Court documents concerning Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged victims and associates were released Wednesday following years of public speculation about who the disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker may have involved in his schemes.
U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ordered the identifying documents to be made public last month, allowing a 14-day grace period for anyone named in them to appeal their inclusion.
Two people who requested to keep their names sealed, known only as Doe 107 and Doe 110, would not be immediately named, Preska said in a court order Wednesday.
Doe 107 was granted an extension of time, until Jan. 22, to make a case that revealing her name would cause her physical harm. Doe 110’s plea remained under review by the court, Preska said.
“The Court will render its determination on the documents relating to Does 107 and 110 in due course,” Preska said.
The judge had previously said that names would be redacted if it was determined that their release would “disclose sensitive information regarding an alleged minor victim of sexual abuse who has not spoken publicly and who has maintained his or her privacy.”
The newly unsealed court documents are part of a now-settled civil suit brought by Virginia Giuffre, who accused Epstein and his romantic partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, of coercing her to have sex with Epstein and others when she was 16.
And just because someone is named in the list doesn’t necessarily implicate them in Epstein’s lurid crimes ― only that they were referenced in Giuffre’s civil defamation lawsuit against Maxwell.
Giuffre ― formerly known as Virginia Roberts ― met Maxwell when she was working at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in 2000.
In a 2020 interview with CBS News, Giuffre said “very well-known” people could be incriminated should Maxwell cooperate with prosecutors, including Britain’s Prince Andrew, whom Giuffre has accused of rape.
Prince Andrew settled a sexual abuse lawsuit brought by Giuffre last year but has denied the allegations.
Epstein died in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence for similar crimes.