About 200 names previously redacted from court documents in the case against Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell will soon be made public after a federal judge in New York ordered them unsealed last month. That will happen.
U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska issued a 51-page order explaining the rationale for unsealing or continuing to redact the names of approximately 180 John and Jane Das. gave some clues as to who it is.
Some of the names were previously known through other means, even though they were hidden from public view by the lawsuit. Many had public knowledge of their ties to Epstein. Other victims on the list include victims who were allegedly taken to his private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands and to his mansions in New York City and Florida.
Epstein defendant Virginia Giuffre, who claims he trafficked her as a minor in the early 2000s, sued Maxwell in 2015. The parties reached an out-of-court settlement in 2017. Mr. Epstein had relationships with a number of influential figures, including politicians, including former presidents and prime ministers. , a Hollywood star, a leading academic, and Giuffre also filed a lawsuit against Britain's Prince Andrew.
Jeffrey Epstein scandal: Federal judge to unseal 180 previously redacted names
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend an event in New York City on March 15, 2005. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan, via Getty Images)
Do005
Doe 005 “waived his right to anonymity and agreed to the interview using his first and last name,” Preska wrote, also linking to a 2022 article. Daily Mail interview With Epstein accuser Carolyn Andriano.
FBI agents are seen on Little St. James Island, Jeffrey Epstein's private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, on August 12, 2019. (Reuters)
bitch 044
According to the judge, Doe 044 appears to be an Epstein accuser who has given multiple media interviews, including a link to a 2019 NBC News interview with British actress Anouska de Gheorghiu. Prior to that interview, two weeks after Epstein's death, she appeared in court with more than a dozen other women to urge prosecutors to go after Epstein's alleged co-conspirators and possible co-conspirators.
The judge overseeing the case said many of the names to be released have already been made public through other lawsuits or the media. (Marco Bello/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The judge also linked other articles, including interviews with Epstein's former employees, and said there was no reason to protect the names of people publicly discussed during Maxwell's sex trafficking criminal trial. did.
bitch 018
The judge said Doe 018 was a member of law enforcement and had already been identified in other court filings and public police reports.
Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, according to the FBI. Questions remain as to who else was involved in his crimes. (Reuters/Marco Bello)
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legal footprint
Doe 082's ties to both Epstein and Maxwell are “widely known” — and the individual was already a defendant in multiple Epstein-related lawsuits, Preska wrote. The same goes for 095, 099, 120, 122, 136, 143, and 157.
A 2001 photo included in court documents shows Prince Andrew with his arm around the waist of 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre. Ghislaine Maxwell is standing on the right. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit)
Doe 067's name has already been revealed in court, and documents containing their real names will be unsealed.
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Jeffrey Epstein appears in court in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 30, 2008. (Posted by Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach, via AP, File)
“During the criminal trial, one of the named victims testified that he and this individual, who were both over the age of 18 at the time, solicited Epstein to provide massages when she was 14 years old,” Preska wrote. Ta.
The Epstein-related case goes beyond Giuffre's claims against Maxwell and Prince Andrew. The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands has accused JPMorgan Chase of aiding and abetting Epstein's crimes.
Some of the names are expected to be those of Epstein's victims, members of law enforcement and journalists. (Marco Bello/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The lawsuit exposed Epstein's relationship with Barclays CEO Jess Staley, a former JPMorgan banker who resigned in 2021.
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The bank also claims it knew of Epstein's relationship with Jean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling agent who, like Epstein, died in prison awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. did.
In another Epstein-related case, billionaire Leon Black, who resigned as CEO of Apollo Global Management in 2021, assaulted a 16-year-old boy with autism at Epstein's New York City mansion. It is claimed that.
At least one publicly known Epstein associate has been accused of sexually assaulting an underage girl at the body trafficker's New York City mansion. (Kevin Hagen/Getty Images)
Outsider
Preska described both Doe 58 and Doe 124 as “typical outsiders” who had no connection to Epstein or Maxwell.
Jeffrey Epstein photographed on September 8, 2004 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Doe 114 appears in the flight log. Doe 115's name is only mentioned in a “hearsay statement” regarding Epstein's address book.
Questions remain about who boarded Jeffrey Epstein's jet to his private island, and Republicans in Congress are beginning to demand answers. (Marco Bello/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The long-awaited release of the names comes as Congressional Republicans, led by Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Rep. Tim Burchett, are fighting to release a list of Epstein associates who traveled with him on his private jet. Ta.
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In a separate criminal case, Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking.
