Court documents identifying associates of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were unsealed on Wednesday, revealing names including former US President Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, Michael Jackson, and David Copperfield. The documents were filed as part of Virginia Giuffre's lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 for sex trafficking.
The unsealed names had previously been listed as variants of J Doe. Inclusion does not imply wrongdoing, and many individuals had been publicly linked to Epstein before. In a deposition, Maxwell confirmed Prince Andrew visited Epstein's island in the US Virgin Islands, but said no girls were present other than staff.
Johanna Sjoberg, another accuser, testified that Epstein said 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 but did not massage him, and that David Copperfield performed magic tricks at dinner and asked if she knew girls were paid to find other girls.
Donald Trump was mentioned in the documents without accusation of wrongdoing. Sjoberg recalled visiting one of Trump's casinos in Atlantic City when Epstein's plane was diverted due to a storm, but denied giving Trump a massage. She also described meeting Prince Andrew at Epstein's New York home, where Maxwell produced a puppet of the prince.
