[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Michael Tracey [@mtracey](/creator/twitter/mtracey) on x 345.7K followers Created: 2025-07-19 15:09:26 UTC Julie K. Brown, author of the 2018 Miami Herald series that by her own telling, harnessed the cultural power of #MeToo to breathe new life into the Epstein saga, and inspired prosecutors to launch further action against Epstein, has proved herself to be an unreliable narrator of this story. Listen to the below excerpt of her podcast interview with the NYT's Ross Douthat. Brown is asked by Douthat about the "serial allegations" made by Virginia Giuffre "that she was pressured into having sex with famous figures." Virginia Giuffre, a proven serial fabulist, played an outsized role in Brown's initial 2018 article -- giving harrowing testimony that was prominently featured. Douthat asks Brown about the theory that "there are reasons to think she [Giuffre] might have been motivated by money or revenge and reasons to be skeptical of some of her allegations." Brown insists, "Over the years, a lot of women have come forward, and I speak with the attorneys that represent these women quite often. I was speaking with one who said that he had a client — she was of age, she was on the younger side, and she was trafficked to a very powerful man by Epstein in Palm Beach. I believe there were others like that, that were trafficked to very powerful men. These women are scared to death. They’re not going to come forward at this point because look what happened to Virginia. It’s just — they’re just not going to, they’re afraid." Really? These apparently "of age" women aren't publicly bringing their allegations because they're "afraid"? Does anyone really doubt if a single one of these women had a credible accusation of having been trafficked by Epstein to a prominent man, they'd become instant cultural and political heroes -- and be showered with millions of dollars, just like Virginia was, despite being a serial fabulist? But here's where Brown really proves her unreliability. The subject of Dershowitz comes up. She remarks how terrible Dershowitz was to Giuffre, who had falsely accused him, by her own eventual admission, of depraved child-sex crimes. Brown tries to bolster Giuffre's credibility by saying "Virginia wasn’t the only one that accused Dershowitz of this. There was one other victim that also accused him." This "other victim" was Sarah Ransome, who -- similar to Giuffre -- literally admitted she made up stories about how she possessed sex tapes of Trump, Bill Clinton, Richard Branson, and Prince Andrew. *She admitted she made it all up* -- for attention. Ransome is a certifiable lunatic. Look at her insane emails where she claims to have been hacked by the CIA and sought help from The Russians. She says she's on a mission to stop "Paedophile Trump." She claims she sent her sex-tape footage to secure locations in Europe. She literally made this all up. A bonafide crazy person. That's who Brown references as a corroborating source for her theories about Epstein. Brown then predictably detours into Therapeutic Trauma theory, whereby no "victim" can ever be adversarially scrutinized for their serial fabulism because that only "re-traumatizes" them. No matter how many millions of dollars, Netflix specials, or Miami Herald hagiographies they acquire on the basis of their falsehoods. The more layers you unpeel from this whole debacle, the stupider it gets.  XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [saga](/topic/saga) [jeffrey epstein](/topic/jeffrey-epstein) [Post Link](https://x.com/mtracey/status/1946588196063604834)
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Created: 2025-07-19 15:09:26 UTC
Julie K. Brown, author of the 2018 Miami Herald series that by her own telling, harnessed the cultural power of #MeToo to breathe new life into the Epstein saga, and inspired prosecutors to launch further action against Epstein, has proved herself to be an unreliable narrator of this story.
Listen to the below excerpt of her podcast interview with the NYT's Ross Douthat.
Brown is asked by Douthat about the "serial allegations" made by Virginia Giuffre "that she was pressured into having sex with famous figures." Virginia Giuffre, a proven serial fabulist, played an outsized role in Brown's initial 2018 article -- giving harrowing testimony that was prominently featured.
Douthat asks Brown about the theory that "there are reasons to think she [Giuffre] might have been motivated by money or revenge and reasons to be skeptical of some of her allegations."
Brown insists, "Over the years, a lot of women have come forward, and I speak with the attorneys that represent these women quite often. I was speaking with one who said that he had a client — she was of age, she was on the younger side, and she was trafficked to a very powerful man by Epstein in Palm Beach.
I believe there were others like that, that were trafficked to very powerful men. These women are scared to death. They’re not going to come forward at this point because look what happened to Virginia. It’s just — they’re just not going to, they’re afraid."
Really? These apparently "of age" women aren't publicly bringing their allegations because they're "afraid"? Does anyone really doubt if a single one of these women had a credible accusation of having been trafficked by Epstein to a prominent man, they'd become instant cultural and political heroes -- and be showered with millions of dollars, just like Virginia was, despite being a serial fabulist?
But here's where Brown really proves her unreliability. The subject of Dershowitz comes up. She remarks how terrible Dershowitz was to Giuffre, who had falsely accused him, by her own eventual admission, of depraved child-sex crimes.
Brown tries to bolster Giuffre's credibility by saying "Virginia wasn’t the only one that accused Dershowitz of this. There was one other victim that also accused him."
This "other victim" was Sarah Ransome, who -- similar to Giuffre -- literally admitted she made up stories about how she possessed sex tapes of Trump, Bill Clinton, Richard Branson, and Prince Andrew. She admitted she made it all up -- for attention.
Ransome is a certifiable lunatic. Look at her insane emails where she claims to have been hacked by the CIA and sought help from The Russians. She says she's on a mission to stop "Paedophile Trump." She claims she sent her sex-tape footage to secure locations in Europe. She literally made this all up. A bonafide crazy person.
That's who Brown references as a corroborating source for her theories about Epstein.
Brown then predictably detours into Therapeutic Trauma theory, whereby no "victim" can ever be adversarially scrutinized for their serial fabulism because that only "re-traumatizes" them. No matter how many millions of dollars, Netflix specials, or Miami Herald hagiographies they acquire on the basis of their falsehoods.
The more layers you unpeel from this whole debacle, the stupider it gets.
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