A federal judge in New York overseeing a lawsuit between Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre and her convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has ordered the release of dozens of names connected to the disgraced financier.
A second batch of files became public after Giuffre’s lawyers uploaded 40 previously redacted documents Wednesday night. U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ordered their release in December, but gave Jane and John Does two weeks in case they wanted to appeal.
The documents revealed Thursday included more mentions of former President Bill Clinton, who is not accused of wrongdoing, British Prince Andrew, who was accused of wrongdoing, a long collection of emails to and from Giuffre, and more.
In response to a motion to quash a subpoena from a journalist named Sharon Churcher, Maxwell’s lawyers accused the journalist of helping Giuffre “make up” allegations against Prince Andrew and lawyer Alan Dershowitz and acting as a “friend.”
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Jeffrey Epstein photographed in Cambridge, Massachusetts on September 8, 2004. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)
Separately, in an email exchange between Churcher and Giuffre, Epstein’s accuser wrote that she was afraid to discuss her case with Vanity Fair because she had heard that “B.Clinton came into VF and threatened them not to write about sex trafficking.” (sic) articles about your good friend JE”
A spokesperson for Clinton did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the latest allegation, but said Wednesday that Clinton and Epstein “did not have a close personal relationship.”
“I wouldn’t want to give the public (sic) a bad image or anything like that,” Giuffre wrote before thanking Churcher for helping her “deal with the cruelty of the world today.”
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Nothing should be deleted. From the beginning I have demanded the release of everything because I have nothing to hide.
Churcher was the only source of information about Giuffre’s original Epstein story, according to one of the documents. She could not immediately be reached for comment.
“She was actively and personally involved in changing those stories over time and in creating and adding new salacious details about public figures, including the fabrication of Alan Dershowitz’s alleged sexual relations with the plaintiff,” the document said.
A 2001 photo included in court records shows Prince Andrew with his arm around the waist of 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre. Ghislaine Maxwell is standing on the right. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit)
Epstein was accused of forcing a minor to have sexual relations with Dershowitz, a prominent criminal defense attorney. Dershowitz has denied all allegations against him related to Epstein, his former client.
“There is irrefutable evidence that is not being released,” the former Harvard Law professor told Fox News Digital on Thursday. “They relate to the credibility – and lack thereof – of some accusers and some accused. I have seen these documents suppressed. Nothing should be suppressed. From the beginning, I have demanded the release of everything because I have nothing to hide.”
Another document included allegations that Tony Figueroa, a witness in the case, testified that he saw Maxwell escorting “young girls” to Epstein’s house “for sexual acts” and that Maxwell asked him to bring girls as well.
The names were previously sealed or redacted in documents from a 2015 lawsuit Giuffre filed against Maxwell, who has since been convicted of criminal sex trafficking charges in federal court. The parties reached an agreement in 2017, but the opening process has dragged on for years.
Virginia Giuffre’s ex, Tony “Anthony” Figueroa supports her fight against Prince Andrew. Figueroa had a relationship with Virginia Giuffre, Epstein’s accuser, in 2001. Giuffre has claimed that she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew. Figueroa has stepped forward to support his ex, saying he hopes the disgraced royal “has to face everything he’s accused of.” (Rear grille)
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In another document, which included parts of the statement from an unnamed minor victim of Epstein, she recounted how Epstein called her to his bedroom and “something horrible happened.”
“I don’t remember exactly how I was approached to get there,” he said. “I was there and suddenly something horrible happened to me.”
He was between 15 and 17 years old at the time, according to his statements in the transcript. He said he later learned they would “get kickbacks for bringing people” to Epstein’s house, and that the sex trafficker had asked him to bring friends and paid him to “hang out” at his Florida mansion.
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Thursday’s filings also included Giuffre’s witness, which sought to have more than 90 people testify in the case, including Epstein, Maxwell, Clinton and several other Epstein victims and employees.
The document also included Epstein’s highly sought-after “black book” as evidence in the case.
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The first file dump contained few surprises, apart from an anecdote about David Copperfield performing “magic tricks” at a dinner party at one of Epstein’s mansions and a strange reference to the late physicist Stephen Hawking and “underage orgies.”
Ghislaine Maxwell sunbathes on a yacht in this undated photograph. This photo was one of many unearthed during Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial in the Southern District of New York, where she was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022 for working with Epstein to sexually abuse minors. (US Department of Justice)
A total of about 240 documents are expected to be opened. Judge Preska is also weighing arguments from other Does seeking to have their names not included in future disclosures.
Maxwell is appealing his criminal convictions.
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Anyone who suspects trafficking can call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at (888) 373-7888.
Fox News’ Louis Casiano, Sarah Rumpf, Greg Wehner, Lorraine Taylor and Brie Stimson contributed to this report.
