Despite two intense days of negotiations, a settlement remained elusive in a lawsuit filed against the U.S. government by two women who claim their rights as victims were violated in a case involving abuse of numerous teenage girls and a wealthy, well-connected South Florida sex offender.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Dave Lee Brannon said on Tuesday after more than three hours of talks in West Palm Beach that the attorneys for two women known as Jane Does 1 and 2 and U.S. Department of Justice lawyers were at an impasse. The women claim they were improperly left in the dark about a nonprosecution agreement reached between the Justice Department and financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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