Years after Jeffrey Epstein’s death, the case continues to stir controversy and reveal new contours. This Thursday, a list of names named in the sex trafficking trial was released.
Loretta Preska, the judge in charge of the 2015 lawsuit filed by one of the victims, Virginia Giuffre, has released more than 900 pages of documents in the case. Amid witness testimony and apparent reports of sexual abuse, the names of several individuals linked to the tycoon are emerging, The New York Times reports. New York Times.
Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump mentioned in the trial
The documents released reveal the names of potential witnesses, victims of sexual abuse and Epstein’s friends. Individuals mentioned include England’s Prince Andrew and former US presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump.
More files from this process are expected to be released in the coming days.
ABOUT New York Times It also said the released files do not contain specific violations committed by people other than Epstein.
Among the files discovered Thursday is an extensive testimony from Joanna Sjoberg, one of Epstein’s victims, dating back to May 2016.
“He [Epstein] “I once said that Bill Clinton likes young girls,” Sjoberg said, as quoted by a North American newspaper.
Former US President Donald Trump appears in the trial in the testimony of two victims who were questioned about whether the Republican was in Epstein’s homes and had sexual relations with them.
Sjoberg said Prince Andrew, who was previously mentioned in the trial, put his hand on her chest when they met.
Epstein case
Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in Palm Beach, Florida, in 2005 on charges that he paid a 14-year-old girl for sex.
Dozens of other underage girls described similar sexual abuse, but in 2008 prosecutors ultimately allowed the tycoon to plead guilty to charges against the only victim. He served 13 months under the freedom to work program.
As more details and allegations emerged in July 2019, Jeffrey Epstein was arrested. A month later he was found dead at the age of 66 in his cell while awaiting trial. The death was ruled a suicide.
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