The Epstein Court Documents. Bill Clinton’s name (Doe 36) is expected to be released
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Unsealed documents show again how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged his powerful connections
by: LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated PressPosted: Jan 4, 2024 / 12:33 PM CST
Updated: Jan 4, 2024 / 12:36 PM CST
NEW YORK (AP) — Newly released court documents describing Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of teenage girls provide a reminder of how the financier leveraged connections to the rich, powerful and famous to recruit his victims and cover up his crimes.
The more than 40 documents released late Wednesday — the latest of thousands that have been made public — were sprinkled with the names of celebrities and politicians who socialized with Epstein or worked with him in the years before he was publicly accused nearly two decades ago of paying underage girls for sex.
Most of those names were familiar to anyone who has followed the scandal closely, including the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was Epstein’s former girlfriend, household manager and chief recruiter of young, vulnerable females.
It was during Maxwell’s criminal trial two years ago that Epstein’s victims, some of whom aspired to be models or artists, described how he dropped the names of his famous and influential friends to suggest that he was the victims’ ticket to reaching their dreams. Maxwell, 62, was convicted of sex trafficking charges and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
The roughly 250 documents being unsealed, starting this week, in one of the lawsuits against Maxwell mostly rehash what has long been known about a man who traveled in elite circles until his July 2019 sex trafficking arrest left him so cornered that he took his own life in jail.
But they have included a few fresh details about a pyramid of abuse that grew over three decades and damaged dozens of teenage girls and young women.
Among the famous people in Epstein’s orbit before he was exposed as a sexual predator were former Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, singer Michael Jackson and magician David Copperfield, according to the accounts of his victims and other witnesses who were quoted in the newly released documents. None of those men were accused of any wrongdoing.
There were also repetitions of well-known stories about Britain’s Prince Andrew. He was sued by one of Epstein’s victims, Virginia Giuffre, who said she had sexual encounters with the royal when she was 17. The prince, who denied the allegations, settled the lawsuit in 2022.
The court documents being released now are related to a 2015 lawsuit that Giuffre brought against Maxwell. Thousands of pages of documents in that lawsuit had been made public previously, but some sections had been blacked out because of privacy concerns.
U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska ordered last month that those redactions be lifted, mostly because the names of those mentioned in the documents had already been made public through news coverage or through other court proceedings.
Among the more interesting documents released Wednesday was the May 2016 deposition of Johanna Sjoberg, who worked as a masseuse in Epstein’s household. Sjoberg said she once met Michael Jackson at Epstein’s Palm Beach, Florida, home, but that nothing untoward happened with the late pop icon. Epstein also had homes in Manhattan, New Mexico and the Virgin Islands.
She also described an April 2001 trip to New York in which she said Prince Andrew touched her breast while they posed for a photo at Epstein’s Manhattan town house.
Clinton previously said through a spokesperson that although he traveled on Epstein’s jet several times, he never visited his homes, had no knowledge of his crimes, and hadn’t spoken to him since his conviction. Trump has also said he once thought Epstein was a “terrific guy,” but that they later had a falling-out.
Sjoberg also testified that she once went to a dinner at one of Epstein’s homes that was also attended by magician David Copperfield.
She said Copperfield did magic tricks before asking if she was aware “that girls were getting paid to find other girls.” One allegation against Epstein and Maxwell was that some girls he paid for sexual acts later recruited other victims. Sjoberg said Copperfield didn’t get more specific about what he meant. A Copperfield publicist didn’t respond to an email seeking comment.
The newly released records also include many references to Jean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling agent who was close to Epstein and who killed himself in a Paris jail in 2022 while awaiting trial on charges that he raped underage girls. Giuffre was among the women who accused Brunel of sexual abuse.
Separately, Brunel’s estate was sued this week by a woman who alleges that he and others sexually assaulted her while she was working as a model in New York. She says that on one occasion, she was driven to a home in Canada and kept there for several days while men abused her. The lawsuit, filed in state court in California, does not mention Epstein or Maxwell.
Unsealed documents show again how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged his powerful connections
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Here is what we know about Jeffrey Epstein associates.
- Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Alan Dershowitz were exposed.
- Bill Clinton and Donald Trump traveled on Jeffrey Epstein plane.
- Jeffrey Epstein had direct line to Donald Trump.
- Alan Dershowitz raped minors repeatedly.
- Testimony said Bill Clinton did visit Epstein island but couldn't remember if she has ever seen Donald Trump.
- A 13 year old girl named Katie Johnson made allegations that Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein raped her.
- Katie Johnson also claims Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein raped other minors.
- Donald Trump was found liable for raping E. Jean Carroll.
- Donald Trump said Jeffrey Epstein was fun to hang out with but said Epstein liked them young.
- During a party Donald Trump hosted Jeffrey Epstein and was caught making comments about young women at the event.
- Donald Trump only cut ties from Jeffrey Epstein after a financial deal went bad.
- Jeffrey Epstein brother claims his brother had dirt on Donald Trump that would have ruined Donald. Most of this has been known for years. The only thing new we learned was how often Jeffrey Epstein flew back and forth to Donald Trump's casino and the possible breeding ground for sex trafficking in Mar-a-Lago.
Here is what we know about Jeffrey Epstein associates.
- Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Alan Dershowitz were exposed.
- Bill Clinton and Donald Trump traveled on Jeffrey Epstein plane.
- Jeffrey Epstein had direct line to Donald Trump.
- Alan Dershowitz raped minors repeatedly.
- Testimony said Bill Clinton did visit Epstein island but couldn't remember if she has ever seen Donald Trump.
- A 13 year old girl named Katie Johnson made allegations that Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein raped her.
- Katie Johnson also claims Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein raped other minors.
- Donald Trump was found liable for raping E. Jean Carroll.
- Donald Trump said Jeffrey Epstein was fun to hang out with but said Epstein liked them young.
- During a party Donald Trump hosted Jeffrey Epstein and was caught making comments about young women at the event.
- Donald Trump only cut ties from Jeffrey Epstein after a financial deal went bad.
- Jeffrey Epstein brother claims his brother had dirt on Donald Trump that would have ruined Donald. Most of this has been known for years. The only thing new we learned was how often Jeffrey Epstein flew back and forth to Donald Trump's casino and the possible breeding ground for sex trafficking in Mar-a-Lago.
Gingrich couldn't tie Bill's shoestrings. He didn't reside in the same universe with Clinton.
Good question but are there many photos out there of Barron Trump? I heard he's 6'7."
EDIT: in July, 2021, he was listed at 6'7.
Is Prince Andrew the only one in Epstein's orbit who's been "punished" so far? When I say punished, he got stripped of his royal duties and he paid to settle with that girl (now woman).
No other girl says they have been with anyone specific. To my knowledge at least.
Trump lies about all of his assets. The kid is 6'3, tops.Good question but are there many photos out there of Barron Trump? I heard he's 6'7."
EDIT: in July, 2021, he was listed at 6'7.
So, this thread is basically a big nothing? Other than the Alan Dershowitz, and some guy I've never heard of, there isn't any actionable, verified information, just a bunch of people tweeting out associations and the paths of people crossing.
I hope women come forward
The David Copperfield news is certainly interesting (he isn't responding to reporters for comment)
There was another release of docs today. Not much new there, according to NBC Nightly News' legal analyst. @McLovin32
Good story from this morning from NPR.
They didn't just want information on bill apparently.. Hillary name also included in newest doc dump
This is not hard (no pun intended).
This is what it was all about, yet people claiming this are called conspiracy theorists..
Jeffrey Epstein trafficked a teenage girl to prominent US politicians, world leaders — and even a “well-known Prime Minister” — and then made her detail the sexual encounters so that he could potentially blackmail the men, according to newly unsealed court documents.
The accuser, identified in the 2014 filing by the pseudonym “Jane Doe 3,” was forced to have sex with a host of “powerful men.”
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Jeffrey Epstein trafficked a teenage girl to prominent US politicians, world leaders — and even a “well-known Prime Minister” — and then made her detail the sexual encounters so that he could potentially blackmail the men, according to newly unsealed court documents.
The accuser, identified in the 2014 filing by the pseudonym “Jane Doe 3,” was forced to have sex with a host of “powerful men.”
Jeffrey Epstein trafficked teen to prominent US politicians, ‘world leaders’ to blackmail them: docs
Accuser Jane Doe 3 also claimed that Jeffrey Epstein had made her his “sex slave.”
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The fact that people like NoWoke find this comical shows what the rest of us have to deal with. I mean, if I was in a cult, and my cult leader hung with pedophiles, I think I might walk away. But that’s just using logic.
Story from today from the Associated Press:
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Nearly 3,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents released, but some questions remain unanswered
Even after the release of thousands of pages of court records about Jeffrey Epstein in recent days, some questions about the millionaire pedophile remain unanswered.
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What's sad and scary is 40% of the country would still probably vote for Trump. I just don't get it. Is our country f'd?
I still don't think there's ANY way Trump wins in November; I think at the bare minimum, looking at all the charges he's facing, he's gonna be found guilty in the classified documents case. And that means jail time, right?
Trump is the extreme definition of "not presidential." Americans used to understand what "not presidential" meant and used to reject those individuals.
Imagine if these tapes existed.
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Epstein had ‘sex tapes’ of Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton, witness claimed
Unsealed documents show defence team used Sarah Ransome’s claims, later retracted, to show she ‘manifestly lacks credibility’
If it’s true and if they have existed, I imagine very powerful people worked OT to delete evidence and pay off potential witnesses.Imagine if these tapes existed.
Epstein had ‘sex tapes’ of Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton, witness claimed
Unsealed documents show defence team used Sarah Ransome’s claims, later retracted, to show she ‘manifestly lacks credibility’
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If it’s true and if they have existed, I imagine very powerful people worked OT to delete evidence and pay off potential witnesses.
Totally agree
The one victim said the tapes existed; the accused, of course, deny, deny, deny.
Somebody (or some people) got rid of all of the evidence and Epstein conveniently is dead.
What are "special Agents Forces Men"?
When I see stuff like that I normally think of a Chis X. People just trying for clicks.
