the reporter whose indepth reporting series on jeffrey epstein broke this story wide open and was credited by prosecutors for assisting in the investigation. she was inside the court today. thank you very much for being here. thank you for doing this reporting. for these young victims it had to be a relief to see the beginnings of justice. does it surprise you that the charges that are being brought against him today are so similar to the charges that he was given a sweet deal for before. how can that be explained to the ordinary person? >> he had an operation going. he had people who worked for him. he had a set up of recruiters all over in new york, in florida, as far as we know this was probably going on in the u.s. virgin islands where he had a home and in europe. he had schedulers just like an organized crime organization operates with a boss at the top and you have the lieutenants and