US Court Releases First Batch Of Jeffrey Epstein Case Documents (Image: X @akafacehots)
A US court released a new batch of previously secret court documents on Wednesday to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The unsealed documents mainly consist of previously undisclosed details and high-profile names associated with the case. These documents include references to people, including former United States presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton and Britain’s Prince Andrew.
According to a CNN report, the unsealed documents include hundreds of pages, and it is the first batch of documents to be unsealed under a December 18 court order. The report also said that more documents are expected in the coming weeks. Notably, these documents are expected to include almost 200 names, including influential figures in business and politics.
Jeffrey Epstein, a millionaire, is well known for associating with celebrities, politicians, and billionaires. In 2005, he was arrested in Florida after he was accused of paying a 14-year-old girl for sex. Notably, dozens of women raised similar complaints and accused Jeffrey Epstein of forcing them to provide sexual services to him and his guests. In 2008, prosecutors ultimately allowed him to plead guilty to a charge involving a single victim. In 2019, federal prosecutors in New York charged Jeffrey Epstein with sex trafficking. He took his own life in 2019 at age 66 in a US prison while awaiting trial for sex crimes. This abruptly halted the legal proceedings against him. According to an Associated Press report, US attorney in Manhattan then prosecuted Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison for trafficking minor girls for Jeffrey Epstein.
CNN also reported that the information in the recently released documents has already been released through media reports and other court proceedings. US district judge Loretta A Preska said in her order earlier that the records would be released because much of the information within them was already public.
