Epstein Court Documents: Bill Clinton, Britain’s Prince Andrew Were Connected To Sex Offender

The report said there is no such list and court documents related to Epstein that were previously sealed are being unsealed. The great majority of those whose names appear in the documents aren’t accused of wrongdoing or have been mentioned previously in legal proceedings or news accounts, AP said.

It carries no allegation of complicity in Epstein’s crimes.

Even though Clinton is named in the documents, there is no implication of illegality and his representatives told news agencies that the former president knows nothing about Epstein’s crimes.

New York Judge Loretta Preska also pointed out that many of those named in the lawsuit were already identified by the media or during Maxwell’s criminal trial. She added many others did not object to the release of the documents but some individuals have objected to the disclosure of their identities in the case.

The documents are part of 2015 civil lawsuit centred on allegations that Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell facilitated the sexual abuse of Virginia Giuffre who alleges she was a victim of trafficking.

Giuffre’s attorneys sought to depose former US president Bill Clinton as part of her defamation lawsuit against Maxwell. They argued that Clinton is one of the key persons who can provide information about his close ties with ‘defendant and Mr Epstein’, the court documents unveiled.

The document from 2016 marks the first time Giuffre’s attorneys indicated their desire to depose Clinton for his testimony, according to a separate report by US-based ABC News.

Giuffre also claimed she was pressured into having sex with men in Epstein’s social orbit, most famously with Britain’s Prince Andrew. All of those men said her accounts were fabricated. She settled a lawsuit against Prince Andrew in 2022.