Snitch deals may be DOA
The feds may now prosecute cronies of Jeffrey Epstein who were set to testify against him — while more than 200 new accusers have come forward, law-enforcement sources said on Sunday.
Sources told The Post that several people had cut deals with prosecutors to testify against the multimillionaire financier in his Manhattan sextrafficking case.
But after Epstein’s apparent suicide on Saturday, the would-be witnesses may wind up getting prosecuted themselves, sources said.
“They were getting a deal to testify against Epstein,” a source said. “Now [prosecutors] don’t need them.”
Still, no decisions have yet been made on how to proceed, the sources said.
The convicted pedophile’s indictment referenced three unidentified employees who served as co-conspirators.
Meanwhile, a horde of new Epstein accusers has come forward in response to authorities’ appeal last month urging other victims to contact them, sources said.
The feds made the appeal while announcing Epstein’s arrest on sex-trafficking charges.
The accusers’ claims have yet to be verified, but Manhattan US Attorney Geoffrey Berman vowed after Epstein’s death that “our investigation of the conduct charged in the indictment — which included a conspiracy count — remains ongoing.”
A state law that goes into effect Wednesday is also expected to “unleash an avalanche of civil suits” against Epstein’s estate, veteran New York City lawyer Paul Callan told Reuters.
The Child Victims Act, which Gov. Cuomo signed in February, will lift the statute of limitations for filing civil sexabuse claims for one year.
Los Angeles lawyer Lisa Bloom, who represents two Epstein accusers, said her clients plan to make the most of the opportunity.
“It is the only justice they can get. And they deserve it,” she tweeted.