Tennessee nonprofit founder ‘hogtied’ on Epstein’s island, charged with trespassing

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) – The leader of a nonprofit based in Memphis, Tennessee, that works with police to combat human trafficking and child exploitation was found Saturday tied up on an island associated with Jeffrey Epstein.

Benjamin Owen, the founder of We Fight Monsters, is charged with trespassing on the island. He is currently out on bond and back in Memphis, awaiting a May 15 arraignment.

Owen sent a statement to Nexstar’s WREG, explaining that he was on the island doing research to raise awareness on the Epstein story.

On Saturday, authorities were called to a reported kidnapping and assault on Little St. James, the island formerly owned by Epstein, Virgin Islands police said in a court filing.

When they arrived on the island, police said they were met by three people, one of whom was initially aggressive toward police. They escorted officers by all-terrain vehicle to a holding area.

Officers found a man, later identified as Owen, restrained by duct tape on his body and face, wearing black pants with the lettering “We Fight Monsters,” according to the report.

One of the men on the island told........

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