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   > MP>So, my guess is that because the files are released publically there will   
   > ver   
   >   >likely never be any convictions or even indictments that come out of them.   
   >   >If there are any, it will only be for the most heanous crimes, against   
   dead   
   >   >persons who cannot defend themselves, or against small-time players who   
   >   >cannot afford to properly defend themselves.  :(   
      
   > That would be true from the eMails but couldn't those underage women   
   > go after the offenders themselves? Emails wouldn't make a case on   
   > their own but might support what these ladies say..   
      
   They could.  Sounds like they tried to take the criminal route themselves,   
   going as far back as the late 1990s (??), but the FBI at the time sort of   
   ignored them and/or thought they didn't have enough to make a case.   
      
   They may luck out in other countries, or in the individual states, provided   
   that any state that legally could do so didn't have a statute of   
   limitations that has already run out.   
      
   They may need to try the civil route to get anything done on their own.   
      
   > That said, I can't help but wonder how many of those 'exploited'   
   > under-age girls were there totally voluntarily and quite thrilled   
   > about it at the time but now want to make a big fuss over it for   
   > publicity and/or money.   
      
   The issue here would be, as under-aged persons, they were not old enough to   
   make those decisions on their own which would put the responsibility on the   
   adults that were exploiting them.   
      
   Mike   
      
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