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PremiumJeffrey Epstein document release LIVE Updates: A New York judge began to unseal Wednesday the identities of people linked in court documents to Jeffrey Epstein, the US financier who killed himself in 2019 as he awaited trial for sex crimes. The initial tranche includes 40 previously undisclosed documents with almost 1,000 pages of depositions and statements, with the final library of documents expected to name prominent individuals. The complete collection of documents is anticipated to disclose the names of influential figures connected to the case.
The report said that the individuals to be revealed include many Epstein associates who were previously referred to as John or Jane Does in a lawsuit filed against Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's former mistress. Jeffrey Epstein, a well-connected financier with influence both in the United States and internationally, faced allegations of sexually assaulting young girls. However, his prosecution came to a halt with his suicide by hanging in a New York prison in August 2019. Over the years, fabricated lists and manipulated photos of Epstein have circulated in conspiratorial corners of the internet, contributing to speculation about his potential associates. The forthcoming disclosure of names from court documents has reignited this speculative fervor.
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A New York judge on Wednesday began to unseal the identities of people linked in court documents to Jeffrey Epstein, the US financier who killed himself in 2019 as he awaited trial for sex crimes.
Notably included in the unsealed documents, which include almost 1,000 pages of depositions and statements, were former US presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, who have not been accused of any wrongdoing in the case.
The list of around 150 people include a host of Epstein associates previously identified as John or Jane Does in a lawsuit brought against Epstein's former mistress, Ghislaine Maxwell. It carries no allegation of complicity in Epstein's crimes.
The ‘Court Listener’ website, where Epstein documents are hosted, experiences a crash due to an overwhelming increase in traffic.
However, Free Law Project in a post on X said, “We are getting utterly hammered by the Epstein docs and are working on a fix. In the meantime, the https://storage.courtlistener.com. links work fine. Reply here with the storage links folks will want and hopefully, we can recover the site. Thank you and apologies!"
Court documents, connected to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, revealed scandalous details on Wednesday, involving names of former US President Bill Clinton, and Britain's Prince Andrew among others. Yesterday, a federal court in New York made confidential documents related to Epstein public.
Giuffre’s lawsuit against Maxwell was settled in 2017, but the Miami Herald went to court to access court papers initially filed under seal, including transcripts of interviews the lawyers did with potential witnesses.
About 2,000 pages were unsealed by a court in 2019. Additional documents were released in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
The batch currently being released contains around 250 records that sections that were blacked out or were sealed entirely because of concerns about the privacy rights of Epstein’s victims and other people whose names had come up during the legal battle but weren’t complicit in his crimes.
Only around 40 of those documents were made public Wednesday. More will be released in the coming days.
Amid great hype, a court began to release a new batch of previously secret court documents late Wednesday related to Jeffrey Epstein, the jet-setting financier who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
Social media has been rife in recent weeks with posts speculating the documents would include a list of rich and powerful men who were Epstein's “clients" or “co-conspirators."
The judge hasn't set a target for when all of the documents should be made public, but more documents are expected to come in the next few days.
U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska, who evaluated the documents to decide what should be unsealed, said in her December order that she was ordering the records released because much of the information within them is already public.
Some records have been released, either in part or in full, in other court cases.
The people named in the records include many of Epstein's accusers, members of his staff who told their stories to tabloid newspapers, people who served as witnesses at Maxwell's trial, people who were mentioned in passing during depositions but aren't accused of anything salacious, and people who investigated Epstein, including prosecutors, a journalist and a detective.
The documents being unsealed are part of a lawsuit filed against Maxwell in 2015 by one of Epstein’s victims, Virginia Giuffre. She is one of the dozens of women who sued Epstein saying he had abused them at his homes in Florida, New York, the U.S. Virgin Islands and New Mexico.
Giuffre said the summer she turned 17, she was lured away from a job as a spa attendant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club to become a “masseuse" for Epstein — a job that involved performing sexual acts.
A millionaire known for associating with celebrities, politicians, billionaires and academic stars, Epstein was initially arrested in Palm Beach, Florida, in 2005 after he was accused of paying a 14-year-old girl for sex.
Dozens of other underage girls described similar sexual abuse, but prosecutors ultimately allowed the financier to plead guilty in 2008 to a charge involving a single victim. He served 13 months in a jail work-release program.
Some famous acquaintances abandoned Epstein after his conviction, including former presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, but many did not. Epstein continued to mingle with the rich and famous for another decade, often through philanthropic work.
Dozens of previously sealed court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein were made public late Wednesday, as a court releases more details of a years-old lawsuit connected to the late financier.
They’re likely to disappoint sleuths online, where the plan to release documents prompted rumors of a list of “clients" or “co-conspirators." In fact, the judge who made the call wrote in December that she was ordering the records released because much of the information within them is already public.
The first 40 documents, of an expected 250 ordered unsealed, largely mention figures whose names were already known, including high-profile friends of Epstein’s and victims who have spoken publicly.
A judge has ordered a New York court to reveal the names of 180 people -- including victims, associates and suspected accomplices -- tied to Jeffrey Epstein, the US financier who killed himself in 2019 as he awaited trial for sex crimes.
The ruling from judge Loretta Preska in a Manhattan federal court was seen by AFP on Tuesday, a day after it was handed down.
A New York judge has started the process of revealing the identities of individuals associated with Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday evening, the American financier who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex crimes.
Jeffrey Epstein records: Unsealed documents associated with a lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell by one of Epstein's victims reveal allegations of abuse at Epstein's residences and involve notable public figures.
Ex-President Bill Clinton is named in confidential court papers from 2015, set to be released this week. The papers may disclose the names of over 150 individuals involved.
Newly unsealed court documents reveal that a woman alleges Prince Andrew placed his hand on her breast at Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan townhouse in 2001.
A woman who has said she was victimized by deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein said Britain's Prince Andrew put his hand on her breast at Epstein's Manhattan townhouse in 2001, according to court documents from a civil suit unsealed on Wednesday.
The incident, which has been previously reported and Andrew has denied, was among the details revealed in a trove of previously redacted documents.
Jeffrey Epstein document release LIVE Updates: A New York judge on Wednesday started the process of revealing the identities of individuals associated with Jeffrey Epstein, the American financier who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex crimes. As reported by AFP, the first set of documents, consisting of 40 previously undisclosed records comprising nearly 1,000 pages of depositions and statements, has been unsealed.
