The full list of names attached to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been revealed, following the news that court filings would be unsealed in a major development to the case.
Epstein died in his prison cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Facility in New York in August 2019 - with his death ruled as suicide by the New York medical examiner.
He was awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges at the time.
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While Epstein passed away before he could be convicted, attention has naturally since turned to others that may have been involved in the operation – including his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in June 2022.
Prince Andrew was accused of engaging in sexual activities with a then-17-year-old Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who claimed that she had been trafficked by Epstein.
After the royal denied the accusations, the pair reached an out-of-court settlement in February last year.
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Now a lengthy list of people associated with Epstein has finally been made public with hopes they could shine a new light on the network and how it operated.
The identities have been released after New York’s Judge Loretta Preska ordered documents in a defamation lawsuit brought by Giuffre to be unsealed.
Preska said that many people had already been named by the media, or ‘did not raise an objection’ to the move, having given them until midnight on 1 January to appeal.
She added in her ruling that some individuals would remain unnamed, including those of child victims.
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Some of the names released include Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Prince Andrew.
Ahead of the names being released, ABC News reported that former US president Clinton was the person behind the anonymous label of ‘Doe 36’ - having been mentioned in more than 50 of the redacted filings.
However, the outlet said that there was no suggestion of any illegality.
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Clinton previously said he'd cut off contact with Epstein in 2005 before the financier was placed under investigation for soliciting prostitution from a minor.
After Epstein was arrested in 2019 for child sex trafficking, a spokesperson for Clinton said that he ‘knew nothing’ about his Epstein’s crimes.
"He's not spoken to Epstein in well over a decade," spokesperson Angel Ureña said at the time, adding: "And has never been to Little St. James Island, Epstein's ranch in New Mexico, or his residence in Florida."
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Jess Hardiman