Protective Order Sought In Epstein Privacy Violation Suit Against Google, DOJ

( April 2, 2026, 2:49 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — An alleged victim of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein filed a motion in California federal court seeking a protective order to proceed under a pseudonym in her putative class suit alleging that U.S. Department of Justice violated the Privacy Act by wrongfully disclosing her personally identifiable information and that of other victims of Epstein when releasing files pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act and that Google LLC continues to republish that information....