Megyn Kelly has been eviscerated for suggesting Jeffrey Epstein was not an "actual pedophile" because he preyed on "barely legal" 15-year-olds, not elementary-aged kids.
In the wake of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein where Trump was a regular topic, Megyn Kelly is trying to downplay Epstein's sex crimes by arguing that "there's a difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old."
-- Media Matters for America (@mmfa.bsky.social) Nov 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Time for our Republican Congress to change the legal age of consent to 13 in order to protect Trump.
Should we be surprised about Bill Donohue's idiotic defense of Megyn Kelly who should have her head shaved? rarehistoricalphotos.com
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Megyn Kelly has a point. Sexual consent laws have been all over the board throughout time and place.
In 1880, American ages of consent were set at 10 or 12 in most states, with the exception of Delaware where it was 7.
Today, 23 US states or territories set the "restricted" age of sexual consent at 15 or lower. (In 3 of those jurisdictions, the younger age is 14 and in 10, it's 13.) But the age difference between younger & older partner is very restricted. And the unrestricted age of consent is primarily between 16 & 18.
See; en.wikipedia.org
I hope what Ms Kelly intended to assert is that violating age of consent law isn't necessarily pedophilia. If that was her intent, she's not defending sexual predators.
But Epstein and Maxwell were predators bengaging in trafficking vulnerable young women and exploiting their vulnerability. And consent is generally not being a virtual indentured servant for someone's escort-for-hire business. At a minimum, consent means freely able to say no, without restrictions. Ideally, it implies mutual agreement without duress and under appropriate mental conditions.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM
BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Case No. :50 2009 CA 040800XXXXMBAG
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Plaintiff,
SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, individually, and
BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, individually,
Defendants,
STATEMENT OF UNDISPUTED FACTS
Bradley Edwards was an attorney in a civil case against Epstein
Maxwell is not the only important witness to lie to avoid deposition by Edwards. Upon review of the message pads that were taken from Epstein's home in the police trash pulls,
see Exhibit "J" supra, many were from Jean Luc Brunel, a French citizen and one of Epstein's closest pals. He left messages for Epstein.
One dated 4/1/05 said, "He has a teacher for you to teach you how to speak Russian. She is 2x8 years old, not blonde. Lessons are free and you can have your 1st today if you call."
See Messages taken from Jean Luc Brunel are attached hereto as
Exhibit "EE." In light of these circumstances of the case, this message reasonably suggested to Edwards that Brunel might have been procuring two eight-year-old girls for Epstein to sexually
abuse. According to widely circulated press reports reviewed by Edwards, Brunel is in his sixties and has a reputation throughout the world (and especially in the modeling industry) as a
cocaine addict that has for years molested children through modeling agencies while acting as their agent " conduct that has been the subject of critical reports, books, several news articles,
and a 60 Minutes documentary on Brunel's sexual exploitation of underage models. See bradmillershero.blogspot.com attached hereto as Exhibit
63. Edwards learned that Brunel is also someone that visited Epstein on approximately 67 occasions while Epstein was in jail. See Epstein's jail visitor log attached as
Exhibit "GG."
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