Nineteen previously sealed court documents pertaining to the notorious financier and registered sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, were made public on Thursday (January 4).
This revelation followed the release of the initial batch of 40 documents on the previous day as part of a lawsuit filed by one of Epstein's victims.
The newly disclosed documents did not significantly illuminate the case and largely featured names that had already been in the public domain. These documents, which had been previously sealed or redacted, concealed the identities of over 100 individuals connected to Epstein - denoted as “J Doe" - each assigned a unique identifying number.
US District Judge Loretta Preska mandated the unsealing of the court filings related to a lawsuit brought against Ghislaine Maxwell by Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein victim. Preska also called for the unredacted disclosure of the names of approximately 200 "John and Jane Does".
Preska also specified that certain names should remain redacted to safeguard the identities of sexual abuse victims.
The newly unsealed filings include statements from Virginia Giuffre's former boyfriend, Anthony Figueroa, who alleges that Ghislaine Maxwell repeatedly requested him to recruit and bring underage girls to Epstein’s residence in Palm Beach. Figueroa stated in a deposition that he witnessed Maxwell taking the girls upstairs and then promptly departed.
"Pretty much [I saw Maxwell] take them up stairs then I would leave. I would wait for them to be like, ‘we’re ready,’" Figueroa said in a deposition unsealed on Thursday. "And I would be, ‘All right, see you later.’ And I would leave."
Former US President Bill Clinton has also been accused of attempting to intimidate Vanity Fair magazine into refraining from reporting on Jeffrey Epstein’s purported sex trafficking activities, according to claims made by Giuffre.
Giuffre alleged that Clinton had entered the magazine's office and pressured them not to cover "his good friend J.E." However, a spokesperson for the former editor of the magazine, Graydon Carter, denied these allegations, stating that the alleged incident "categorically did not happen", per The Telegraph.
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Several names in the unsealed court documents have been previously associated with Epstein. The documents mentioned individuals such as former Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, attorney Alan Dershowitz, and the late former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson.
Additionally, figures like David Copperfield, Cameron Diaz, and Michael Jackson were referenced.
It is important to note that individuals identified in these court documents may not necessarily have been involved in or aware of Epstein's alleged misconduct.
These documents mark the first set to be unsealed pursuant to a court order issued on December 18. It is anticipated that additional documents will be unsealed in the weeks ahead.
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