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5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Graziadaily
Shark! Infested Celebrity Waters: Meet Helen George
You may know her best from hit show Call The Midwife, but now Helen George is swapping the streets of Poplar for a very different destination. Jetting off to the Bahamas, the actor is taking part in ITV's brand new Shark! Infested Celebrity Waters - and it'll be far from an easy ride. Bimini, the island where the show is filmed, is home to around seven to 10 different types of sharks - including bull sharks, great hammerhead sharks, tiger sharks, and Caribbean reef sharks. Rather them than us... Here's everything to know about Helen George - including who she's dating, her health battle, and the deep-rooted fear that inspired her to get up close and personal with some real life sharks. Helen is a British actor best known for starring in shows including Call The Midwife, as well as her stage career in musicals such as The King and I. The Birmingham-born star studied at the Royal Academy of music, and was previously a backing singer for Elton John! Born on 19th June 1984, she's currently 41 years old (and an enthusiastic, quick-witted Gemini)... Since the debut of BBC's Call The Midwife in 2012, Helen has won over fans with her portrayal of Trixie Aylward (formerly Trixie Franklin.) Over the years, viewers have followed Trixie through her struggles with alcohol addition, before recently marrying Matthew Aylward (played by Olly Rix) and stepping into the role of stepmum. Helen stars in the BBC show as Nurse Trixie ©BBC Helen was previously married to actor Oliver Boot, with the couple together from 2012 to 2015. Their split came just weeks before the Call The Midwife star appeared on 2015's Strictly. Partnered up with professional dancer Aljaž Škorjanec, Helen finished sixth in the 13th series of the dancing show. Helen first met her co-star Jack on the set of Call The Midwife in 2015, with Jack playing the role of Reverend Tom Hereward. While Trixie and Tom certainly had an up-and-down onscreen romance, it was said Helen and Jack fell head over heels in love with each other while filming the 2016 Christmas Special in 2016. The couple welcomed daughter Wren in 2017, before the birth of their seconds daughter, Lark, in 2021. However, Helen and Jack revealed that they were calling it quits on their seven year relationship in 2023. A shared statement read, 'Some months ago, we separated. Our beautiful girls remain the focus, and [we] respectfully ask for privacy for this next chapter.' Helen with Jack in 2017 ©Getty Earlier this year, reports surfaced that Helen had found love with divorced dad of two Dan Innes. The businessman is 11 years her senior, with the couple reportedly meeting on celebrity dating app Raya. It's thought the pair are still together. Opening up Dan's reaction to her stepping into shark-infested waters, Helen shared, 'I hadn't even told Dan how scared of the water I was, and he was like, "But you got in the sea on holiday in Cornwall with me? I didn't know you were so scared." Sharing water with some sharks is enough to strike fear in anyone. But for Helen, there's another reason why the ITV show is a big step out of her comfort zone. The star suffers from aquaphobia - an intense and irrational fear of water that was triggered following a traumatic experience at a swimming party when she was a child. Opening up about her phobia, Helen shared, 'I was terrified of putting my head underwater. I have a real deep-rooted fear. I used to love the water when I was really young, but I went to a swimming party when I was six. They put those weird Nineties foam mats down. They're massive yoga mats, really. 'I just remember this moment of being stuck underneath one and not being able to get out. There was that fear of being trapped.' Revealing that it was this fear that encouraged her to sign up for the show, Helen explained, 'My kids know that I am scared of the water, and my seven-year-old is more confident in the water than I am, and I realised I've got to do something about that as it's not safe.' During both her pregnancies, Helen faced health battled. The star suffered from intrahepatic cholestasis (ICP), a condition that causes severe itching and led to the premature birth of both her babies. Sharing her ordeal on Instagram during her second pregnancy, Helen later recalled, 'I tried everything - creams, baths, all of it - and nothing would work. I would scratch all day and all night, normally on my hands, shoulders, feet - but that quickly increased to bloody everywhere.' Revealing that she was put onto medication at around 30 weeks, Helen said, 'I have to say this pregnancy was so uncomfortable and painful. I thought the second would be easier, but it really wasn't. Spreading the world about this sometimes fatal condition is really important to me.' And spread the word Helen did! The condition was later featured on an episode of Call The Midwife. Joining Helen for a dip in the sea is comedian Sir Lenny Henry, Amandaland's Lucy Punch, Countdown's Rachel Riley, TV presenter Ade Adeptian, McFly's Dougie Poynter, and stand up comedian Ross Noble. Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters will air on ITV1 and ITVX from Monday 14th July at 9pm. The show will air at the same time every Monday for the next five weeks, also available to stream. Happy watching! Charlotte Roberts is a news and entertainment writer at Grazia UK. She spends her days covering everything celebrity, culture, and entertainment. []{href=' }
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Multiple species of ticks in the US can transmit red meat allergy, CDC reports reveal
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Until recently, scientists thought a rare and potentially deadly meat allergy was transmitted by just one species of tick found in the U.S. — the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). However, new reports of the allergy, called alpha-gal syndrome, show that the much more widespread black-legged ticks (Ixodes) can also transmit the disease. Whereas lone star ticks are found mainly in the southern and eastern U.S., black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), also called deer ticks, are present in the eastern half of the U.S. and the Midwest and the western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus) inhabits the West Coast, according to Mayo Clinic. The new case reports suggest that people in a wide swath of the U.S. are at risk of tick-borne alpha-gal syndrome. However, "evidence continues to support that in the U.S., most alpha-gal syndrome patients develop the allergy after experiencing a bite from a lone star tick," Dr. Johanna Salzer, a veterinary medical officer and epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Division of Vector-Borne Diseases and a co-author of both case reports, told Live Science in an email. Given that a variety of tick species have been linked to alpha-gal syndrome outside the U.S., scientists had long suspected that black-legged ticks in the U.S. also transmit the allergy. "For us, it was never just the lone star tick," Jennifer Platt, co-founder of the nonprofit Tick-Borne Conditions United and an adjunct faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, wrote in a blog post. "With thousands of Lyme [a tick-borne disease] patients telling us they can't tolerate red meat, we've long suspected black-legged ticks and other tick species in the US," she noted. "Although our publications are some of the first reports linking blacklegged ticks in the US to alpha-gal syndrome, bites from these species in the U.S. leading to alpha-gal syndrome almost certainly have occurred prior to these reports," Salzer said. In alpha-gal syndrome, the immune system overreacts to a sugar known as galactose-α-1,3-galactose, or "alpha-gal" for short. Those affected can develop severe allergic reactions not only to red meat but also to some medications, personal care products, and medical treatments containing ingredients from mammalian tissues, where this sugar is found. Related: Tick season: What to know about bites, removing ticks and tick-borne diseases The first case, reported in the April 4 issue of the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, described a Maine woman who developed alpha-gal syndrome after a confirmed black-legged tick (I. scapularis) bite. The 45-year-old woman first experienced inflammation and itchiness at the bite site, followed by abdominal pain and malaise nine days later, after eating rabbit. Over the next two weeks, she continued having digestive problems after consuming red meat. A severe episode of diarrhea and vomiting hours after she ate beef prompted her to visit a health care provider 20 days after the tick bite. Blood tests revealed extremely high levels of alpha-gal-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE), confirming alpha-gal syndrome. Her allergy resolved after 10 months. The second case of alpha-gal syndrome, reported in the same journal issue, involved a 61-year-old wildlife biologist in Washington. After a confirmed bite from the western black-legged tick (I. pacificus), she experienced a skin rash and lip swelling, followed by a severe allergic reaction 29 days later, after she ate red meat, and required emergency epinephrine (EpiPen) treatment. After being diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome, she avoided meat and had no further reactions. Some years later, she got two more I. pacificus tick bites, which triggered a rise in alpha-gal IgE antibodies. To date, why tick bites can trigger alpha-gal syndrome is poorly understood. "We are only beginning to delve into the science of this and other tick-borne diseases — there's so much we don't know," Platt said. RELATED STORIES —Tick-borne illnesses are on the rise. Here's how to protect yourself. —32 scary parasitic diseases —Should we kill every mosquito on Earth? Research has shown that some tick species produce alpha-gal antigens — proteins that trigger an immune response — and secrete these antigens in their saliva during feeding. This may trigger the alpha-gal allergy in humans. "The ticks do NOT pick up [alpha-gal antigens] from animals and then transmit them to humans," Platt emphasized. "More studies are needed to discover details about how a tick bite triggers alpha-gal syndrome in some people, and why bites from lone star ticks appear to cause the majority of the human cases in the United States versus blacklegged, western blacklegged, and other ticks," Salzer said. Preventing tick bites is the best way to protect against alpha-gal syndrome and other tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease and Powassan virus. "When you anticipate being in areas where ticks may live, use an EPA-registered insect repellent and wear permethrin-treated clothing," Salzer advised.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Supporters Fume at AG Pam Bondi Over Epstein Files Debacle: 'She Should Resign'
Conservative commentators and MAGA diehards are up in arms over the calamitous release of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case by the White House that saw a number of right-wing social media influencers on Thursday given special access to supposedly declassified files, who then trumpeted information that had largely been in the public domain for years. On Thursday, the Justice Department, under orders from Attorney General Pamela Bondi, released a set of documents it dubbed The Epstein Files: Part I. The rollout of the documents was done rather unusually via a group of right-wing social media stars, including Mike Cernovich, Liz Wheeler, Jack Posobiec, Rogan O'Handley, known as DC Draino, as well as Libs of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik, who were seen leaving the White House with binders that purported to be the first phase release of the Epstein files. More from The Hollywood Reporter James Cameron Is Happy to Get New Zealand Citizenship After Trump's "Horrifying" Re-election Andrew Tate, Who Faces Rape and Trafficking Charges in Romania, Has Left for the U.S. Anti-Elon Musk Poster "Don't Buy a Swasticar" in London Goes Viral According to various media reports, the limited set of documents contained copies of flight logs from Epstein's private plane, which have previously been accessible in various court cases. They also included a heavily redacted photocopy of an address book allegedly created by Epstein and his close associate Ghislaine Maxwell, which has been referenced in media reports for many years. Additionally, the Justice Department also published a redacted list of masseuses, along with an evidence list detailing over 150 items, such as nude images, massage tables, sex toys, and additional items. It was unclear whether this list was related to Epstein's case, Maxwell's case, or another investigation. The reaction from some prominent Trump supporters on social media to the document release, particularly the lack of new information, was swift and damning, with lots of criticism for the right wing influencers involved — but much of the opprobrium reserved for Bondi. 'Influencers shouldn't be getting the Epstein Files. This is absurd. They should be released to the public all at once not used to make money for 'insiders,' tweeted Jeremy Hambly, the real name of popular right-wing YouTube commentator The Quartering. In another tweet, The Quartering wrote, 'When Pam Bondi went on Fox news last night and said that her office was releasing 'new' Epstein flight logs, names and information,' saying, 'It's pretty sick what that man did. She already KNEW what was in the binders. She lied to the American People. She should Resign.' Laura Loomer, a political activist and prominent right-wing personality, didn't mince her words over the farcical nature of the rollout and also called on Bondi to resign. 'I hate to say it, but the American people can't trust the validity of the Epstein files released today,' Loomer wrote on X. 'It was released in an unprofessional manner with paid, partisan social media influencers to curate their binders for us. I can't trust anything in the binder.' Loomer also took shots at the influencers who received the documents, writing in another tweet, 'Most of the influencers took selfies of themselves holding the binder and said 'exclusive' and then proceeded to not post online for hours. That's called gate keeping.' In something of a screed of tweets on Thursday, Loomer also wrote, 'Enough is enough. Donald Trump needs some real vetting in his admin. The entire world is laughing at our country today. And if you say they aren't, you're full of shit or you're one of the influencers who received the binder. This is honestly shocking levels of incompetence.' Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, who supported Trump during the last election, also tweeted his frustrations about the Epstein files and the administration in general. 'If I'm gonna be fair these questions needs to be asked today. Why is the release of the Epstein list always a shit show?,' Portnoy wrote, adding, 'What's the point of booting out illegals and criminals while somehow becoming a safe haven for the Tate brothers? Why is Crypto in the toilet if Trump is crypto king? How far does [Tesla] stock have to crash before Elon goes back to work?' Actor Kevin Sorbo was disappointed with the document release, tweeting, 'So… nothing new was released today. So much for government transparency.' In a much angrier followup tweet, Sorbo wrote, 'Our government used children who were trafficked as a publicity stunt. Disgusting. Release the files, now.' Among elected officials, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) was particularly vocal, writing on X that the rollout a 'complete disappointment.' 'GET US THE INFORMATION WE ASKED FOR!' Luna added. Also on Thursday, Raheem Kassem, a former editor at Breitbart, published a behind the scenes account in The National Pulse of what transpired with the Epstein documents rollout, which one of Kassem's sources described as a 'clusterfuck.' 'One of the more intriguing details of today is that President Donald J. Trump himself was in a room with these binders containing Epstein's flight and phone call logs. One of the pages even contained President Trump's name, having been listed in Epstein's phone book,' Kassem writes. 'Again, that information is not new. But it is embarrassing for the White House, the vast majority of which is unlikely to have had any eyes on the documents handed to social media influencers who believed they were attending a simple series of policy briefings today,' Kassem writes. He added, 'Attorney General Pam Bondi and her team are being blamed very clearly in at least six conversations I've had this afternoon. Again, they gave no heads-up to either the influencers attending or White House staff about their intentions to distribute binders of information that contained little new information, frustrating both the administration and the general public.' Later on Thursday, Bondi, perhaps reacting to the backlash to the document release, posted a letter she had sent to newly installed FBI Director Kash Patel on X that intimated that more records were recently discovered. Bondi ordered the FBI to hand over 'the full and complete Epstein files' to her by Friday morning, and directed the newly installed bureau chief to 'conduct an immediate investigation' into why her order to the FBI to turn over all documents was not followed. In a post on X, Patel committed the FBI to ensuring that all documents related to the Epstein case are provided to the Department of Justice. Best of The Hollywood Reporter Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Highest-Profile Harris Endorsements: Taylor Swift, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen and More Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2024: Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo and More
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Supporters Fume at AG Pam Bondi Over Epstein Files Debacle: 'She Should Resign'
Conservative commentators and MAGA diehards are up in arms over the calamitous release of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case by the White House that saw a number of right-wing social media influencers on Thursday given special access to supposedly declassified files, who then trumpeted information that had largely been in the public domain for years. On Thursday, the Justice Department, under orders from Attorney General Pamela Bondi, released a set of documents it dubbed The Epstein Files: Part I. The rollout of the documents was done rather unusually via a group of right-wing social media stars, including Mike Cernovich, Liz Wheeler, Jack Posobiec, Rogan O'Handley, known as DC Draino, as well as Libs of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik, who were seen leaving the White House with binders that purported to be the first phase release of the Epstein files. More from The Hollywood Reporter James Cameron Is Happy to Get New Zealand Citizenship After Trump's "Horrifying" Re-election Andrew Tate, Who Faces Rape and Trafficking Charges in Romania, Has Left for the U.S. Anti-Elon Musk Poster "Don't Buy a Swasticar" in London Goes Viral According to various media reports, the limited set of documents contained copies of flight logs from Epstein's private plane, which have previously been accessible in various court cases. They also included a heavily redacted photocopy of an address book allegedly created by Epstein and his close associate Ghislaine Maxwell, which has been referenced in media reports for many years. Additionally, the Justice Department also published a redacted list of masseuses, along with an evidence list detailing over 150 items, such as nude images, massage tables, sex toys, and additional items. It was unclear whether this list was related to Epstein's case, Maxwell's case, or another investigation. The reaction from some prominent Trump supporters on social media to the document release, particularly the lack of new information, was swift and damning, with lots of criticism for the right wing influencers involved — but much of the opprobrium reserved for Bondi. 'Influencers shouldn't be getting the Epstein Files. This is absurd. They should be released to the public all at once not used to make money for 'insiders,' tweeted Jeremy Hambly, the real name of popular right-wing YouTube commentator The Quartering. In another tweet, The Quartering wrote, 'When Pam Bondi went on Fox news last night and said that her office was releasing 'new' Epstein flight logs, names and information,' saying, 'It's pretty sick what that man did. She already KNEW what was in the binders. She lied to the American People. She should Resign.' Laura Loomer, a political activist and prominent right-wing personality, didn't mince her words over the farcical nature of the rollout and also called on Bondi to resign. 'I hate to say it, but the American people can't trust the validity of the Epstein files released today,' Loomer wrote on X. 'It was released in an unprofessional manner with paid, partisan social media influencers to curate their binders for us. I can't trust anything in the binder.' Loomer also took shots at the influencers who received the documents, writing in another tweet, 'Most of the influencers took selfies of themselves holding the binder and said 'exclusive' and then proceeded to not post online for hours. That's called gate keeping.' In something of a screed of tweets on Thursday, Loomer also wrote, 'Enough is enough. Donald Trump needs some real vetting in his admin. The entire world is laughing at our country today. And if you say they aren't, you're full of shit or you're one of the influencers who received the binder. This is honestly shocking levels of incompetence.' Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, who supported Trump during the last election, also tweeted his frustrations about the Epstein files and the administration in general. 'If I'm gonna be fair these questions needs to be asked today. Why is the release of the Epstein list always a shit show?,' Portnoy wrote, adding, 'What's the point of booting out illegals and criminals while somehow becoming a safe haven for the Tate brothers? Why is Crypto in the toilet if Trump is crypto king? How far does [Tesla] stock have to crash before Elon goes back to work?' Actor Kevin Sorbo was disappointed with the document release, tweeting, 'So… nothing new was released today. So much for government transparency.' In a much angrier followup tweet, Sorbo wrote, 'Our government used children who were trafficked as a publicity stunt. Disgusting. Release the files, now.' Among elected officials, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) was particularly vocal, writing on X that the rollout a 'complete disappointment.' 'GET US THE INFORMATION WE ASKED FOR!' Luna added. Also on Thursday, Raheem Kassem, a former editor at Breitbart, published a behind the scenes account in The National Pulse of what transpired with the Epstein documents rollout, which one of Kassem's sources described as a 'clusterfuck.' 'One of the more intriguing details of today is that President Donald J. Trump himself was in a room with these binders containing Epstein's flight and phone call logs. One of the pages even contained President Trump's name, having been listed in Epstein's phone book,' Kassem writes. 'Again, that information is not new. But it is embarrassing for the White House, the vast majority of which is unlikely to have had any eyes on the documents handed to social media influencers who believed they were attending a simple series of policy briefings today,' Kassem writes. He added, 'Attorney General Pam Bondi and her team are being blamed very clearly in at least six conversations I've had this afternoon. Again, they gave no heads-up to either the influencers attending or White House staff about their intentions to distribute binders of information that contained little new information, frustrating both the administration and the general public.' Later on Thursday, Bondi, perhaps reacting to the backlash to the document release, posted a letter she had sent to newly installed FBI Director Kash Patel on X that intimated that more records were recently discovered. Bondi ordered the FBI to hand over 'the full and complete Epstein files' to her by Friday morning, and directed the newly installed bureau chief to 'conduct an immediate investigation' into why her order to the FBI to turn over all documents was not followed. In a post on X, Patel committed the FBI to ensuring that all documents related to the Epstein case are provided to the Department of Justice. Best of The Hollywood Reporter Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Highest-Profile Harris Endorsements: Taylor Swift, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen and More Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2024: Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo and More
New York Times
28-02-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
‘Epstein Files' Release That Pam Bondi Hyped Falls Short
For days, Attorney General Pam Bondi had talked about releasing the 'Epstein files,' supposedly secret documents the federal government has on some of the powerful men who were in the orbit of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. But the roughly 200 pages of documents that Ms. Bondi released on Thursday contained little new information pointing to wrongdoing by anyone other than Mr. Epstein, a registered sex offender who died in jail. The document dump largely consisted of flight logs for Mr. Epstein's planes — long ago made public — and contact information for hundreds of associates, along with brief descriptions of items found at his residences. The release was billed as a gesture ushering in a new era of transparency at the Justice Department. But the hyped first release of documents (which Ms. Bondi teased as 'breaking news' in a Fox News appearance on Wednesday night) appeared to be mostly political theater. Its confusing daylong rollout even spun off a few new conspiracy theories among some Trump supporters, who view the Epstein investigation as a fountainhead for other conspiracies. On Thursday afternoon, Ms. Bondi and Kash Patel, the director of the F.B.I., offered a sneak preview of the documents to several conservative influencers, some of whom emerged from the West Wing waving chunky white binders with the label 'The Epstein Files: Phase I.' One of them later called it an 'interesting souvenir.' But by midafternoon, the Justice Department had not posted the contents. And Ms. Bondi was drawing criticism on social media from those who had taken her at her word the night before. The conservative personality Glenn Beck posted on X: 'The Epstein files are a total joke,' and asked, 'Who is subverting POTUS?' Ms. Bondi responded by promising more documents to come. Later, she said that a 'source' in the F.B.I. field office in New York City had told her the bureau withheld 'thousands' of previously unknown pages of Epstein-related documents and that she was determined to get them, according to a letter her spokesman provided to reporters. The documents were released late on Thursday, along with a statement from Mr. Patel that said: 'If there are gaps, we will find them. If records have been hidden, we will uncover them.' Still, some Republicans in Congress took to X to voice displeasure with the information released by Ms. Bondi. 'THIS IS NOT WHAT WE OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ASKED FOR and a complete disappointment. GET US THE INFORMATION WE ASKED FOR!' wrote Representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida. Mr. Epstein, a college dropout and self-proclaimed financial whiz, killed himself in August 2019 — one month after his arrest on federal sex-trafficking charges. Mr. Epstein is believed to have sexually abused more than 200 teenage girls and young women over three decades. During that time, he amassed a fortune worth $600 million and befriended some of the most powerful and famous people in the world. Included in the documents, which were finally posted on Thursday night, was an entirely redacted list of 254 people described as masseuses. Many of the boldface names associated with Mr. Epstein first came to light in 2015 when Gawker published his so-called black book of names, numbers and addresses. That list includes the retail magnate Leslie Wexner, the private equity mogul Leon Black, the Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and the venture capitalist Reid Hoffman. All of those men have said they regretted their association with Mr. Epstein. It has also long been known that President Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew of Britain and celebrities including Kevin Spacey and Naomi Campbell were friendly with Mr. Epstein at one time, and some traveled on Mr. Epstein's private planes, according to previously released flight logs, trial testimony and court filings. The most notable flight log was a 118-page document produced during the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, one of Mr. Epstein's longtime associates and a former girlfriend. She was convicted in 2021 on charges that she aided Mr. Epstein in his sex-trafficking activities. It was a moment that said much about the Trump administration. The two most powerful law enforcement officials in the country, Ms. Bondi and Mr. Patel, who are responsible for overseeing vital national security and criminal investigations, chose to prioritize a long-concluded case to assuage conservative media and the obsessive core of Trump supporters who see the case as nefarious unfinished business. For years, conspiracy theorists have believed there is grand plot by the government to conceal not only the cause of Mr. Epstein's death but the names of powerful men who also abused some of the victims, who included teenage girls and women. On right-wing media platforms like Fox News and Mr. Trump's own service, Truth Social, there long has been talk of an 'Epstein client list' that details the names of men for whom Mr. Epstein procured women. But there has never been a reference to any 'client list' in any of the civil litigation brought by victims. Before joining the Trump administration, Ms. Bondi fueled some of that speculation herself by talking in media interviews about the government's refusal to release Epstein documents. The F.B.I. also has refused to release some documents requested by lawyers for victims and the news media. In October, the F.B.I. rejected a Freedom of Information Act request filed by The New York Times seeking a list of all items seized by federal agents when they searched Mr. Epstein's residences in New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands after his July 2019 arrest. The documents released by Ms. Bondi may include partial descriptions of some of those items seized by federal agents. Under the heading 'evidence list,' there are brief descriptions of items like 'VHS tape,' 'envelope containing 4 CDs' and 'photo depicting two girls.' More than two dozen of Mr. Epstein's victims have joined a lawsuit charging the F.B.I. with mishandling earlier investigations into his activities and ignoring complaints filed by victims. Jordan Merson, whose law firm is handling that lawsuit, said that Ms. Bondi had taken a good first step and that he hoped this would 'will lead to her taking seriously the pain of the victims' who were suing the F.B.I.
