A list of names from politics, arts, Hollywood and business that could reveal the associates of Jeffrey Epstein, the notorious sex trafficker who died by suicide in jail in 2019, is expected to be made public soon.
The list is part of hundreds of court documents that were sealed for years. They relate to a defamation case filed by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s victims, against his former girlfriend and partner in crime, Ghislaine Maxwell.
What is the Epstein list?
The list is a collection of more than 150 names that appear in the court documents. They could shed light on who continued to socialize with Epstein and Maxwell after Epstein was convicted in 2008 in Florida of soliciting sex from a minor.
The documents were kept secret until a U.S. District Judge, Loretta Preska, ordered them to be unsealed after Jan. 1. They could be released anytime in the next few days or weeks.
A Gates spokesman said the tech titan only met Epstein ‘for philanthropic purposes, which he regrets.’
Summers said through a spokesman that he ‘deeply regrets’ having any contact with Epstein.
Names have emerged over the years
Epstein was also acquainted with Donald Trump before he became president; there is no evidence that Trump’s name is in the documents.
Former US President Clinton, reportedly mentioned multiple times in the list, and Trump, were among the passengers on Epstein’s private jet, according to Epstein’s former pilot, Larry Visoski, who testified in 2021.
Other notable people who flew with Epstein were Prince Andrew, violinist Itzhak Perlman, former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, the late Ohio Sen. John Glenn and actor Kevin Spacey, he said.
Giuffre alleged that Epstein and Maxwell forced her to have sex with powerful men, including Prince Andrew, when she was a teenager. She settled her lawsuit with Andrew, who denied her claims. She also accused eminent lawyer Alan Dershowitz, but withdrew her allegations in late 2022.
Epstein hanged himself while awaiting trial at a federal prison in New York.
Maxwell, a former socialite who became a convicted sex trafficker, is serving a 20-year sentence in
Giuffre did not make any accusations against Clinton
The plaintiff said in her lawsuit that she met Clinton on Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean, but Clinton denied ever going there.
Clinton has not been accused of any illegal activity yet.
Clinton’s office issued a statement in 2019, saying the former president “knows nothing about the terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to in Florida some years ago, or those with which he has been recently charged in New York.”
The statement also said that Clinton flew on Epstein’s plane, but he has “not spoken to Epstein in well over a decade.”
Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel threatens to sue NFL star Aaron Rodgers
Jimmy Kimmel threatens to take New York Jet’s quarterback Aaron Rodgers to court, after the NFL star linked him to Epstein list.
A heated exchange has erupted between Aaron Rodgers and Jimmy Kimmel over the possible release of a list of names linked to the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The NFL star and the late-night host have been trading jabs on X (formerly Twitter), with Kimmel threatening legal action against Rodgers for his remarks.
The controversy began when Rodgers appeared on the Pat McAfee Show and hinted that Kimmel might be one of the people associated with Epstein, who committed suicide in prison in 2019 while facing sex trafficking charges.
Rodgers said, “There’s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, who are really hoping [the list] doesn’t come out. … I’ll tell you what, if that list comes out, I’ll definitely will be popping some sort of bottle.”
The list in question contains nearly 200 names of individuals who had some connection to Epstein, such as his associates, former employees, or passengers on his private jets. The list has been kept under wraps by a New York judge, but could be made public soon. The names have been referred to as John and Jane Does in court documents.
The late-night host did not take kindly to the New York Jets’ quarterback insinuation and fired back on X. He wrote, “Dear Aa**hole: for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any ‘list’ other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality. Your reckless words put my family in danger. Keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court.”
Rodgers’ comment seemed to be a retaliation for a joke that Kimmel made on his show last year, when he mocked Rodgers for talking about the Epstein list and UFOs on the Pat McAfee Show. Kimmel joked that Rodgers was trying to distract people from his poor performance on the field.
The spat between the two celebrities has generated a lot of buzz and curiosity among fans, who are waiting to see if the Epstein list will be revealed and what it will contain. The list could potentially implicate some powerful and influential people in Epstein’s crimes. Epstein was accused of luring underage girls to his mansions and sexually abusing them. He allegedly had a network of accomplices who helped him procure and groom his victims.
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