First names on list of 177 Jeffrey Epstein associates set to be released TODAY as bombshell court papers unsealed
THE first names of the 177 linked to the Jeffrey Epstein case are set to be released today.
The bombshell documents relating to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his high-profile associates are expected to be unsealed later today, sources confirmed to The Sun.
District Executive for the Southern District of New York, Ed Friedland, told The Sun: “The unsealing should begin today, only the documents pertaining to the Does that there is a hold on will be held until after the 22nd.
“More information will be posted on the docket. The unsealing will be on a rolling basis.”
The order for the files to be released was given by New York judge Loretta Preska in relation to the 2015 defamation case brought by Virginia Giuffre against Ghislaine Maxwell.
The order was signed on December 18, meaning they should be made public any time from January 1 onwards unless anyone appeals.
Names of Epstein and Maxwell’s victims, associates and alleged co-conspirators are expected to be made public as part of the document dump, according to Preska’s order.
The list is expected to include names of people with close ties to Epstein such as Prince Andrew, former US President Bill Clinton as well as Microsoft founder Bill Gates and former Israeli PM Ehud Barak.
There is no suggestion that any of those named are accused of any wrongdoing.
Only Epstein and Maxwell have been charged over the alleged sexual abuse of dozens of young girls in his Upper East Side townhouse and his waterfront mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, between 2002 and 2005.
Prince Andrew accusser Giuffre launched a legal battle against him in 2021, accusing him of sexually abusing her at Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion.
She also alleged in court documents that she was recruited by Maxwell, 61, as a teenage “sex slave” for Epstein.
Giuffre filed a defamation lawsuit in 2015 which was settled but some of those involved in the trial were identified in the ruling through links to interviews they had previously given.
Judge Preska then cited this as a reason for why their identities should not remain sealed.
Epstein killed himself in 2019 while he awaited trial while Maxwell, 62, is serving 20 years for sex trafficking.
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