Jeffrey Epstein’s 2006 Grand Jury Records to Be Released Under New Florida Law
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a new law into effect that will allow the grand jury testimony in a 2006 hearing against Jeffrey Epstein to be released for the first time, giving the public a window into the earliest accusations against him.
“Justice delayed is justice denied, and I think in many respects, this whole ordeal has proven that to be true,” DeSantis told reporters at a Palm Beach news conference where he signed the bill into law. He was joined by two of Epstein’s accusers, Haley Robson and Jena-Lisa Jones.
The bill allows grand jury records to be released if the suspect at the center of the inquiry is dead and if the crimes involve sexual misconduct against minors. The 2006 grand jury inquiry in Palm Beach meets both of those criteria; Epstein died in jail in 2019 by suicide while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.