Surrey Police probing 2 child sex abuse allegations after Epstein files bombshell release
Surrey Police are investigating two separate allegations of historic child sexual abuse following the release of the Epstein files.In a statement, the force said: “Following the release of files relating to Jeffery Epstein by the US Department of Justice, we are investigating two separate allegations of non-recent child sexual abuse.“One report relates to locations in Surrey and Berkshire in the mid-1990s to 2000. The other relates to the mid to late 1980s in West Surrey. No arrests have been made.“We take all reports of sexual offending seriously and will work to identify any reasonable lines of enquiry to verify information or establish corroborating evidence. There is no further information at this time.”In February, Surrey Police called for witnesses to come forward after a redacted report released by the US Department of Justice in December, set out allegations of human trafficking and sexual assault which allegedly took place in Virginia Water between 1994 and 1996.Multiple UK police forces have been reviewing information contained within the millions of pages of files released earlier this year.So far, the US Department of Justice has released over 3.5 million pages of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in a prison cell back in 2019.
