Epstein accuser recants ‘sex slave’ story against Moviefone co-founder
An anonymous Jeffrey Epstein accuser has dropped her sex trafficking lawsuit against Moviefone co-founder and prominent psychiatrist Henry Jarecki, whom she accused of slavery and other sex crimes last year.
“Since filing my anonymous complaint, I have reviewed the history and evidence of my relationship with Dr. Jarecki, which was many years ago, and have now come to the conclusion that he did not mean me any harm, I was never a patient of his, and I traveled with him voluntarily,” the accuser, known only as Jane Doe 11 in court documents, told Fox News Digital Monday through her attorney.
“I also now recognize I was not referred to Dr. Jarecki by Jeffrey Epstein,” she added. “Accordingly, I have withdrawn my complaint and will have no further comment on the matter.”
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Court records show a notice of voluntary dismissal was filed Friday in the Southern District of New York – with prejudice, meaning she cannot revive the accusations.
Jarecki, who is in his 90s and is a longtime Yale University professor, author and billionaire metals trader in addition to his career as a prominent Big Apple shrink, denied the allegations from the start as “demonstrably untrue.”
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“False accusations have been made against me by lawyers seeking money on behalf of a woman with whom I had a consensual, non-secretive, and mutually respectful relationship over a decade ago, when she was a successful professional in her late 20s,” he told Fox News Digital in June, when the lawsuit was filed. “I have never engaged in any abusive conduct with her or anyone else. I will contest these demonstrably untrue claims in the appropriate forum.”
Doe, a former model, had accused him of raping her in his upscale Gramercy Park home after Epstein sent her to him as a referral for complaints of depression.
According to the dropped lawsuit, the woman came to the United States in 2010 for work and soon entered Epstein’s orbit. She accused him of sexually abusing her before he sent her to “the best doctor in New York City” for a mental health check.
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Among other accusations she has now dropped are that Jarecki took control of her life entirely between 2011 and 2014 and kept her as a modern-day sex slave.
His lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.
NBA legend trashes league’s product, says star player ‘needs to be f—ing arrested’
Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal had tough words for Los Angeles Clippers guard Ben Simmons in a rant against the NBA’s current product.
O’Neal sounded off on the game in the latest episode of the podcast.
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“People get mad. It’s just a product of what I’ve seen,” the Los Angeles Lakers legend said. “I’ve seen what greatness is, been there, played with them. I don’t see that all the time over there. So, you want me to give these mother—-rs the same props you giving them? That s— will never happen. You can call it hate if you want.
“Even with the word ‘hate,’ like these f—–g kids, they like to throw that word around. If you ain’t f—–g great and I’m great, how the f— can I hate on you? That don’t make no f—–g sense. I’m in the f—–g building, and you not in the building, so how the f— can I hate on you?”
O’Neal said he wants to see greatness on the court and lamented that “a lot of these mother—ers can’t play.”
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He pointed to Simmons, a three-time All-Star whose career has been marred by injuries. He went from averaging 14.3 points per game with the Philadelphia 76ers to averaging fewer than seven points per game with the Brooklyn Nets and now with the Clippers. All of that while he averaged around $35.4 million per year in salary and has earned more than $200 million in his career.
“Ben f—ing Simmons, that mother—er needs to be arrested. Jayson Tatum can play. He’s alright. I’m not going to bash him. But Ben Simmons needs to be f—–g arrested. ($250 million) for that bull—- Get the f— out of my face. Robbing people, man. You can’t do that.”
The NBA’s current product has found a lot of criticism over the last few years. With more teams taking 3-pointers and stars not playing the entirety of the 82-game schedule, fans responded by turning the game off.
Ratings were a hot topic of conversation earlier in the season.
Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla even said he’d “rather watch something else.”
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The NBA playoffs are poised to change that with superstar talent in the running for a title, including the Lakers and LeBron James.
Experts left baffled by discovery ‘preserved quite well’ in ancient settlement
Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a remarkably well-preserved dog from ancient Rome – and the discovery highlights the prevalence of ritual sacrifice in antiquity.
The excavation findings were announced by SOLVA Archaeology Service, a government-affiliated organization in Belgium, on March 21. (See the video at the top of this article.)
Archaeologist Arne Verbrugge of Flanders, Belgium, told Fox News Digital that the excavation took place at a former ancient Roman regional center, called a vicus, in the village of Velzeke.
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Pictures show the dog’s mouth largely intact; several teeth were retained, as well as its entire skeleton. The creature was found under a stone floor that aided its preservation, Verbrugge said.
“Most of the bone we find in our region from the Roman period is already heavily decayed,” he said. “In certain contexts such as wells or ditches, the conservation is slightly better.”
He added, “Because the dog was buried under a foundation of highly calcareous sandstone, the remains are preserved quite well.”
Dogs were used in “various ritual practices” in Roman times, the archaeologist said – even considered the “guardian” of a deceased human’s grave. The animals were often ritually killed to guide a deceased individual’s journey to the afterlife.
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But it appears the recently found dog was actually sacrificed for a building, rather than a human – which is a rare find in Belgium.
“From [the Roman scholar] Varro’s work ‘De Re Rustica,’ it appears that dogs were sometimes used in rituals to purify land and houses,” Verbrugge said.
“For the building sacrifice of Velzeke, it is likely that before they wanted to erect the building, they first ‘purified’ the site.”
He said that “a relationship with ‘purification’ also appears from the practice of sacrificing dogs (and other animals) at the festival of the Lupercalia in honor of Faunus – associated with fertility and purification – as mentioned by Plutarch.”
It appears the recently found dog was actually sacrificed for a building.
The stone building that the dog was buried under likely had some important purpose, Verbrugge said.
This was the first building-related dog sacrifice found in Flanders, though similar instances have been discovered in France and the United Kingdom.
“It is possible that the building was larger, but the foundations are not well-preserved everywhere,” Verbrugge said.
“Stone foundations are not common in the Roman period for this region, and they testify to a certain status of the building. They are only found in villas and public buildings with military, administrative or religious functions.”
He also said, “The presence of a stone building indicates an important building on the site.”
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The remains of the dog, which were initially studied at the excavation site, will undergo further testing, though Verbrugge noted that the exact breed of the dog is lost to time.
“Once the remains are washed, the bones themselves will be examined again,” Verbrugge said.
“Perhaps certain things can still be deduced from this, such as cause of death, diseases, age, gender and the like. We cannot assign this animal to a specific ‘breed,’ as [creating] specific breeds is a fairly recent practice.”
Archaeologists also found a number of other artifacts at the site – including the bones of a different dog, the remains of a young pig, around 33 intact drinking cups and a bronze bowl, though Verbrugge characterized those discoveries as settlement waste or litter rather than ritual offerings.
“The finds testify to a rich culture at this place, based on, among other things, imported luxury pottery, jewelry and even some silver coins,” he said.
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“It is striking that the pits often also contain slag or fragments of oven walls, indicating artisanal activities in the immediate vicinity. At one point, ritual or religious activities were carried out on part of the excavation site.”