Documents disclosing the names of Jeffrey Epstein employees and other alleged associates are set to become public in the coming months, after the people listed didn’t object to unsealing the materials.
More than 150 people who have confirmed or alleged links to Epstein, such as being his employee or one of his alleged victims, chose to not come forward to object to the disclosure of their names. They’re mentioned in documents filed in a defamation case brought in 2015 against Ghislaine Maxwell, an Epstein associate.
The lawsuit was settled in 2017, but outside groups have pushed for the release of the documents in the interest of public access.
Some of the people objected to their names being released and convinced U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska, a George H.W. Bush appointee who’s overseeing the case, to keep their identities shielded.
Other people didn’t object to the unsealing. Preska has said that the people’s “privacy, reputational or other interests may be implicated by the unsealing of the Sealed Materials.”
The document shows that the list includes more than a dozen employees of Epstein, more than a dozen alleged witnesses, more than two dozen alleged Epstein affiliates, and more than a dozen alleged victims.
Multiple alleged perpetrators and law enforcement officers are also described, including a former director of the FBI.
A number of the people have already given media interviews or testified during Epstein-related legal cases, such as the case against Maxwell, according to the joint motion.
Others have been linked with Epstein in news reports, Giuffre’s lawyers said, with one person having been prosecuted abroad for sex trafficking.
Multiple people, including that person, have since died.
Some of the group hasn’t been publicly linked to Epstein, the filing indicates.
While Maxwell has said through lawyers that she no longer objects to the unsealing, her lawyers said some of the sealed materials contain “salacious, unproven allegations” against multiple individuals, including an alleged Epstein associate.
In another instance, Maxwell’s lawyers said that an alleged perpetrator “is dead and therefore will not have ‘a fair opportunity’ to respond to any unsealed accusations which apparently was never adjudicated publicly.” Giuffre’s team said the material concerning the individual should “be unsealed in full” because he or she “is alleged to have engaged in serious wrongdoing” and because the person or their representatives would have “a fair opportunity” to respond to any unsealed allegations.
The parties also diverged on descriptions of some of the people. In one case, Giuffre’s team described a person as an alleged victim, but Maxwell’s representatives said there was no basis for that description.
It isn’t clear yet when the documents will be disclosed.
Preska has said that she'll conduct “a particularized review of documents,” including the names of the nonparties. The review will include examining sealed items relating to each person.
At least 20 sex trafficking and sexual abuse victims were paid through the accounts, according to the information, which was filed by the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice. The bank didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Known Epstein associates include Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Prince Andrew, and businessman Les Wexner.
Epstein was facing sex trafficking charges when he died in jail in 2019. New York City’s medical examiner ruled the death a suicide. Epstein had pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution in Florida in 2008.
