"Members are slated to begin work on Tuesday, with an initial update to be delivered in July and a full report by the end of this year. The move comes in the wake of the release of more than three million previously unpublicised files related to the disgraced financier, who died by suicide in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges."
"State Representative Melanie Stansbury said in a video posted after the vote that the commission will help to bring forward a full picture of what happened here in New Mexico. The crimes that were reported to federal and state authorities were never fully investigated, Stansbury said. The probe seeks to ensure we have safeguards in place not only to hold those individuals accountable, who were complicit, but to ensure that this can never happen again."
"Epstein bought the 7,600-acre (3075-hectare) property, which included a hilltop mansion and private runway, from former New Mexico Democrat Governor Bruce King in 1993. Victim advocates say Epstein trafficked and sexually abused girls at the so-called playboy ranch as early as 1996, including Virginia Giuffre, the prominent victim who accused Epstein and the disgraced British royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of abuse."
A bipartisan truth commission will investigate Zorro Ranch after New Mexico lawmakers approved legislation creating a four-member panel by unanimous vote. The commission will collect testimony from victims and local residents, begin work immediately, provide an initial update in July and a full report by year-end. The action follows release of over three million previously unpublicised files related to Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019 facing federal sex trafficking charges. Epstein purchased the 7,600-acre property in 1993. Victim advocates and multiple civil suits allege trafficking and sexual abuse at the ranch beginning in 1996, including claims by Virginia Giuffre. The probe aims to identify accountability and strengthen safeguards.
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