A federal judge in New York ordered the release of nearly 200 names previously redacted in court documents in a case against Jeffrey Epstein’s former lover, and accomplice Ghislaine Maxiwell.
The Jane and John Did were released by U.S. district judge Loretta Preska in December, but they had two weeks to appeal.
The list was topped by former President Bill Clinton and his estranged longtime aide Doug Band. Prince Andrew and French modeling agent Jean Luc Brunel were also on the list. Brunel died, like Epstein, while awaiting trial.
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Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Massachusetts. September 8, 2004. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis/Getty Images)
Epstein was connected to many prominent people, including former U.S. Presidents, foreign Prime Ministers and Britain’s prince Andrew as well as Hollywood celebrities, academics of note, people from the fashion and modeling industries, and other public figures.
The names of some defendants were known to the public through other sources, despite the fact that they had been kept secret in the lawsuit.
Some names were not released for various reasons. These included the names of Epstein’s victims who were underage and one person whom the judge claimed had been falsely identifed.
Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxiwell and Patrick McMullan attend the de Grisogono sponsors The 2005 Wall Street Concert Series benefiting Wall Street Rising with a performance by Rod Stewart on March 15, 2005 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. (Photo by Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan through Getty Images.)
Virginia Giuffre was an Epstein accuser, who claimed that he had trafficked her on his island Little St. James in the U.S. Virgin Islands, before she turned 18. In 2017, the parties reached an out-of-court settlement. She sued Prince Andrew and received a settlement.
Maxwell, in a separate criminal matter, was sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison for trafficking Epstein’s victims.
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This release coincides with a battle in Congress over releasing the names of Epstein’s clients and those who traveled on his jet. Tennessee Republicans Sen. Marsha blackburn and Rep. Tim Burchett accused Democrats of “stonewalling”.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre shows a picture of herself when she was a teenager, in which she claims to have been abused by Jeffrey Epstein and others, including Prince Andrew. (Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service through Getty Images).
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Blackburn, writing on X late in December, said: “It seems that bad actors in our government go to great lengths to shield the pedophiles taking Jeffrey Epstein’s jet.” “I won’t stop trying to find out their identities.” “The American people deserves to know each name on the list.”
Giuffre praised lawmakers’ participation on X while taunting Epstein’s unnamed former associates.
A photo from 2001, which was in the court files, shows Prince Andrew with an arm around Virginia Giuffre’s waist. She is 17 years old. Ghislaine Maxiwell is standing on the right.
“Finally, we hear members of the US Government Senators talk about the necessity for transparency and accountability! She wrote about it on X. There will be 170 people nervous over Christmas and the New Year, so who is on the naughty-list?
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Anyone with suspicions of trafficking should call the National Human Trafficking Hotline (888) 373-7888.