Michael Tracey

And there's a similar thing going on with the Epstein mythology.

And there's a similar thing going on with the Epstein mythology.

Now, when I mention the Epstein mythology, I'm not talking about the 2007-2008 Florida non-prosecution agreement or that whole scenario that Sager brought up in piecemeal before.

Now, when I mention the Epstein mythology, I'm not talking about the 2007-2008 Florida non-prosecution agreement or that whole scenario that Sager brought up in piecemeal before.

That's a different element of this whole story.

That's a different element of this whole story.

The mythology developed later.

The mythology developed later.

mostly around 2014 with the introduction of these new claims by Virginia Roberts Gufray and her lawyers, Bradley Edwards, Paul Cassell, later David Boies, in which she alleged that she had been child sex trafficked around the world and that she knew that Epstein enforced this child sex trafficking operation via blackmail.

mostly around 2014 with the introduction of these new claims by Virginia Roberts Gufray and her lawyers, Bradley Edwards, Paul Cassell, later David Boies, in which she alleged that she had been child sex trafficked around the world and that she knew that Epstein enforced this child sex trafficking operation via blackmail.

And also she made specific allegations against three particular individuals, Alan Dershowitz, Prince Andrew, John Luke Brunel.

And also she made specific allegations against three particular individuals, Alan Dershowitz, Prince Andrew, John Luke Brunel.

And then also she accused a generic category of other high profile persons who she didn't specify as also victimizing her like prime ministers and politicians and presidents and so forth.

And then also she accused a generic category of other high profile persons who she didn't specify as also victimizing her like prime ministers and politicians and presidents and so forth.

So that's basically the origin of what I would call the mythology, which

So that's basically the origin of what I would call the mythology, which

is just sort of a different order or magnitude than the initial Palm Beach prosecution, which was effectively a local crime.

is just sort of a different order or magnitude than the initial Palm Beach prosecution, which was effectively a local crime.

But in terms of the parallel to the Satanic Panic,

But in terms of the parallel to the Satanic Panic,