
i work in law. allegations & "files" are not evidence. what's been circulated does not meet the standard for calling someone a pedophile in any court of law. yes, anything involving epstein should be fully investigated, no matter who’s involved, but i do not label people as criminals based on insinuation, political hatred, or incomplete records. due process matters, even when you dislike the person. people are confusing suspicion with proof, and that's dangerous.
i never said courts are the only way to form conclusions. i said i won’t call someone a pedophile without real evidence. suspicion isn’t proof. investigation is appropriate, public conviction without evidence is not. you're confusing 'people can have opinions’ with ‘people can make criminal accusations without proof.’ those are not the same thing.
ofc children can be victims, and every allegation of abuse should be taken seriously & fully investigated. that doesn’t mean every accusation is automatically proof of guilt. there are documented cases of false or mistaken accusations, sometimes due to coaching, confusion, trauma, misunderstanding, or third-party influence (have witnessed this working in law & its more frequent than you'd think). acknowledging that reality does not minimize real victims; it protects the integrity of justice.