The association Innocence in danger received "ten testimonies", "mainly victims", concerning acts related to the affair Jeffrey Epstein "committed on the French soil", said Thursday its president Homayra Sellier.
"We received ten testimonies," said Homayra Sellier, confirming information from the Parisian. Following the arrest of the American financier, Innocence in danger had called for witnesses and victims of the acts of which he was accused.
"What happened was committed on French soil"
"I think there are two or three witnesses" in the ten testimonies received, said Ms. Sellier, the others from victims. The latter "may not be all French, but what happened was committed on French soil, and probably by French," said the president of the association for child protection.
"The complaints are formatted" by the lawyers of the association, and should then be transmitted to the Paris prosecutor and the US justice, added the president of the association.
An open letter to the public prosecutor of Paris
Innocence in Danger had published on August 12, in L'Obs, an open letter calling on the Paris public prosecutor, Rémy Heitz, to open a preliminary inquiry into the Epstein affair. "From a reliable source, Innocence in danger has been confirmed recently that several victims of the prostitutional network, created by Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplices, are also of French nationality," wrote Mrs. Sellier.
In this open letter, Mrs. Sellier stated that her association had sent a report to Rémy Heitz as early as 23 July. "Unfortunately, we note your silence regarding the report made," she wrote.
On the day of the publication of this letter, the Paris public prosecutor's office indicated that it was carrying out "verifications" in order to "determine whether an investigation should be opened on French territory".