<i>"We told the truth back then. They just didn't care."</i><br /><br />Following his release from prison in 2009, Jeffrey Epstein set out to re-enter the inner circle of high society. Having been branded a sex offender by federal prosecutors, Epstein quickly found that there was little resistance to him moving around in the same crowd of wealthy and influential people he'd spent the past three decades cultivating. But still, the conviction threatened to complicate his life.<br /><br />So Epstein withdrew to Little Saint James, a private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands he'd purchased back in 1998. He'd spent years renovating it to suit his lavish lifestyle, and 2009 became the perfect time for Epstein to reshape his life around it. Unfortunately for him, though, the case against him refused to go away quietly. And in 2019, the Miami Herald began publishing a series of articles centered around that original case...<br /><br /><br /><br />Part 5/7<br /><br />Research &amp; writing by Amelia White and Ira Rai<br /><br />Hosting, production, and additional research &amp; writing by Micheal Whelan<br /><br />Learn more about this podcast at <a href="http://unresolved.me" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><b>http://unresolved.me</b></a><br /><br />If you would like to support this podcast, consider heading to <b><a href="https://www.patreon.com/unresolvedpod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.patreon.com/unresolvedpod</a></b> to become a Patron or Producer<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unresolved--3266604/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unresolved--3266604/support</a>.