Wararka Soomaaliyeed: Daalacan 18-sano jir ah oo ku bixiyay warbixin Epstein, waxa uu ku guuleystay inuu difaaco xuquuqda warbaahinta ardayda
Daalacan 18-sano jir ah oo ka mid ah barnaamijka warbaahinta Redwood Bark, ayaa 10-kii February 2026 ku bilowday baaritaanka faylasha Epstein, waxaana uu ka helay 3 milyan oo bogag, iyadoo uu dib u soo celiyay warbixinta ka dib markii la xiray.
Baaritaanka faylasha Epstein iyo warbixinta Redwood Bark
Ben Mueller, daalacan 18-sano jir ah, ayaa 10-kii February 2026 ku bilowday baaritaanka faylasha Epstein, waxaana uu 5 saacadood ku qaaday inuu ka baaro baasaboorka federaalka ah ee Marin County, iyadoo uu ka helay 3 milyan oo bogag oo faylasha ku jira.
Mueller ayaa ka helay warbixin muhiim ah oo ku saabsan shirka farsamada 2014-ka ah ee Sausalito, kulanka uu la yeeshay Woody Allen ee Tiburon, iyo e-mail 2013-ka ah oo Epstein la xiriiray Gisele Attias Bonnouvrier, oo ahayd qof ka tirsan ururka modelka Mill Valley Connection.
Dhibaatooyinka iyo xiritaanka warbixinta
Bonnouvrier ayaa 23-kii February 2026 u diray e-mail ku saabsan in warbixinta uu ku xiray, waxaana ay ku bixisay inay ku eedeysay inay ku xirneyd, iyadoo ay ku bixisay inay ku xirneyd 48 saacadood gudahood, waxaana ay ku bixisay inay ku xirneyd.
Mueller iyo Bishop ayaa ku bixiyay inay ku xirneyd, waxaana ay ku bixisay inay ku xirneyd, iyadoo ay ku bixisay inay ku xirneyd, waxaana ay ku bixisay inay ku xirneyd.
Difaaca xuquuqda warbaahinta ardayda
Mueller iyo Bishop ayaa ku bixiyay inay ku xirneyd, waxaana ay ku bixisay inay ku xirneyd, iyadoo ay ku bixisay inay ku xirneyd, waxaana ay ku bixisay inay ku xirneyd.
Mueller iyo Bishop ayaa ku bixiyay inay ku xirneyd, waxaana ay ku bixisay inay ku xirneyd, iyadoo ay ku bixisay inay ku xirneyd, waxaana ay ku bixisay inay ku xirneyd.
An 18-year-old student journalist spent five hours searching the Epstein files for connections to his California community, only to face a lawsuit threat from a named individual and pressure from school administrators before ultimately restoring his report.
A Homework Assignment Becomes a Viral Story
Ben Mueller, a high school senior, began searching the 3 million pages of the Epstein files on February 10, 2026, for links to Marin County, California, where he had lived his entire life. After five hours of research, he identified several mentions, including a 2014 art gala in Sausalito and a 2013 email exchange involving a woman from a modeling agency.
Mueller posted his findings as an Instagram slideshow on the feed of the Redwood Bark, his school's student-run publication, on February 12, 2026. The post quickly gained more than 4,000 likes and attracted praise from readers who described the reporting as higher quality than that of local news outlets.
A Legal Threat and Administrative Pressure Mount
On February 23, 2026, Gisele Attias Bonnouvrier, the woman identified in the Epstein files, emailed the principal of Redwood High School, calling the post defamatory and demanding its removal within 48 hours. The district superintendent then ordered the publication to either redact her name or delete the slide entirely.
Mueller and his colleague Madison Bishop consulted an attorney with the Student Press Law Center, who stated that no lawyer would represent Bonnouvrier because her name appeared in the Epstein files. Despite this, the Bark staffers debated for four hours and decided to temporarily archive the controversial slide, citing their own ethical considerations rather than yielding to the principal's request.
The Post Is Restored After a Legal Review
Mueller and Bishop met with principal Barnaby Payne and superintendent Courtney Goode, who reviewed the specific document from the Epstein files. The district's research found no evidence linking Bonnouvrier to providing models to Epstein, and the meeting concluded that the post did not have to be taken down.
The next day, Mueller and Bishop restored the archived slide to the Redwood Bark's Instagram feed. Superintendent Goode later stated that the post was 'briefly paused' until it was confirmed that the information was factual and publicly available, affirming the students' right to publish their report.
