Virginia Roberts, now known as Virginia Giuffre, claims she was forced to have sex with the Duke of York three times in 2001 while she was still 17, a claim the duke vehemently denies.
Roberts' lawsuit against Maxwell has revealed a number of high-profile names in Hollywood and politics as having had contact or relationship with Epstein. These include Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Kevin Spacey, and Stephen Hawking, among many others.
Some of the names included in the documents were close friends of Epstein while others were associates. Others were named by witnesses in the case, and some of these now claim they had no contact with Epstein at all.
All in all, some 170 people are named in the documents, which are going public at the order of a U.S. judge last month. The documents are being released in phases, with the first tranche having just dropped this week.
(Related: Did you know that JPMorgan Chase, the same big bank that de-banked Dr. Mercola and his employees, worked closely with Epstein to bankroll his child trafficking and sexual abuse crimes?)
Clinton, Trump both hobnobbed with Epstein
Concerning Prince Andrew, one of Epstein's alleged sex slaves, "Jane Doe 3," claims she was forced to have intercourse with Prince Andrew during an orgy that took place on Epstein's island, known as Little Saint James, in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Jane Doe 3 says she was "forced to have sexual relations with this Prince when she was a minor in three separate geographical locations," according to a 2014 court filing, including in London at Maxwell's apartment, in New York, and at Little Saint James.
The newly unsealed documents stated that Epstein told Jane Doe 3 to "give the Prince whatever he demanded," while Maxwell "facilitated Prince Andrew's acts of sexual abuse by acting as a 'madame' for Epstein."
There are reportedly pictures of Jane Doe 3's sex acts with Prince Andrew floating around out there, including in Jane Doe 3's personal possession. However, when she was asked about them in a 2016 deposition, Jane Doe 3 stated:
"I probably still have it. It's not in my possession right now."
As for Bill Clinton, there are numerous mentions in the Epstein documents about his past personal relationship with Epstein. According to Epstein, Clinton "liked them young," referring to the former president's alleged sexual appetite for underage children.
Johanna Sjoberg, one of Epstein's accusers, was asked in a deposition if she knew that Clinton was a friend of Epstein. She responded that she "knew he had dealings with Bill Clinton," but "did not know they were friends until I read the Vanity Fair article about them going to Africa together."
Sjoberg also claimed, when asked about Clinton, that Epstein had "said one time that Clinton likes them young, referring to girls."
Then there is Donald Trump, whom Sjoberg testified was paid a visit by Epstein on his private jet. Sjoberg says she and Giuffre were flying to New York with Epstein on said private jet when the plane was diverted to Atlantic City, N.J., to visit one of Trump's casinos for a few hours due to "bad weather."
When Sjoberg heard about the change of plans, she recalled Epstein stating:
"Great, we'll call up Trump and we'll go" to the casino.
Trump had previously stated on at least one occasion that he thought Epstein was a "terrific guy," but a later falling out broke those ties.
In her deposition, Giuffre said that when she turned 17 one summer, she was lured away from a job as a spa attendant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida to become a "masseuse" for Epstein, which involved performing sexual acts.
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