BREAKING🚨 ABC refused to let eight Epstein survivors speak on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Rosie O'Donnell gathered them and filmed it herself — and the women told her no famous person had ever called to stand beside them. Now she says she will tell all eight of their stories, one by one.
O'Donnell guest-hosted four episodes in August and pitched what she called "the Epstein reveal" for her final night.
"They said that they were certain that could not happen," she said on the Jann Arden Podcast. "So I said, 'Well, then I'm going to do it myself.'"
She called Survivor Sisters, an advocacy group formed by Epstein survivors, and asked how many women could get there in three days. Eight came. They filmed for about two hours.
She first posted a short video from the shoot. Andrea Sterling, Sharlene Rochard, Lara Blume McGee, Jena-lisa Jones, Wendy Pesante, Lisa Phillips, Marina Lacerda and Chauntae Davies stood together in white, fists raised, singing Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman." It ended with childhood photos of the women. Jimmy Kimmel later shared it on his own Instagram Story.
Now O'Donnell says each woman will get her own up-close segment telling her story. The eight segments could become a full documentary, a YouTube project or something they release themselves on social media.
O'Donnell said she made the video after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump's former personal lawyer, said he did "not know whether there are men out there that abused these women." That same day, the Justice Department released more than 3 million additional pages from its Epstein files.
"You are all heroes, and you're going to change how the world deals with child sex abuse," O'Donnell told the women.
Afterward, she said, they told her no famous person had ever called to stand beside them.
A new judge has officially been assigned to oversee key post‑trial proceedings in the Karmelo Anthony case. Senior Judge Sid L. Harle will now hear the motion to recuse the original trial judge, John Roach, and determine how this matter should move forward.
We are working tirelessly to ensure that Karmelo receives a fair and impartial process, and this development represents meaningful progress toward our ongoing efforts to secure a new trial and true justice in his case.
Shaq caught wind of this 7-foot-3 kid in Kemah, Texas who powered through the police academy only to fall one point short on the state exam. His whole dream of becoming an officer looked like it was slipping away right there.
Then Shaq jumped in and covered the guy’s living expenses for the next five months so he wouldn’t have to juggle a second job and could zero in on passing that test. Because of that extra push, Jordan Wilmore got back in, nailed it, and just got sworn in as a Kemah police officer.
After spending his entire senior year apart from his sister while she served overseas in the military, Kalen Barksdale received the surprise of a lifetime at his graduation. Moments like these remind us that family love can make even the biggest milestones MORE meaningful! ❤️
Haitian woman, 31, dies alone at Pittsburgh bus stop days after ICE released her to the streets far from home to perish. Rest in power, Daphy Michel: https://t.co/z3NLMTIjve
A grand jury has returned a 76-count indictment against a Batavia-area chiropractor accused of secretly video recording his patients as they undressed or were partially unclothed.
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@LeeMerrittesq Kudos to you for bringing this matter to the forefront. LEO/CO or NOT he needs to be put on blast. He needs to keep his hands to himself. With his big over grown arse.
Florida correctional officer Mario Grier was captured on home surveillance video in Sanford violently grabbing and slamming his 9‑year‑old stepdaughter onto a car hood in front of other children.
In the footage, the child’s aunt, Leondra Chapman, sees what happened and immediately confronted him upon her arrival.
Sanford Police say they took a report, interviewed the family, and turned the case over to the State Attorney’s Office, which is now reviewing the video and other evidence to determine possible charges.
This man should be arrested immediately, fired from any correctional or law‑enforcement position, and kept away from this 9‑year‑old girl and her siblings.