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“This Is Me When I Met Jeffrey Epstein”: Survivors’ Ad Calls on Congress to Release Files

HeadlineNov 18, 2025

A group of Epstein survivors have released a national advertisement urging Congress to release the Epstein files. The one-minute ad begins with the women holding pictures of themselves as children.

Survivor 1: “I suffered so much pain.”

Survivor 2: “So much pain.”

Survivor 3: “So much pain.”

Survivor 4: “I suffered so much pain. I was 14 years old.”

Survivor 5: “I was 16 years old.”

Survivor 1: “Was 16.”

Survivor 6: “17.”

Survivor 7: “14 years old.”

Survivor 8: “This is me.”

Survivor 9: “This was me.”

Survivor 10: “This is me.”

Survivor 3: “When I met Jeffrey Epstein.”

Survivor 2: “This is me when I met Jeffrey Epstein.”

Survivor 1: “There are about a thousand of us.”

Survivor 5: “It’s time to bring the secrets out of the shadows. It’s time to shine a light into the darkness.”

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