2024-01-04 01:57:31
The former president of the United States, Bill Clintonand the Prince Andrewfrom the United Kingdom, are some names that appear on a list linked to Jeffrey EpsteinAmerican billionaire who ran a sex trafficking scheme.
The information was revealed this Wednesday, 3rd, after a series of documents about the criminal’s case were made public by United States Justice.
Epstein created a social bond with major American businessmen and executives and celebrities before pleading guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008.
The businessman and financier committed suicide in 2019, aged 66, while in prison. He was convicted by a Florida court the same year he died.
Dozens of women have accused Epstein of forcing them to provide sexual services to him and his guests on his private island in the Caribbean and at homes he owned in New York, Florida and New Mexico.
The list of nearly 200 names mentioned in a lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre, 39, one of Epstein’s accusers, were kept under seal for years until federal judge Loretta Preska ruled in December that there was no legal justification for keeping them. them in secret.
In testimony, Virginia claimed that she had sex with several prominent politicians and executives, including US billionaire businessman Tom Pritzker, former US Senator George Mitchell and former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.
Epstein had a private Boeing 727, known as the ‘Lolita Express’, for transporting celebrities to his private island |Photo: Reproduction/Social network
Bill Clinton on Epstein’s list
In a 2016 testimony, one of the victims recalled an episode in which Epstein spoke to her about Bill Clinton.
“He once said that Clinton likes young people, meaning girls,” she said, according to a CNN report.
When asked if Clinton was friends with Epstein, she said she understood the two had “business.” In 2019, a Clinton spokesperson confirmed that the former president had flown on Epstein’s private plane, but that he did not know about the billionaire’s “terrible crimes.”
According to the ABC News network, the former president appeared on the list 50 times. The Democrat would have been given the code name “John Doe 36”.
Prince Andrew
Brother of King Charles III, he allegedly placed his hand on the breast of Johanna Sjoberg, one of the victims at Epstein’s home in Manhattan, New York, in 2001, according to court documents opened this Wednesday, 3.
The incident was previously reported and Andrew denied it. The case was among details revealed in a series of previously redacted documents.
Andrew lost most of his royal titles due to his association with Epstein. He settled a civil lawsuit with Virginia last year for an undisclosed amount and denied any wrongdoing.
The list
The documents revealed are part of a defamation lawsuit filed by Virginia against Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s ex-girlfriend, arrested for recruiting underage girls for the billionaire’s scheme.
Judge Loretta Preska ruled that some names in the released documents must remain confidential, including people who were minors when they were abused by Epstein.
On Epstein’s list, the names were known only by the code names “John” and “Jane Does.”
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