Country Star Speaks Out on Jeffrey Epstein Allegations: “I Was NEVER Involved”

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Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 mugshot. (Photo by Kypros/Getty Images)Kypros

There are plenty of disturbing things in the Epstein files, and the amount of data released is so massive that it seems new discoveries are being made each day.

And a recent discovery by Saving Country Music is one that will shock country music fans.

That discovery?

Well, Jason and the Scorchers, the legendary country, rock and cowpunk band, is named in the files and the accusations are disturbing. Before diving into the accusations though, it should be noted that no members of the group have been charged with a crime, and frontman Jason Ringenberg has responded to the accusations.

“I unequivocally state that I was NEVER involved in the disgusting, illegal activities of Jeffrey Epstein or his associates,” he said according to Saving Country Music.

So, where did Jason and the Scorchers come into play in the files? Well, on July 16th, 2019, a woman reached out to the FBI and claimed that she was kidnapped in 1988 by individuals close to Epstein and forced to work as an escort in a prostitution ring.

“I was trafficked from Nashville, TN to NYC in 1988 when I was 19 by the ring of criminals connected to Jeffrey Epstein,” she told the FBI according to the documents in the Epstein files. “I was taken by van an exchanged for an Australian girl my age who went back to Nashville. A woman named (redacted) drove and she was paid by people in the music business I can identify. I was handed over to put me to work at an escort service on E. 63rd (between 1st and 2nd and 3rd) run by a woman named (redacted) who sent me to a group sex party the owner, her boyfriend Jeffrey was hosting.”

She got into some graphic details and then claimed that she was next “trafficked from Nashville through a band Jason and the Scorchers who were also trafficking cocaine.”

Ringenberg told Saving Country Music that he “never met Mr. Epstein, visited his homes, communicated with him, or participated in trafficking drugs or humans for him.”