Several court documents that identify associates of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been made public today (Wednesday, January 4th).
The high-profile names included throughout the documents include the former US President Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Prince Harry.
The names were contained in court documents filed as part of Epstein’s accuser Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, the woman found guilty of being responsible for ‘recruiting’ young girls for abuse.
The British socialite was convicted in December 2021 of sex trafficking and similar charges for procuring teen girls for disgraced financier Epstein.
The inclusion of a name in the documents does not necessarily mean that they have been accused of wrongdoing in relation to Epstein.
In a deposition, Maxwell appears to say that Prince Andrew visited Epstein’s Island in the US Virgin Islands and Epstein has been accused of abusing numerous girls on this island. The Royal Family member's name was included over 70 times in the documents.
“Were you present on the island when Prince Andrew visited?” Maxwell was asked.
She responded yes and when asked how many times, she said: “I can only remember once.” When asked if there were any girls on the island at that time, Maxwell stated: “There were no girls on the island at all. No girls, no women, other than the staff who work at the house.”
One document included a deposition given by Johanna Sjoberg, a young girl Maxwell allegedly sourced to perform sex acts on Epstein.
Referring to Bill Clinton, a victim claimed that Epstein told her that “Clinton likes them young, referring to girls”.
Additionally, a victim allegedly sighted late musician Michael Jackson at Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion.
“Did you ever meet anybody famous when you were with Jeffrey? she was asked. “I met Michael Jackson … at [Epstein’s] house in Palm Beach.”
Asked whether she massaged Jackson, Sjoberg said: “I did not.”
Donald Trump, whose association with Epstein has been widely reported, was also mentioned in the documents; the former US president is not accused of wrongdoing.