What we learned about list of names in unsealed Epstein court documents
A tranche of documents relating to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein have been published – including the evidence of a woman who claimed the Duke of York touched her breast.
Prince Andrew has been named in a tranche of court documents relating to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. (PA)
High-profile celebrities, politicians and royalty have been named in court documents relating to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, which have been published as part of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre’s civil claim against disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.
Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Stephen Hawking are named in the documents, but there is no suggestion any of them are accused of wrongdoing - with some of the names on the list relating to those who may have potentially witnessed a crime or simple those who knew him at the time.
Prince Andrew is also mentioned in the documents, with one former unnamed witness, Jane Doe 162 - Johanna Sjoberg, claiming the royal touched her breast while they were sitting on a sofa in Epstein's Manhattan apartment in 2001. Buckingham Palace said the accusation was "categorically untrue".
In a reference to the former US president, Sjoberg can be seen in the documents saying that Epstein had told her Clinton “likes them young, referring to girls” during her interview under oath. In 2019, Mr Clinton’s spokesman said he knew “nothing about the terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to” and that the pair had not spoken “in over a decade”.
Trump also featured in Ms Sjoberg’s evidence after she said Epstein had called him and visited one of his casinos due to his private plane being diverted.
The unusual reference to Hawking relates to an email Epstein sent in 2015 to his former lover and "fixer" Ghislaine Maxwell, telling her he was prepared to pay friends of Giuffre if they could provide information that could counteract her allegations that the world-famous physicist was involved in an "underage orgy".
In other extracts, Michael Jackson was mentioned in Ms Sjoberg’s interview as someone she had met at Epstein’s house in Florida – but said their relationship was not sexual.
According to Ms Sjoberg, US magician David Copperfield asked her if she was “aware that girls were getting paid to find other girls” and that he performed magic tricks over dinner at one of Epstein’s properties.
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