Nearly a week after a trove of court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes were first released last week, the last cache of photos, files and depositions was released on Tuesday.
Nearly 5,000 pages later, the scope of Epstein’s sex-trafficking network, the network of powerful men he was linked to and his methods of luring female victims into their lives have come into sharper focus than ever before.
Several high-profile names — from former Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton to Prince Andrew and a host of Hollywood stars — are scattered throughout transcripts, legal memos, emails and other records related to the case.
Some 215 documents in total have been released, all stemming from a long-settled defamation lawsuit filed by Epstein’s accuser Virginia Giuffre against his wife Ghislaine Maxwell in 2015.
Also included are chilling accounts from many of the female accusers, who describe in disturbing detail how Epstein and Maxwell ensnared them in their world and then trafficked their bodies for the pleasure of the rich and powerful.
Here’s what we learned.
Jeffrey Epstein with Ghislaine Maxwell. A new set of documents sheds new light on the scope of their crimes. VIA REUTERS
Epstein’s network of powerful people is vast, from world leaders, royalty and business magnates to movie stars and entertainers and even some of the greatest figures in the world of science.
All told, at least 60 A-list names appear throughout the file with varying degrees of connection to Epstein.
Prominent among them is Clinton, who has been known to be friends with Epstein since at least 1993 during his first term in the White House.
Clinton’s name appears numerous times throughout the file, perhaps most incriminatingly in a deposition from accuser Johanna Sjoberg who described what Epstein told her about the former president’s sexual orientation.
“[Epstein] once said Clinton likes them young, referring to girls,” Sjoberg testified, according to the file.
Clinton was not involved in any wrongdoing anywhere in the file and never had anything to do with Epstein. He continues to categorically deny having participated in or knowing about Epstein’s crimes.
Ghislaine Maxwell attended Chelsea Clinton’s wedding in 2010. She also skipped a subpoenaed deposition to attend the AP
Nevertheless, the depth of the friendship and Clinton’s place in Epstein’s social circle are given new light throughout the documents.
Photos from his daughter Chelsea Clinton’s wedding show that Maxwell attended the 2010 ceremony — and documents reveal he went so far as to skip the deposition he was subpoenaed to hand over Giuffre’s accusations against Epstein to attend the lavish wedding.
Clinton also appears to be a touchpoint for some in Epstein’s direct orbit. Model-turned-pilot and Epstein’s alleged accomplice, Nadia Marcinkova, repeatedly refused to answer questions invoking the Fifth Amendment when questioned during a 2010 deposition about the former president’s relationship with a sex offender.
The document shows how another Epstein accuser, Sarah Ransome, claimed in 2016 to have Epstein’s secretly recorded tapes showing Clinton, Trump, Prince Andrew and British business magnate Richard Branson having sex with women.
The tape would be used as blackmail against the man, Ransome said, before withdrawing his claim. He later admitted to making them up in a 2019 New Yorker article.
Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein at the White House in 1993. The document shows the scope of their friendship. President William J. Clinton / MEGA
Prince Andrew, also known as Epstein’s friend, reportedly received “daily massages” – a code name for sexual services at Epstein’s lair – from women during a weeks-long stay at Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion, according to the house manager’s testimony. during the 1990s, Juan Alessi.
The British royal – eighth in line to the crown – was previously accused by Giuffre of participating in Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring. He denied the allegations, and the couple settled out of court in 2022.
Other famous names that appear in the document include pop icon Michael Jackson, who Sjoberg claims to have met at Epstein’s Palm Beach home, but denies ever having sex with.
Magician David Copperfield performed at one of Epstein’s homes, Sjoberg said in a deposition, noting that he seemed suspicious that “girls were being paid to find other girls.”
Prince Andrew with then-underage Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2001. She claims Epstein forced her to have sex with the king. DOJ
Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking also makes an appearance. In 2006 he attended a science conference Epstein organized on his private Caribbean island, Little St. James, where Giuffre claims the genius participated in an “underage orgy.”
A 2015 email released in the documents shows Epstein told Maxwell about a reward he was offering to anyone who could refute Giuffre’s claims about Hawking.
Hawking died in 2018 at the age of 76, but colleagues vehemently told The Post that the accusations against him were exaggerated and false.
The rampant pornographic activity in the enclave dubbed “Pedophilia Island” has been highlighted in a new way by the release of a documentary — with a new set of photos showing young women frolicking on the island with Epstein, Maxwell and male friends.
Epstein’s private Caribbean island Little St. James was the center of abuse for many underage women. Shutterstock for NY Post
The girls were given Victoria’s Secret underwear and bikinis supplied by Maxwell when they arrived on the island, Ransome said in a deposition, and had to take turns pleasing Epstein throughout the day.
“We were called, like, round trips for Jeffrey all day and evening,” Ransome testified. “I’m done, another girl was called by Ghislaine. And when they finished, another girl was called.”
“’Jeffrey wants to see you in his bedroom,’ which means it’s your turn to be abused. Things like that,” he said.
Another accuser described herself as Epstein’s “sex slave,” and claimed to have been forced to have sex with many “powerful men,” including “many prominent American politicians, powerful business executives, foreign presidents, prominent Prime Ministers, and other world leaders.”
Epstein’s alleged accomplice Nadia Marcinkova with another young woman in Little St. James in 2006. SDNY
Epstein then “required” the girl – who was first approached by Maxwell when she was just 15 years old – “to describe the events she had with this man so he could potentially blackmail them.”
Others described the fear they felt coming up against a man as powerful as Epstein.
One girl, who said she met Epstein when she was “16 or 17” years old, recalled in a 2016 deposition how she heard the financier threatening people and reported it to Palm Beach police in 2005.
“You will die; you’re going to break your leg,” the woman confirmed hearing Epstein say, among other threats.
Epstein’s body after he hanged himself in a Manhattan prison in August 2019. William Farrington
Even with the latest release of the Epstein documents, the man — who died in prison by suicide in 2019 — and the veracity of his methods and motivations remain as resilient to scrutiny as they did when he was alive.
The latest cache of documents released Tuesday includes a 2016 deposition in which Epstein was questioned about his sex-trafficking ring.
After answering that his name was “Jeffrey Edward Epstein” when asked for his name, he refused to answer any further questions appealing to the Fifth, refusing to say where he lived, his phone number or whether he knew Maxwell.
“Fifth,” he said simply, repeating the word over 500 times.
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