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Speaker 1: Crime Alard hourly update, Breaking crime news Now.

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Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton. Virginia Guffrey, who alleged that the late

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Speaker 2: sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew had sexually abused her,

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Speaker 2: tragically took her own life. Her family has shared with

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Speaker 2: heavy hearts, we announced that Virginia passed away last night

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Speaker 2: at her farm in Western Australia. She succumbed to suicide

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Speaker 2: after enduring a lifetime of sexual abuse in trafficking. Her

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Speaker 2: family stated her children, Christian, Noah and Emily were the

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Speaker 2: brightest lights in her life. It was in the moment

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Speaker 2: she cradled her newborn daughter that Virginia felt compelled to

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Speaker 2: stand up against those who wronged her and countless others.

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Speaker 2: Here she is speaking with sixty minutes.

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Speaker 3: I was a baby stuck in a world where grown

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Speaker 3: ups were allowed to do whatever they wanted, and I

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Speaker 3: was lost. Money should not be able to buy you

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Speaker 3: the power to get away with hurting people, and it's

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Speaker 3: not normal. I don't care how rich you are. You

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Speaker 3: have the privilege of being wealthy, great, fantastic, Do something

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Speaker 3: great about it, do something good with your money. I mean,

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Speaker 3: how evil do people have to be to just let

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Speaker 3: that happen. It took a lot of people involved. It

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Speaker 3: took doctors, psychiatrists, gynecologists, dentists. All these people knew what

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Speaker 3: was going on. Hairstylists, I mean, the list goes on.

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Speaker 3: I could keep going on and on and on, drivers, chauffeurs, butlers, housemaids.

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Speaker 3: It took all of these people turning a blind eye,

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Speaker 3: which they weren't blind to because we were right there,

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Speaker 3: blatantly in front of them. They knew exactly what was

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Speaker 3: going on. Everyone's turned a blind eye in the place

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Speaker 3: where I was supposed to be protected, in my country,

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Speaker 3: where I was supposed to be protected. The justice system

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Speaker 3: failed us. Then I believe they're going to do something

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Speaker 3: amazing for us now.

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Speaker 2: In two thousand and nine, Guphrey reached a five hundred

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Speaker 2: thousand dollars settlement with Epstein. In a civil lawsuit, Guphrey

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Speaker 2: accused Epstein of track her to Prince Andrew, claiming that

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Speaker 2: the royal took advantage of her and sexually assaulted her

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Speaker 2: when she was a minor. Prince Andrew has consistently denied

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Speaker 2: these allegations, questioning Guphrey's credibility and intentions. In twenty twenty one,

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Speaker 2: Guphree filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew, alleging that he

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Speaker 2: sexually abused her at Epstein's Manhattan residence and other locations

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Speaker 2: in two thousand and one when she was still under age.

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Speaker 2: In twenty twenty two, Prince Andrew agreed to settle the

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Speaker 2: lawsuit without admitting any wrongdoing. Additionally, Guphree filed a civil

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Speaker 2: lawsuit in twenty fifteen against Galen Maxwell, Epstein's former associate,

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Speaker 2: claiming she had played a role in facilitating the abuse

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Speaker 2: over a four year period starting in twenty nineteen. Numerous

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Speaker 2: court documents from that case were made public the day

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Speaker 2: after the first batch of documents were unsealed by a

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Speaker 2: federal appeals court. In twenty nineteen, Epstein was found dead

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Speaker 2: in his jail cell in Manhattan, where he was awaiting

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Speaker 2: trial on charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy. The New

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Speaker 2: York Medical Examiner ruled his death a suicide, a conclusion

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Speaker 2: supported by a Justice Department Inspector General report. Maxwell was

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Speaker 2: convicted in twenty twenty one of five charges related to

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Speaker 2: abuse and trafficking of underage girls, and was sentenced to

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Speaker 2: twenty years in prison. Guphrey did not testify during Maxwell's trial,

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Speaker 2: and Maxwell has continually denied any wrongdoing. Earlier this month,

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Speaker 2: Maxwell appealed her conviction to a Supreme Court, though the

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Speaker 2: court has yet to respond or Prime in Justice news

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Speaker 2: after this. A tragic incident in Florida has led to

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Speaker 2: the untimely death of a ten year old boy, Lewis Johnson.

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Speaker 2: His parents alleged he took his own life after experiencing

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Speaker 2: bullying from his teacher. This claim is at the center

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Speaker 2: of a lawsuit filed against the Marion County School Board

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Speaker 2: nearly two years after the boy's passing. The wrongful death

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Speaker 2: suit accuses a fifth grade teacher, Don White, of not

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Speaker 2: only bullying Johnson, a student at Legacy Elementary School, but

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Speaker 2: also encouraging other students to join in in the harassment.

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Speaker 2: The lawsuit details instances where White allegedly demeaned the boy

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Speaker 2: by calling him quote stupid and questioning his knowledge in

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Speaker 2: front of the class, saying things like, I don't know

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Speaker 2: why you're talking because you don't even know anything. You

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Speaker 2: don't know nothing in this class. Isn't that right?

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Speaker 2: An investigative report highlighted that White had a pattern of

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Speaker 2: causing psychological harm to multiple students through verbal abuse, humiliation,

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Speaker 2: and insults. Despite the parent's efforts to alert both the

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Speaker 2: school board and the administration about the teacher's behavior, they

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Speaker 2: assert that no actions were taken to address the issue.

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Speaker 2: As a result of the school board's alleged negligence, the

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Speaker 2: parents believe that White's actions led Johnson to develop severe

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Speaker 2: de depression and anxiety, ultimately causing him to take his

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Speaker 2: own life. In the wake of their loss, they distributed

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Speaker 2: suicide prevention flyers at the school outlining the claims against White.

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Speaker 2: In a twenty twenty three investigation into White's conduct, over

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Speaker 2: two dozen students were interviewed, including twelve who were present

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Speaker 2: in Johnson's classroom. These students reported that the teacher would

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Speaker 2: become angry when students answered questions incorrectly, often instilling fear

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Speaker 2: and causing distress, with some even brought to tears. They

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Speaker 2: also noted that she would publicly comment on students' grades.

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Speaker 2: Following the investigation, the school board chose not to renew

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Speaker 2: White's contract. While the lawsuit refers to the teacher as

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Speaker 2: Donna White, other records and resources confirm her name to

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Speaker 2: be don White. If you or someone you know is

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Speaker 2: facing mental health challenges or feeling depressed. Please reach out

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Speaker 2: to a qualified counselor by texting or calling nine eight eight.

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Speaker 2: That phone line is available twenty four hours a day.

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Speaker 2: In his completely confidential.

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Speaker 1: How could a beautiful young first grade teacher be stabbed

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Speaker 1: twenty times, including in the back, allegedly die of suicide? Yes,

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Speaker 1: that was a medical examiner's official ruling after a closed

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Speaker 1: door meeting. He first named it a homicide. Why what

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Speaker 1: Happened to Ellen Greenberg? A huge American miscarriage of justice.

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Speaker 1: Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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Speaker 2: I'm Nicol Parton