Jeffrey Epstein's latest files released Monday reveal photos of what appears to be girls and young women on his private island in 2006, as well as his longtime madam and accomplices who denied their existence at the time. Ta.
The documents reveal the relationship between Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell, the disgraced financier's longtime girlfriend and now a convicted sex trafficker. It had previously been sealed or redacted as part of a 2015 lawsuit.
The photos were part of a filing filed by Epstein accuser Sarah Ransom. Mr. Ransom, who did not participate in the proceedings, revealed the inner workings of Epstein's “massage network” and testified that his victims referred to Mr. Maxwell as “Mamma Bear.” Giuffre's lawyers said the photos were “unequivocal” proof that Maxwell was on Epstein's island, which he said in sworn testimony was “rarely present.”
“MS. Ransom's testimony proves that what the little defendant said during his deposition was far from the truth,” Giuffre's attorneys wrote.
Maxwell and Giuffre reached a settlement in the case in 2017. Maxwell's lawyers then sought a court order ordering Giuffre to return confidential documents submitted during discovery, according to new filings.
Ransom said the word “massage” in Epstein's circles was a slang term for sex, and that many of the girls he hired as masseuses were victims of human trafficking.
“It's like a keyword for sex,” she said, according to a transcript of the deposition. “So as soon as you stop having sex with Jeffrey and his friends and his girls, you're out, because otherwise there's no reason for you to be involved with Jeffrey. Because you're just there to have sex with him…”
She also said she witnessed Epstein having sex with Nadia Marcinkova, a model-turned-pilot, on a plane in front of her.
Maxwell's side argued that her accusers were lying about the charges against her in hopes of winning a “lottery” in the lawsuit.
Ransom told the New York Post in 2022 that she likened her time with Epstein to a “sexual hell dungeon,” that Maxwell bullied girls who didn't comply with Epstein's sexual demands and that her traffickers were trying to protect her. He claimed that he had broken his promise to pay for his university education. at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ordered the documents unsealed in December, but gave John Doe and Jane Doe each two weeks to appeal. Giuffre's lawyers filed the first 191 unsealed cases of an estimated 240 cases last week, and filed 17 more late Monday morning.
Giuffre's lawyers have unsealed dozens of documents at a time since Wednesday.
Epstein has been linked to many prominent figures, including former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, foreign prime ministers and Britain's Prince Andrew, as well as Hollywood stars, top academics, models and people in the fashion industry, and other celebrities. I had a lot of connections. Some of the names were previously known through other means, even though they were hidden from public view by the lawsuit.
Many of the names, including Clinton and Trump, belong to people who have not been accused of wrongdoing.
Some names will remain sealed for various reasons, including the names of Epstein's underage victims and the name of at least one person whose identity was falsely identified by a judge. The judge will also decide whether to make public the identities of the two defendants in the case, who have asked to remain anonymous.
In a separate criminal case, Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking of Epstein's victims.
She is contesting the conviction and has declined to comment on the document dump.
Epstein died in federal custody in 2019. A Justice Department investigation found the U.S. Bureau of Prisons was negligent in allowing Epstein to commit suicide in prison and “taking the lives of his numerous victims, many of whom were underage girls at the time of the alleged crimes.” was criticized. their ability to seek justice through the criminal justice process; ”
Maxwell said she believes she was killed.
