A trans Woman Accused Epstein of Rape, The Media Mocked her
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| Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and convicted sex offender. | Shutterstock |
In her lawsuit, Cordero alleged that, in 1999, Epstein lured her to his mansion, undressed, and requested a massage. Cordero said she felt frightened but agreed, at which point Epstein suddenly began “violently” touching her genitals, pushing her head downward and demanding oral sex.
During the related court hearings, investigators discovered Cordero’s trans identity, HIV-positive status, past psychiatric hospitalizations, and past use of heroin and other drugs. Her case was dismissed for falling outside of the five-year statute of limitations for pursuing such charges, though she had unsuccessfully sought to claim insanity in hopes of extending the time limit for pressing charges.
The New York Post‘s October 23, 2007, coverage included the headline, “Gender-bend shocker, Kinky-sex suit gal is a man.” The article claimed that she had been “living as a female” since age 12 and had been taking gender-affirming hormone treatment. The Post reported that Cordero’s lawsuit against Epstein said that Epstein’s assault required her to seek medical and psychological care.
The story also alleged that she had one MySpace page listing her gender as male and two others listing her gender as female, and one page detailing a “masturbatory fantasy” of being with multiple men and women. The article claimed she had written on one of the pages, “I’m a spoiled b***h and really mean… I love to have fun, hang out and party! Oh and I’m a junk head (pills, designer substances).” However, Cordero said that the MySpace pages were “forgeries” that she neither created nor maintained.
Epstein’s then-spokesman Howard Rubenstein called the report “shocking” and said that his wealth made him a “an easy target ‘for money-seeking lawyers and their women,'” adding, “It wouldn’t surprise me if the next claim was from the Loch Ness monster.”
The article quoted Cordero’s “lawyer, roommate, and ex-boyfriend” William Unroch as saying, “She’s female and she’s always been female. I may also be female. I’m checking with my doctors… Everyone knows that she [has a problem with drugs.] She’s mentally unwell and on medication for her psychosis.”
The Post also published an October 24, 2007, article about Cordero with the headline “S(he) has a history: Bogus sex suit.” The article alleged that she had filed a $10 million lawsuit against married lawyer Glen Gentile, alleging that he had raped her as a “sex slave” when she was a minor and also paid for her apartment and drugs during their affair. The article said the lawsuit was dismissed upon finding that their sexual relations had occurred when she was 19 years old.
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| One of Epstein's victims was a trans woman, but nobody paid attention because she's trans + Latina. The Post and Times of Israel even ran hit pieces on Ava Cordero like the 2007 articles below. Epstein could've been stopped sooner if society listened to POC, trans people or girls. By Eli Ehrlick |
EhlickIn 2009, she lost her libel case against the publication, which she alleged had insinuated that she was a “promiscuous slut.” The LGBTQ+ media watchdog organization GLAAD has referred to the Post as a “dubious source” that has pushed transphobic narratives.
The FBI and The Miami Herald eventually identified 40 to 80 of Epstein’s rape victims, respectively, including girls between the ages of 12 and 16. Epstein also allegedly recorded videos of powerful elites having sex with these girls in his private residences and had ties to Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, and others who have also denied any involvement in sexual misconduct.
A 2007 indictment of 60 criminal charges against Epstein alleged that he had met underage girls at his New York mansion and flown underage girls to his private island in St. Thomas. There, he allegedly nakedly fondled the girls under the guise of them giving him “massages.”
However, Epstein was given a “sweetheart deal” by federal prosecutors in 2007 that halted the FBI investigation, sealed the investigatory court documents against him, and allowed him to serve only 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to two felony prostitution charges.
Subsequent trafficking charges resulted in his July 2019 arrest and detainment at the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City. He died on August 10, 2019. New York City’s medical examiner ruled Epstein’s death a suicide, but Michael Baden, a board-certified forensic pathologist hired to oversee the autopsy by Epstein’s brother, Mark, said he believed that Epstein died more likely due to homicidal strangulation than suicidal hanging.
Conspiracy theorists have long claimed that someone murdered Epstein to keep him from revealing the powerful elites who raped children alongside him. The president and fellow Republicans continue to delay the public release of investigatory documents (aka “the Epstein files”), going so far as to allege that Democrats falsified claims to destroy the reputations of high profile Republicans and conservatives.
Epstein’s associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, is currently facing charges of helping “groom” underage girls for Epstein to rape. The president’s Justice Department has reportedly been questioning her, possibly in hopes of identifying high-profile wrongdoers while absolving the president of any wrongdoing.
Trump had a decades-long friendship with Epstein and joked about how his friend was “fun” and “terrific” and liked women “on the younger side.” Trump has also been found liable for sexual abuse by a jury, has admitted to sexually assaulting women in the past, and has admitted to walking in on underage girls as they changed clothes. He has been accused of sexual assault or other forms of sexual impropriety by at least 27 women.
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