The reason the media couldn't really cover this lawsuit extensively is because she dropped her lawsuit on November 4, 2016, just four days before the election, and her real name was never revealed. She had received death threats, according to her lawyer, despite never being named publicly.
This makes me sick, and even more so that anyone had any knowledge of the victim's identify and whereabouts to expose her to death threats. There were a lot of people that did unspeakable things on that island, and there needs to be a reckoning for that.
I read this story in the late 90’s. It was the 1st time I’d heard of Epstein, and it was a detail of Trump’s rape of this then unnamed minor. I watched the press conference in 2016 that she failed to attend. Her attorney said that death threats had been placed on her entire family if she showed up.
Credible people thought there were too many suspicious aspects to the case at the time, but who knows? I think we've learned so much more about Epstein and Trump since 2016 that would probably make it more believable. But I didn't see any of the evidence for myself.