On Monday, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein called on Congress to release the full Epstein files.
Alicia Arden and her attorney, Gloria Allred, spoke to the press at Allred’s Los Angeles office. Arden said she was molested by Epstein in 1997 at a Santa Monica hotel and that she reported the sexual assault to the Santa Monica Police Department.
“And I said everything in my statement that, you know, he was touching me and groping me and taking my clothes off,” she recalled.
No charges were ever filed.
“As you can imagine, the events of this last week has completely been, it's hard for me to say,” she said. “It's been very much a complete slap in the face to the victims, myself, who are just reaching and searching for justice in this matter.”
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Arden called on lawmakers to release the complete files.
“I mean, there is no valid reason for refusing to do so,” she said. “So you can't claim that it is to protect the victims, I mean, when it is the victims, myself, and the victims that have been calling for the files to be released.”
Allred said it is unlikely Epstein victims will compile a list of names of alleged abusers because they fear being sued for defamation.
On Sunday night, President Trump called on House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files.
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