The Epstein list: How public figures and associates have reacted to being named
Hundreds of filings relating to late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein have been unsealed in recent days after a New York ordered the release of a trove of documents in the now-settled litigation between Epstein’s fixer Ghislaine Maxwell and his former victim Virginia Giuffre.
The filings include thousands of pages of motions, transcripts of depositions by Maxwell, Ms Giuffre, and victims Johana Sjoberg and Sarah Ransome, as well as detailed phone notes and incident reports from the initial investigation into Epstein’s trafficking ring by the Palm Beach Police Department in 2005.
Prominent figures, such as former US presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew and several Hollywood A-listers have been mentioned in the tranches released so far. But even before those names were tied to the disgraced financier, Judge Loretta Preska warned that any mention did not immediately suggest wrongdoing and that “victims and absent third parties” were also included in the filings.
While some bombshell allegations have resurfaced with the recent unsealing, most of the information contained in the documents was already known to the public through the account of victims or previously released filings.
As more revelations loom over the next few days,
