Who is in Jeffrey Epstein’s files?

Soon release of court documents with names associated with the deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein it has created great expectations, as it is expected to include already known personalities such as the English Prince Andrew or former American President Bill Clinton, but also to reveal some unknowns.

Judge Loretta Preska, of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York, ordered that as of January 1st, the sealed documents of the civil case against Epstein, in which the identity of about 190 mentioned persons are hidden, and which can be revealed at any time, should be unsealed.

The financier committed suicide in 2019 in a federal prison in NY, where he was awaiting trial for allegedly creating a network of sex trafficking of minors in his mansions in the Big Apple and in Florida. The youngest girls were 14 years old, the Prosecutor’s Office announced.

The documents to be released are part of a defamation lawsuit filed in 2015 by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s chief prosecutors, against his ex-lover and partner. British heiress Ghislaine Maxwell. The case was closed with an out-of-court settlement in 2017.

People connected to Epstein and Maxwell — especially men — are expected to come forward as friends, alleged associates or aides in their crimes, witnesses and former workers, according to ABC News.

However, the documents also contain the names of victims of Epstein’s sexual abuse, who were often very young women. The identity of those who were minors or did not come forward publicly will remain hidden.

Likewise, there are names that only appear on lists of potential witnesses or in search suggestions for electronic documents, the chain adds.

Many names are already known, because they were identified during the trial of Maxwell in 2021, sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping a financier in the sexual abuse of minors; They either gave interviews or were the subject of a complaint.

Family names
It is known that it will include that of Prince Andrew, whom Giuffre sued for sexual abuse and with whom she reached an out-of-court settlement, but also former president clinton (1993-2001), identified by ABC News as ‘John Doe 36’whom Giuffre unsuccessfully tried to call to testify.

Clinton, who has not been charged, appears on passenger lists of Epstein’s flights to various countries, but his possible presence on one of the financier’s islands is unclear, something Giuffre claims but denies.

It is among the unknown ‘Jane Doe 162’the woman who testified that she was with Prince Andrew, Maxwell and Giuffre in the financier’s mansion in New York, reports the same media.

It should be recalled that Epstein, even after he was convicted of pimping a minor in Florida in 2008 and registered as a sex offender, was a figure with important connections in the United States and beyond, especially among the elites of the entire political and social elite. spectrum..

He was related to former President Donald Trump (2017-2021), Microsoft founder Bill Gates, former lawyer Alan Dershowitz, academician Noam Chomsky or director Woody Allen, among others.

Judge Preska set the date for January 1 to give anyone who objects to the release of her name time to file an objection, although she gave lawyers for at least one victim, ‘Jane Doe 107’, until January 22 to prove that she is at risk in the country in which he lives if he identifies himself.