Numerous pages of unsealed documents from a lawsuit connected to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein were made public on Wednesday.
According to CNN, the deposition transcripts include references to several prominent names, as has been previously reported, including Prince Andrew and Former US President Bill Clinton.
This follows a court order issued in December 2023 by New York Judge Loretta Preska that sought to unseal Epstein’s connections in full.
The documents are filings from a settled case brought by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an American woman who claimed Epstein sexually abused her as a minor and that Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend, aided in the abuse.
Giuffre alleged in her deposition that Maxwell directed her to have sexual contact with people including former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Prince Andrew, tech guru Marvin Minsky, well-known French modeling scout Jean-Luc Brunel and American investor Glenn Dubin.
It is not clear if Giuffre subsequently had sexual contact with any of the people named.
Buckingham Palace has previously refuted the allegations against Prince Andrew terming them untrue.
Many of the alleged victims and associates have given public interviews and have already been identified in the media.
However, inclusion in the newly unredacted documents is not an indication of wrongdoing or lawbreaking.
Some victims’ names remain redacted due to the sensitive nature of the crimes, according to court filings.
More revelations in Epstein’s unsealed files
The unsealed documents also include a deposition from Johanna Sjoberg, who in the document described Prince Andrew touching her breast in a joking manner while taking photos.
Sjoberg worked sometimes for Epstein, and she has said that he pressured her to go beyond her comfort level at times in giving sexualized massages.
Sjoberg recalled in her 2016 deposition that Epstein spoke to her about Bill Clinton and one time said ‘Clinton likes them young, referring to girls’.
A spokesman for Clinton confirmed to CNN in 2019 that the former president had flown on Epstein’s private plane but said Clinton knew nothing of the financier’s crime and the stand remains even today.
In her deposition, Johanna Sjoberg also recalled a time she was with Epstein on one of his planes and pilots informed them they needed to land in Atlantic City. Epstein then suggested they contact Donald Trump.
However, Trump is not accused of wrongdoing related to Epstein in the documents.
Epstein and Maxwell cases
Jeffrey Epstein was indicted in 2019 on federal charges of operating a sex trafficking ring in which he allegedly sexually abused dozens of underage girls.
He died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial. He was a millionaire financier known to mix with high-profile figures like Prince Andrew according to media reports.
On the other hand, prosecutors in New York indicted Maxwell on sex trafficking charges involving multiple victims. She was convicted in 2021.
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