The Guardian ·
Woman pleads guilty to fraudulently obtaining $750,000 from Epstein victims fund
Prosecutors did not say whether they believed Jennifer Percival, an autism scholar, was one of Epstein’s victims
A Florida woman who was paid $750,000 by a fund for people sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein has pleaded guilty to falsifying records she used in her application for the money.
Jennifer Percival, a scholar who has written books on autism, entered the plea in federal court in New York on Monday, the same day that she was charged in the case. A transcript of the proceeding was entered in the court record on Wednesday.
During her brief court appearance, Percival didn’t speak about Epstein and prosecutors didn’t say whether they had reached a conclusion about whether she was, or wasn’t, one of his victims.
