Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Stephen Hawking, David Copperfield, Michael Jackson and Alan Dershowitz have been named in documents related to a lawsuit filed against Jeffrey Epstein’s associate and convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell. The Telegraph has more.
On Wednesday night, a New York judge released more than 900 pages of documents related to a lawsuit filed against Jeffrey Epstein’s associate and convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell.
The documents include references to a number of high profile individuals. Not all of those named are accused of wrongdoing.
More than 50 of the individuals had already been named publicly prior to the document release.
The files released by the court did not produce a ‘client list’ detailing co-conspirators of Epstein.
The Telegraph is analysing the newly unsealed court documents. Below are some of the individuals who have been named.
Prince Andrew
Ghislaine Maxwell appeared to voice concern that her legal woes would lead to questions over her relationship with the Duke of York in an appeal sent to lawyers Philip Barden and Ross Glow in January 2015.
The email said: “I can’t even see what life after press hell even looks like – statements that don’t address all just lead to more questions… what is my relationship to Clinton? Andrew on and on.”
In a further document, Epstein’s housekeeper, Alfredo Rodriguez is quoted as saying the Duke called Epstein’s house about once a week. He did not give a timeframe for the calls.
The Duke, who lost his royal titles over his relationship with Epstein and alleged involvement in sexual abuse, denies any wrongdoing.
Donald Trump
One of Epstein’s accusers said he suggested calling Donald Trump before they landed in Atlantic City.
Johanna Sjoberg told lawyers that when Epstein learnt his plane could not land in New York but was being diverted to Atlantic City instead, the financier replied: “’Great, we’ll call up Trump and we’ll go to’ – I don’t recall the name of the casino, but – ‘we’ll go to the casino’.”
In a separate unsealed document, Epstein’s housekeeper, Mr. Rodriguez, recalled that Mr. Trump called Epstein’s house on occasion but added that he never saw the former U.S. president at the property. He did not give a timeframe for the calls.
The former President has distanced himself from Mr. Epstein, despite their friendship in the 1990s, and has claimed he is “not a fan” of his.
Bill Clinton
Ms. Sjoberg said that Epstein had once told her that Bill Clinton “likes them young, referring to girls”.
In an unsealed deposition, Ms. Sjoberg said she knew Epstein “had dealings” with the former President and that they had once discussed him.
“He said one time that Clinton likes them young, referring to girls,” she said in 2015.
Mr. Clinton’s spokesman has said he knew Epstein but was not aware of his crimes and did not visit his private island, as Virginia Giuffre has claimed.
Stephen Hawking
The filings reveal that Epstein told Maxwell she could offer money to Ms. Giuffre’s friends if they would come forward to contradict her claims about his activities.
In an email in January 2015, he said he especially hoped to quash claims that Mr. Clinton had eaten dinner on his island, and that the renowned physicist Stephen Hawking “participated in an underage orgy”.
‘‘You can issue a reward to any of Virginia’s friends, acquaints, family that come forward and help prove her allegations are false,” he wrote.
“The strongest is the Clinton dinner, and the new version in the Virgin Islands that Stephen Hawking participated in an underage orgy.”
David Copperfield
Ms. Sjoberg said the American magician asked her if she knew whether “girls were getting paid to find girls”, according one document.
She said Copperfield performed tricks at Epstein’s home and that she took him to be a “friend of Jeffrey Epstein’s”.
Ms. Sjoberg did not accuse Copperfield of any wrongdoing.
Michael Jackson
Ms. Sjoberg claimed Michael Jackson visited the Epstein’s Palm Beach home.
She was asked by lawyers about whether she had met several celebrities and politicians.
“I met Michael Jackson,” Ms. Sjoberg said as part of a deposition.
When asked where she met the singer, she said: “At his [Epstein’s] house in Palm Beach.”
Ms. Sjoberg said she did not give Jackson a massage. …
Alan Dershowitz
Jane Doe #3 alleged she was forced to have sexual relations with former Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz in a 2014 filing.
The document also alleged Mr. Dershowitz was an eyewitness to the sexual abuse of other minors. Mr. Dershowitz has denied all wrongdoing.
In 2022 Ms Giuffre dropped her defamation lawsuit against Mr Dershowitz – claiming she may have made a “mistake” in identifying him as one of the men she was forced to have sex with.
Two separate testimonies from Epstein’s housekeepers say that Mr. Dershowitz was a visitor to his homes.
One housekeeper, Juan Alessi, alleged the professor came “‘pretty often’ to Epstein’s Florida mansion and got massages while he was there”.
Mr. Dershowitz has been approached for comment.
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The Mail says Kevin Spacey, Al Gore and George Lucas are among other famous names mentioned in the documents.
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