The final set of previously sealed court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein revealed an extensive index of A-list celebrities connected to the deceased financier and sex offender.
The 215 documents — totaling nearly 5,000 pages — in the highly anticipated release were part of the defamation lawsuit filed by Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre against the criminal’s partner, Ghislaine Maxwell. More than 170 people were named in the documents, which detailed the couple’s apparent scheme of recruiting and abusing young girls, according to the New York Post. The documents referenced a number of high-profile individuals, including Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, and several Hollywood stars.
Clinton’s name appears 73 times in the documents, according to the Independent. No illegal behavior is alleged. Johanna Sjoberg, an Epstein accuser, alleged that her abuser once said Clinton “likes them young,” in reference to girls. The former president flew on Epstein’s private jet several times.
Maxwell skipped a deposition in a civil suit filed against Epstein to attend the wedding of former first daughter Chelsea Clinton, according to the documents.
Trump’s name appears four times in the documents, though again, no illegal activity is alleged. Sjoberg said Epstein once contacted Trump when his private jet was diverted from New York City to Atlantic City.
“Jeffrey said, ‘Great, we’ll call up Trump and we’ll go to’ — I don’t recall the name of the casino, but — ‘we’ll go to the casino,’” Sjoberg testified in a deposition.
An underage girl identified as “Jane Doe 3” alleged in the documents that she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew, Duke of York, on several occasions, which included an underage orgy on Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She was allegedly “forced to have sexual relations with this Prince when she was a minor in three separate geographical locations.”
The Prince and Buckingham Palace have consistently denied any allegations of wrongdoing.
Documents show Giuffre testified that Maxwell ordered her to have sex with the late New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. Sjoberg mentioned Richardson in her deposition as well.
“I want to say that he was supposed to come to dinner when we were in New Mexico. I don’t know if I met him. I believe that he and Ghislaine had dinner separate from myself,” Sjoberg said.
Maxwell’s lawyers requested Guiffre provide photos or videos of herself with notable celebrities, including former Vice President Al Gore, per the documents. Guiffre’s lawyers objected, claiming that the photos and videos were “in custody and control” of Maxwell and Epstein. Sjoberg denied meeting Gore, who has not commented on his alleged involvement with Epstein.
Giuffre was allegedly directed by Maxwell to have sex with Marvin Minsky, a computer scientist and AI pioneer who died in 2016, the documents reveal. Minsky received a $100,000 grant from Epstein in 2002, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reported in 2020 after conducting a review of faculty, staff, and administration connections to Epstein.
Giuffre also claimed to have sex once with billionaire Thomas Pritzker, the executive chairman of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation. He has denied the allegations.
Sjoberg, in her deposition, was asked about reports she had met several celebrities through Epstein, including Cate Blanchett and Leonardo DiCaprio. She denied the reports but said Epstein often bragged about his friendships with Hollywood stars.
“I did not meet them, no,” she said. “When I spoke about them, it was when I was massaging him, and he would get off — he would be on the phone a lot at that time, and one time he said, ‘Oh, that was Leonardo,’ or, ‘That was Cate Blanchett,’ or Bruce Willis. That kind of thing.”
Epstein died in prison, ostensibly by suicide, while awaiting trial for sex crimes.