Dani Bensky on Jeffrey Epstein, the FBI and a System That Failed (9/8/26)

About this episode

Dani Bensky, who says Jeffrey Epstein abused her beginning when she was 17, described the Epstein case as a spectacular institutional failure by the United States, arguing that the government has repeatedly failed survivors while allowing powerful people around Epstein to escape meaningful scrutiny. Bensky said Epstein initially manipulated her through her dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer, offering money, connections and career opportunities before gradually sexualizing their encounters and becoming more aggressive. She also said he tried to use her mother’s serious illness as leverage, pressing her to recruit other girls and implying he could help secure medical care. Years…