1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm John Lemley. The Justice Department is moving 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: to unsealed grand jury transcripts in the federal sex trafficking 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Gilaine Maxwell, but former federal 4 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: prosecutors say the move is unlikely to reveal much, if anything. 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: New Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche submitted the request urging 6 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: federal judges to release transcripts from grand jury proceedings that 7 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: led to charges about Epstein and Maxwell. Blanche said the 8 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: goal is greater transparency for the American public, but former 9 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: Manhattan Assistant US Attorney Sandra Chrissoff called the move quote 10 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: a distraction, suggesting its more political theater than meaningful action. 11 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: She told the Associated Press that, in her words, it 12 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 1: really is nothing. Epstein died by suicide in a federal 13 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: jail cell in August twenty nineteen, just one month after 14 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: his arrest on federal sex trafficking charges U sixty six. Maxwell, 15 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,759 Speaker 1: now sixty three, is serving a twenty year sentence following 16 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:10,400 Speaker 1: her twenty twenty one conviction for recruiting underage girls for Epstein. 17 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: Chrisoff and other former federal prosecutor Joshua Neptalis say the 18 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: grand jury transcripts likely contain little beyond the bare minimum 19 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: needed to secure indictments. Both described a longstanding practice in 20 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: the Southern District of New York present narrowly tailored cases 21 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: to grand juries, using agent testimony, not lengthy witness accounts. 22 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: Nephtalis estimated the transcripts may only span a few hundred pages, 23 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: possibly as few as sixty. Chrisoff added the Southern District 24 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 1: strategy as to quote spoon, feed the indictment to the jury, 25 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: leaving out deeper details the public might expect. Judges may 26 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: ultimately deny the Justice Department's request. In Maxwell's case, legal 27 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: appeals remain active, including a petition before the US Supreme Court. 28 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: In Epstein's the concern is over the privacy of victims, 29 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: many of whom have never been publicly identified. As chrisof 30 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: put it, this is not a decade's old case. It's ongoing, 31 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: and for now much of it remained sealed. 32 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 2: Thanks John for the latest crimestice news. Go to crime 33 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 2: online dot com and please join us for our daily 34 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 2: podcast crime stories, more crime and justice news after this 35 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 2: now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online. 36 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: John Lemley, a twenty two year old man has been 37 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: charged with murder in the shooting deaths of a longtime 38 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: American Idol music supervisor and her husband in Los Angeles. 39 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: Police say Raymond Boudarian was burglarizing the Encino home of 40 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: Robin Ka and Thomas de Luca on July tenth, and 41 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: shot the couple when they returned unexpectedly. Officers found the 42 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: victims both seventy during a welfare check. Boudarian tested the 43 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: next day. He faces two counts of murder and one 44 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: of first degree burglary. Arraignment is set for August twentieth. 45 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: Kay had worked on American Idol for more than fifteen 46 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: years and was active on the upcoming season. A New 47 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: York City man who stabbed two teenage tourists at Grand 48 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: Central Terminal on Christmas Day has been sentenced up to 49 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: twenty nine years in prison. Thirty eight year old esteban 50 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: as sono Ossway, also known as Stephen Hutcherson, was convicted 51 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: last month of assault and other charges. Prosecutors say he 52 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: used a fork to scratch a woman, then stabbed a 53 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: sixteen year old girl in the back and a fourteen 54 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: year old in the leg, before dropping the knife and 55 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: surrendering All three victims, visiting from Paraguay, survived. The older 56 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: teens suffered injuries to her lung and diaphragm. Witnesses say 57 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: osno Osway made racially charged remarks before the attack, though 58 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: no hate crime charges were included in his conviction. Just 59 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: weeks earlier, he had pleaded guilty to assault in a 60 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: separate case. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg called the attack horrific 61 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: and said New Yorkers deserved to feel safe in transit spaces. 62 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: In Los Angeles, a man with a violent criminal record 63 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: is accused of driving into a crowd on a sidewalk 64 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: in East Hollywood injuring thirty six people. Twenty nine year 65 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: old Fernando Ramirez of San Clemente was behind the wheel 66 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 1: when his Nissan Versus struck pedestrians, a food cart, and 67 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: a valet stand outside the Vermont Hollywood Venue. Police save 68 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: Ramirez was attacked by bystanders and later found to have 69 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: been shot. It's unclear whether the shooting happened before or 70 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: after the crash. The gunman remains at large. Ramirez, who's 71 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: on parole, has at least eleven prior criminal cases, including 72 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: a twenty nineteen felony battery conviction and an open domestic 73 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: battery case from twenty twenty five two. He's expected to 74 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: face new charges of assault with a deadly weapon. 75 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 2: Thanks John for the latest crime insice news. Go to 76 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 2: crime online dot com and please join us for our 77 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 2: daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our best to 78 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 2: find missing people, especially children, and solve unsolved homicides. With 79 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 2: this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.