Time for the truth: Epstein survivors release powerful ad on Super Bowl Sunday
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein have released a powerful Super Bowl advert demanding full transparency in his sex trafficking case. The ad urges Attorney General Pam Bondi to disclose all related records, highlighting ongoing calls for justice and truth.
Survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are leveraging one of the year’s most-watched events in the US to make sure their voices are finally heard. On Super Bowl Sunday, the women released a stark advert calling for full transparency in what they describe as the world’s largest sex-trafficking scandal.
The video, released by advocacy group World Without Exploitation, features Epstein’s survivors speaking directly to the camera and urging Americans to stand with them. The women call on US Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all remaining records tied to the case, as mandated under Congress’ Epstein Files Transparency Act.
One by one, the survivors address viewers before their voices merge into a collective declaration: "After years of being kept apart, we’re standing together, because this girl deserves the truth."
With photographs of their younger selves, at the ages when they claim they were first exploited by Epstein, the group of women demanded public disclosure of information about other people allegedly involved in the disgraced financier’s crimes.
The ad ends with a blunt message splashed across the screen: “Stand With Us. Tell Attorney General Pam Bondi: IT’S TIME FOR THE TRUTH.”
Airing during Super Bowl Sunday -- the championship game of the National Football League and one of the biggest events on US television -- the video is a bid by the long-silenced survivors to keep public pressure on the Justice Department. World Without Exploitation also released a longer version of the commercial online, calling it "the Super Bowl ad every American should see."
Democratic Rep Robert Garcia amplified the PSA on social media ahead of its broadcast. "This Super Bowl Sunday, Epstein’s survivors want you watch this. It’s the most important ad of the day. You don’t ‘move on’ from the largest sex trafficking ring in the world. You expose it," he wrote.
The push comes days after a major document dump by the Department of Justice on January 30. Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law by US President Donald Trump, the DOJ released roughly 3 million pages of records, along with 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. But survivors and advocates argue the disclosure falls short.
According to the department, the release represents only about half of the roughly 6 million documents reviewed. The remaining files include child sexual abuse material, victim-identifying information and records protected by law.
The advertisement is set to air nationally just one day before members of Congress are scheduled to examine unredacted Epstein files for the first time.
THE EPSTEIN FILES IN A NUTSHELL
Epstein’s criminal history stretches back nearly two decades. The investigation began in 2005 after parents of a 14-year-old girl told police she had been molested at Epstein’s Palm Beach, Florida, mansion. Police later identified at least 35 girls who said Epstein paid them $200 or $300 for sexualised massages.
Epstein served jail time in 2008-09 after pleading guilty to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl, despite evidence of abuse involving multiple minors. Arrested again in 2019 on federal sex-trafficking charges, he died in jail a month later in what authorities ruled a suicide. His associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted in 2022 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
An Associated Press review of internal Justice Department records found investigators amassed extensive evidence of Epstein’s abuse of underage girls but uncovered limited proof that he ran a trafficking ring for powerful men. Newly released documents reportedly contain allegations involving several high-profile figures, including Trump.
Survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are leveraging one of the year’s most-watched events in the US to make sure their voices are finally heard. On Super Bowl Sunday, the women released a stark advert calling for full transparency in what they describe as the world’s largest sex-trafficking scandal.
The video, released by advocacy group World Without Exploitation, features Epstein’s survivors speaking directly to the camera and urging Americans to stand with them. The women call on US Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all remaining records tied to the case, as mandated under Congress’ Epstein Files Transparency Act.
One by one, the survivors address viewers before their voices merge into a collective declaration: "After years of being kept apart, we’re standing together, because this girl deserves the truth."
With photographs of their younger selves, at the ages when they claim they were first exploited by Epstein, the group of women demanded public disclosure of information about other people allegedly involved in the disgraced financier’s crimes.
The ad ends with a blunt message splashed across the screen: “Stand With Us. Tell Attorney General Pam Bondi: IT’S TIME FOR THE TRUTH.”
Airing during Super Bowl Sunday -- the championship game of the National Football League and one of the biggest events on US television -- the video is a bid by the long-silenced survivors to keep public pressure on the Justice Department. World Without Exploitation also released a longer version of the commercial online, calling it "the Super Bowl ad every American should see."
Democratic Rep Robert Garcia amplified the PSA on social media ahead of its broadcast. "This Super Bowl Sunday, Epstein’s survivors want you watch this. It’s the most important ad of the day. You don’t ‘move on’ from the largest sex trafficking ring in the world. You expose it," he wrote.
The push comes days after a major document dump by the Department of Justice on January 30. Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law by US President Donald Trump, the DOJ released roughly 3 million pages of records, along with 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. But survivors and advocates argue the disclosure falls short.
According to the department, the release represents only about half of the roughly 6 million documents reviewed. The remaining files include child sexual abuse material, victim-identifying information and records protected by law.
The advertisement is set to air nationally just one day before members of Congress are scheduled to examine unredacted Epstein files for the first time.
THE EPSTEIN FILES IN A NUTSHELL
Epstein’s criminal history stretches back nearly two decades. The investigation began in 2005 after parents of a 14-year-old girl told police she had been molested at Epstein’s Palm Beach, Florida, mansion. Police later identified at least 35 girls who said Epstein paid them $200 or $300 for sexualised massages.
Epstein served jail time in 2008-09 after pleading guilty to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl, despite evidence of abuse involving multiple minors. Arrested again in 2019 on federal sex-trafficking charges, he died in jail a month later in what authorities ruled a suicide. His associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted in 2022 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
An Associated Press review of internal Justice Department records found investigators amassed extensive evidence of Epstein’s abuse of underage girls but uncovered limited proof that he ran a trafficking ring for powerful men. Newly released documents reportedly contain allegations involving several high-profile figures, including Trump.