in a bathing suit. Watch:
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As they talk about in the documentary at some length, this is a very twisted kind of power play. There&#8217;s no legitimate reason for the executive producer of this show to be in a jacuzzi with an underage actress, having her explain to the camera that he controls everything she says. There&#8217;s certainly no reason for him to eat spaghetti with her, even if he does happen to be obese. 
But as you watch the documentary, it becomes clear that this kind of behavior was open and notorious on Nickelodeon&#8217;s sets. There are extensive interviews with cast members and staff of shows like &#8220;All That&#8221; and &#8220;The Amanda Show,&#8221; which go into extensive detail about how pervasive this problem was. At one point in the film, former Nickelodeon employees describe how Schneider thought it would be funny to have a young actress use the name &#8220;Taynt&#8221; on-air. Watch:
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This is Schneider&#8217;s M.O. If you watch just the first episode of this documentary series, that will become very clear. For example, employees also discuss how he instructed his subordinates to describe themselves in demeaning terms — including as &#8220;sluts&#8221; — for his personal amusement. Watch:
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As that segment goes on, the employees claim that Schneider would often offer money to induce his subordinates to do degrading tasks — like gorging themselves on gallons of ice cream — only to refuse payment when they tried to collect.
For his part, not surprisingly, Schneider denies all of these accusations. He hasn&#8217;t been charged or convicted of any crime. But even so, there is clear evidence that serious child abuse did occur at the company. And the documentary covers that abuse, too. 
For example, in later episodes of the documentary, former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-nickelodeon-star-drake-bell-details-alleged-sexual-abuse-by-dialogue-coach-it-was-extensive-and-brutal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comes forward</a> on-camera to say that he was sexually assaulted when he was 15-years-old by Brian Peck, a.k.a. &#8220;Pickle Boy,&#8221; who worked on the &#8220;Amanda Show&#8221; (the same show as the jacuzzi scene). Peck was arrested back in 2003 on 11 charges relating to this abuse, including sodomy and committing a lewd act upon a child aged 14 or 15 by a person 10 years older. There was also a charge for &#8220;oral copulation by anesthesia or controlled substance.&#8221; Peck pleaded no contest to the charges and was sentenced to only 16 months in prison at the time. I&#8217;ll say that again. He spent less than two years in prison. Bell&#8217;s name was concealed during the trial, but now, many years later, he&#8217;s come forward to identify himself.
In the second episode of the documentary, Brian Peck is described as doing something similar to what Schneider did — trying to get profane jokes on-air, at the expense of children:
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The final episodes of the documentary aren&#8217;t available yet, so we don&#8217;t have the full details of what Peck did. We don&#8217;t have the interview with his alleged victim yet. But it is suggested in that episode that, after Peck was arrested, Nickelodeon higher-ups (not including Schneider apparently) called a meeting with the child actors. They didn&#8217;t let their parents participate. They got the children alone, and told them that Peck wasn&#8217;t going to be around anymore. They asked if anyone had anything to say — almost as if they wanted to get the jump on any misconduct allegations.
There was reason for those executives to be worried, because Peck wasn&#8217;t the wasn&#8217;t the only sexual abuser at Nickelodeon during this period. 
The documentary also goes into some detail about the disturbing case of Jason Handy, who worked as a production assistant on both &#8220;The Amanda Show&#8221; and &#8220;All That.&#8221; Handy allegedly sent a picture of himself masturbating to an 11-year-old girl he was working with, who was working on &#8220;The Amanda Show&#8221; at the time. Handy, like Peck, was arrested in 2003. Watch:
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These are accusations that are far more serious than what Dan Schneider is accused of. But they&#8217;re part of the same general pattern of behavior that involves demeaning and sexualizing children. This is what was going on internally at the most popular children&#8217;s channel on the planet.
It&#8217;s still an extremely popular network, of course. And that leaves reasonable people to wonder whether sexual perverts are still trying to pollute the minds of children. Previously, I&#8217;ve <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/paw-patrol-indoctrinates-pre-schoolers-with-radical-lgbt-propaganda" target="_blank" rel="noopener">covered</a> Nickelodeon&#8217;s &#8220;Paw Patrol&#8221; spin-off, which recently hired a radical leftist writer who likes to teach children about abortions, among other things. Maybe in 20 years, we&#8217;ll learn the inside story as to why exactly that woman was hired.
But really, we don&#8217;t need to wait that long. Simply put, there&#8217;s no way a man like Dan Schneider could operate so openly, for so long, if he wasn&#8217;t part of a much larger systemic problem. This is a problem that can&#8217;t be solved by arresting a couple of production assistants and firing Dan Schneider, although that’s a good place to start. The only way to solve it is to do what the parents of these child actors should have done a long time ago, which is to keep your children as far away from corporate children’s programming as possible.

Nickelodeon’s 28th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards – Show

New Documentary Uncovers Child Abuse At Nickelodeon

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Former child star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Drake Bell</a> is speaking candidly about the alleged <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sexual-abuse">sexual abuse</a> he endured as a teenager while working in Hollywood.
The 37-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">actor</a> discussed his experience as part of the upcoming ID documentary “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” which premieres on March 17. Bell said he was assaulted at the age of 15 by Brian Peck, who was a dialogue coach for “The Amanda Show” on Nickelodeon.
Peck was arrested on 11 charges in 2003, including sodomy, lewd act upon a child 14 or 15 by a person 10 years older, and oral copulation by anesthesia or controlled substance. The minor’s name was not released at the time, but Bell is now saying he was the plaintiff in the case. Peck pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 16 months in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender, per <a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/drake-bell-sexual-assault-brian-peck-documentary-1235934302/">Variety</a>.
Bell described the alleged assault in detail. He said it occurred after a sleepover at Peck’s house, which he did occasionally because Peck lived closer to auditions than his mom or dad did.
“I was sleeping on the couch where I would usually sleep. I woke up to him — I opened my eyes, I woke up and he was sexually assaulting me. I froze and was in complete shock and had no idea what to do or how to react, and I have no idea how to get out of this situation,” Bell said. 
The actor said it “became this secret” because he didn’t want to be questioned by friends and colleagues. He remembers Peck acting “so apologetic” following the abuse and promising it wouldn’t happen again.
“He figured out how to convince my mom and everyone around to, anytime I would have an audition or anytime I needed to work on dialogue or anything, I somehow ended up back at Brian’s house and it just got worse and worse and worse and worse. I was just trapped. I had no way out,” the former child star continued.
“The abuse was extensive and it got pretty brutal. I don’t know how to elaborate on that on camera, really… Why don’t you think of the worst stuff that someone could do to somebody as a sexual assault, and then I’ll answer your question. I don’t know how else to put it.”
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Bell’s father, who was his manager at the time, said he felt uncomfortable with Peck being around his young son, but was told by show execs that he was acting “homophobic” because Peck was gay.
“I go, ‘I don’t see anything abnormal but it just doesn’t — I don’t have a good feeling,'&#8221; Bell’s dad Joe said. He was allegedly told that Peck was just a “touchy-feely guy” so he “backed off” after being “ostracized” for voicing his concerns, the outlet noted.
“The Amanda Show” guest star Kyle Sullivan said Peck had an autographed clown poster hanging in his garage, which he said was given to him by convicted sex offender and serial killer John Wayne Gacy. He allegedly showed some of the child actors letters he received from Gacy after becoming pen pals with him in prison.
“Your instinct is to give someone the benefit of the doubt if you’ve known them for that long, even in the face of this really bad sign,” Sullivan said of the incident. “This man, who is like trusted as basically a supervisor of kids, is not safe.”
Bell said his girlfriend’s mother realized something was amiss when Peck repeatedly called for him one night when he was at her house. She didn’t call the police, but rather took him to a therapist.
“I was just so scared to say anything, I didn’t know how to explain [it]. I still don’t. … I’ve never talked about this outside of therapy. I just said, ‘No, everything’s normal, things are getting a little weird but nothing’s happened. Good thing we caught it when we did.'&#8221;
Bell said Peck used intimidation and fear to keep him from telling anyone about the abuse. But when Peck tried to get cast as the father in the Nickelodeon sitcom “Drake &amp; Josh,” the then-teen finally revealed to his mother that he’d been abused. She called the police, which led to an investigation into Peck, and eventually his arrest and trial.
During the documentary, Bell also discussed his subsequent struggles with drug and alcohol abuse.
A spokesperson for Nickelodeon provided the following statement to Variety: “Though we cannot corroborate or negate allegations of behaviors from productions decades ago, Nickelodeon as a matter of policy investigates all formal complaints as part of our commitment to fostering a safe and professional workplace environment free of harassment or other kinds of inappropriate conduct.&#8221;
It continued, &#8220;Our highest priorities are the well-being and best interests not just of our employees, casts and crew, but of all children, and we have adopted numerous safeguards over the years to help ensure we are living up to our own high standards and the expectations of our audience.”
The statement concluded, “Now that Drake Bell has disclosed his identity as the plaintiff in the 2004 case, we are dismayed and saddened to learn of the trauma he has endured, and we commend and support the strength required to come forward.”

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Former Nickelodeon Star Drake Bell Details Alleged Sexual Abuse By Dialogue Coach: 'It Was Extensive and Brutal'

Vince McMahon, the co-founder of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wrestling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Wrestling Entertainment</a> (WWE), resigned from his positions at the parent company of the WWE and UFC, TKO Group Holdings, on Friday after a bombshell lawsuit was filed in federal court this week that accused him of sex trafficking a former employee.
Attorneys for Janel Grant filed the lawsuit on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Connecticut. Details contained in the lawsuit appear to match allegations that surfaced in 2022 that led to McMahon stepping down from WWE. The lawsuit seeks to void a non-disclosure agreement and seeks an unspecified amount for punitive damages and Grant’s legal fees.
McMahon resigned from his position as TKO Executive Chairman and from his position on the TKO Board of Directors, according to a statement he released.
&#8220;I stand by my prior statement that Ms. Grant&#8217;s lawsuit is replete with lies, obscene made-up instances that never occurred, and is a vindictive distortion of the truth,&#8221; McMahon said in the statement. &#8220;I intend to vigorously defend myself against these baseless accusations, and look forward to clearing my name.&#8221;
&#8220;However, out of respect for the WWE Universe, the extraordinary TKO business and its board members and shareholders, partners and constituents, and all of the employees and Superstars who helped make WWE into the global leader it is today, I have decided to resign from my executive chairmanship and the TKO board of directors, effective immediately,&#8221; he added.
WWE president Nick Khan confirmed McMahon&#8217;s departure in a memo that was obtained by ESPN.
&#8220;I wanted to inform you that Vince McMahon has tendered his resignation from his positions as TKO Executive Chairman and on the TKO Board of Directors,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He will no longer have a role with TKO Group holdings or WWE.&#8221;
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Grant, who worked for the company from 2019 to 2022, alleges that she was in a vulnerable state when she met McMahon because her parents had just died and she had effectively devoted her life to “around-the-clock caregiving.”
The lawsuit says that her time at WWE centered around gratifying McMahon’s sexual desires, which allegedly became more extreme and violent over time, and led to her suffering serious physical and mental health issues — including “debilitating” PTSD and serious thoughts of suicide.
McMahon allegedly pressured her to sign a non-disclosure agreement in exchange for a $3 million payout in an effort to conceal the events that happened. He allegedly only paid $1 million and did not make further payments.
The lawsuit alleges that McMahon gained complete control over Grant’s life and used his power to abuse her repeatedly and subject her to humiliating acts and embarrassment.
McMahon is accused of grooming Grant for his sexual desires over a period of several weeks where he dangled employment opportunities in front of her as he slowly broke down boundaries and made veiled threats that she could not tell anyone or else she might face lawyers backed by McMahon’s massive fortune.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/13-of-the-most-explosive-allegations-from-the-lawsuit-against-wrestling-kingpin-vince-mcmahon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">13 Of The Most Explosive Allegations From The Lawsuit Against Wrestling Kingpin Vince McMahon</a>

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A 29-year-old man is in federal custody after an FBI investigation into videos that were found on the dark web that allegedly showed multiple men sexually assaulting toddlers at the Galleria Mall in Houston, the largest mall in the state.
Arthur Hector Fernandez, who worked at the mall, was taken into custody late last month after the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) contacted the FBI in early December to report that they had discovered disturbing videos of child sexual abuse posted in a private forum on the dark web, USA Today <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/11/arthur-hector-fernandez-iii-child-sex-abuse-video-case/72187841007/">reported</a>.
Fernandez abused one of the young children in a public restroom, authorities said. He allegedly had access to the child because he was friends with her mother, who also worked at the mall, and she would leave her daughter with him sometimes.
&#8220;The evidence in this case is overwhelming and revolting,&#8221; the judge wrote in a court order requiring Fernandez to remain detained pending trial. &#8220;I cannot allow (him) to abuse any other minors and there are no conditions or combination of conditions that can alleviate a danger to the community. This is not a close call.&#8221;
Fox 26 Houston <a href="https://www.fox26houston.com/news/toddler-sexually-assaulted-in-bathroom-by-former-galleria-employee-fbi">reported</a> that the videos of the sexual assaults of the two small children, ages 2 and 3, involved &#8220;at least six other men.&#8221;
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) responded to the news story by posting on X: &#8220;Death penalty now.&#8221;
Dr. Bob Sanborn, President and CEO of the organization Children at Risk, mentioned potential signs that parents should look for in their children if they suspect their child may have been abused.
&#8220;Kids, after they’ve been out with someone who you thought you trusted them, they will sort of withdraw,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They’ll be more quiet. Look for those changes in your children; bedridden, not eating. All these things are sort of signs that something’s not right with your child. In this case, we’re talking about toddlers. They really couldn’t communicate. They don&#8217;t know what’s right and wrong.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ghislaine-maxwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ghislaine Maxwell</a>, co-conspirator of the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, refused to comply with requests to turn over documents pertaining to any connection she may have had with the Clinton Foundation, newly unsealed documents revealed.
The documents, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/names-of-jeffrey-epsteins-associates-to-be-unsealed-with-few-exceptions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unsealed</a> pursuant to a mid-December ruling handed down by Manhattan Federal Judge Loretta Preska, were part of a civil lawsuit filed by Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre against Maxwell. And while thus far they have focused on the criminal behavior of both Epstein and Maxwell, newly-released documents have begun to shed light on associates who may have been aware of the financier&#8217;s crimes.
The latest documents mentioned former Polish model Adriana Ross – who was named as an <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6184602-Jeffrey-Epstein-non-prosecution-agreement.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">un-indicted co-conspirator</a> in Epstein&#8217;s 2008 non-prosecution agreement — and alleged that she had been the one to remove computers from Epstein&#8217;s home in Palm Beach before the FBI arrived to search the house.
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Lawyers for Virginia Giuffre were seeking Ghislaine Maxwell&#39;s communications with Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton <a href="https://t.co/i4yDdI8COq">pic.twitter.com/i4yDdI8COq</a>
&mdash; Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) <a href="https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog/status/1743354332089659852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Another document revealed that during the discovery phase of the suit, Giuffre had requested communications between Maxwell and just over a dozen &#8220;specific witnesses&#8221; — among them former President Bill Clinton and former first lady Hillary Clinton.
In addition to magician <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-whats-in-the-epstein-docs-so-far" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Copperfield</a> — whose name appeared in the first tranche of documents because he had allegedly asked one of the girls at Epstein&#8217;s home whether she was &#8220;aware that girls were getting paid to find other girls&#8221; — disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein also made an appearance in Epstein&#8217;s call logs.
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Who else makes an appearance on the Epstein call logs? 
None other than Harvey Weinstein. <a href="https://t.co/tqAWpgUMwj">pic.twitter.com/tqAWpgUMwj</a>
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Maxwell also reportedly refused to comply when she got a discovery request for documents pertaining to any connection she had with the Clinton Foundation &#8212; specifically in an effort to determine whether she was receiving any funding from the Clinton Foundation that might &#8220;provide a clear motive for her to slant testimony on this subject.&#8221;
In another document, a witness described seeing Britain&#8217;s disgraced Prince Andrew — along with his wife, Sarah Ferguson — at Epstein&#8217;s home. The same witness also recalled seeing independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former President Donald Trump at the house as well, but said that when Prince Andrew visited, he stayed for weeks at a time.
Trump, according to one witness, never stayed at Epstein&#8217;s home — and did not even sit at the main table with Epstein and other guests, choosing instead to eat in the kitchen with staff.
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Witness describes meeting &quot;President Clinton on Mr. Epstein&#39;s plane.&quot;
Note: that was not the Epstein/Clinton Africa trip. <a href="https://t.co/1RSRxirbcW">pic.twitter.com/1RSRxirbcW</a>
&mdash; Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) <a href="https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog/status/1743380093278327076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Another witness reported seeing Clinton on Epstein&#8217;s plane during at least one trip that was not the well-publicized trip to Africa.

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