The first of more than 150 names of people associated with sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein will be released Wednesday, the court confirmed, as a slew of alleged Epstein victims, associates and employees are set to be made public—with the potential for explosive allegations involving high-profile figures.

It’s unclear when the documents will start being posted, or how long it will take for all of them to be made public. Two people whose names are sealed are appealing the decision, including a person described as “Doe 110,” an individual whose “name and association with Epstein has been widely publicized by the media.” Their appeal remains pending, Preska said Wednesday. Another person in the case, identified only as “Doe 107,” had already been fighting to keep her name sealed, arguing she “faces a risk of physical harm in her country of residence.” The judge has asked Doe 107—who was not listed as part of the names to be unsealed—to provide additional information to support her case by Jan. 22.

Who the unsealed names will include, or what the unredacted documents will say. The list of unsealed names is believed to include victims, associates and employees of Epstein, including reportedly former President Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew. The court filing listing the names to be unsealed notes most of the people have already had their association with Epstein publicly reported in the media or in court, and while there is the possibility of explosive claims coming out about high-profile figures, Preska noted the information involving many of the listed people that will be unsealed is “not salacious.”

Several names will remain sealed in the case. Those associates, referred to in court filings as “J. Doe,” include multiple alleged victims whose allegations have not been made public, with the court ruling their privacy interests outweigh the public interest in their names being unsealed. Others whose names remain sealed include someone who was mistakenly identified and characterized as an “alleged perpetrator” in a photograph and two people described by the court as “classic outsider[s], peripheral to the events at issue.” The Herald has said it will appeal the decision to keep those names hidden.

Giuffre sued Maxwell in 2015, accusing the Epstein associate of “wrongfully subject[ing] Giuffre to public ridicule, contempt and disgrace” by trying to discredit the alleged victim’s claims about Epstein and painting her as a “liar.” Though the lawsuit was settled in 2017, the Herald has spent the ensuing years fighting for information in the case to be unsealed, and the latest list of names follow a spate of other documents being unsealed in the case, revealing new claims of sexual abuse; that former President Donald Trump appeared on Epstein’s flight logs; and Giuffre testifying Clinton visited Epstein’s private island, which he denies. Epstein, who died in prison in 2019, allegedly abused upwards of 100 victims between 2002 and 2018, and the financier has been linked to a number of high-profile figures, including billionaires Bill Gates and Glenn Dubin and Noam Chomsky, though they have not been accused of any wrongdoing. Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022 for aiding in Epstein’s abuse and conspiring with him to sexually abuse minors. Giuffre separately sued Prince Andrew for sexual abuse, which was settled out of court.

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