Numerous court documents identifying associates of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein were unsealed on Wednesday, with Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson and David Copperfield among the prominent names mentioned.
The documents were filed as part of Virginia Giuffre's lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite convicted in December 2021 of sex trafficking and related charges. The names had previously been listed as "John Doe" in court papers, though many had been publicly identified as Epstein associates before the unsealing.
In a deposition, Maxwell said that Prince Andrew had visited Epstein's island in the US Virgin Islands on one occasion. She insisted that there were no girls on the island at that time, only staff. The inclusion of a name in the documents does not mean the person has been accused of wrongdoing.
Johanna Sjoberg, whom Maxwell allegedly procured for Epstein, said in her deposition that Epstein once told her that Bill Clinton "likes them young, referring to girls". Clinton's spokesperson previously denied any knowledge of Epstein's crimes. Sjoberg also said she met Michael Jackson at Epstein's Palm Beach mansion and that David Copperfield performed magic tricks at a dinner. She said Copperfield asked if she was aware that girls were being paid to find other girls.
The documents also mention Donald Trump, with Sjoberg recalling a trip to an Atlantic City casino at Epstein's suggestion after his plane was diverted. She denied giving Trump a massage. Sjoberg also described meeting Prince Andrew at Epstein's New York home, where Ghislaine Maxwell showed her a puppet resembling the prince.
