Seth Stern is the director of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation. He and his former colleagues Damon Dunn and Neil Rosenbaum fought subpoenas issued to Jim DeRogatis during R. Kelly’s trials in Chicago.
From Epstein’s inoculating friendships with the rich and powerful to lax law enforcement and a politicized Justice Department, the systems that should have protected his victims failed time and again. For those aiming to keep the details secret, the Kelly case offered a playbook.
