Article 73FVR Democrats introduce ‘Virginia’s law’ bill to end statute of limitations on civil sexual abuse cases

Democrats introduce ‘Virginia’s law’ bill to end statute of limitations on civil sexual abuse cases

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Cecilia Nowell
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Proposed legislation, named after Virginia Giuffre, a survivor of Epstein's abuse, also tackles jurisdiction

Democrats in Congress were joined on Capitol Hill by survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse to introduce legislation to end the statute of limitations and restrictions on jurisdiction in civil sexual abuse cases.

The move comes less than two weeks after the justice department released 3.5m pages of heavily redacted documents related to Epstein, as ordered by the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act.

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