- A judge recently unsealed a highly-anticipated set of docs related to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal — with more expected.
- So far, over 200 names have been mentioned in the files.
A US district judge unsealed a set of documents from a 2015 lawsuit involving one of Jeffrey Epstein's accusers on Wednesday and Thursday.
While the files were highly anticipated, the attention at one point crashing a court website that hosts legal cases, many of the names mentioned in the documents have already been known to the public.
An analysis by Business Insider found that more than 200 names were mentioned throughout the documents.
The names were not part of an organized list that Epstein might have kept, as conspiracy theories have claimed, and most of them have not been accused of any wrongdoing or sexually abusing underage girls.
In fact, most of the people named so far include victims, law enforcement officials, Epstein's household staff, as well as friends and family who may have been involved in the matter, Business Insider's analysis found.
Yes, some powerful figures are named in the documents, including former President Bill Clinton. In one instance, his name is mentioned during a 2016 deposition of Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein's victims, in which she tells defense attorneys that she did not ride in a helicopter with him and Epstein's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
In a separate deposition, Johanna Sjoberg, another Epstein accuser, said that Epstein told her Clinton liked girls "young."
Clinton has not been accused of any crime.
Sjoberg also said in a 2016 deposition unsealed Wednesday that celebrity magician David Copperfield was aware that some of the "girls" in Epstein's circle were paid to recruit others.
Other famous names mentioned in the documents, including model Naomi Campbell, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, actor Kevin Spacey, and late musician Michael Jackson were only named at different points in the documents — which by Thursday surpassed 1,000 pages and included numerous depositions, emails, and legal correspondence.
In total, less than a dozen people, including Epstein, were accused of sexual abuse and mentioned in the documents — and many of them too have already been publicly accused of being linked to Epstein's sex trafficking scheme.
In addition to Epstein himself, they include:
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, who was accused of having sex with Giuffre. A representative did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment Thursday evening.
Jean-Luc Brunel, a modeling agent, who was accused of recruiting women for Epstein's trafficking scheme. He was found dead in his jail cell in 2022.
Alan Dershowitz, former lawyer to Epstein, who was accused of having sex with a minor on "numerous occasions." While Giuffre has since said she misidentified Dershowitz, two members of Epstein's household staff said in depositions that he was often at Epstein's home — with one of him saying he received "massages" there.
Dershowitz said in an email to Business Insider: "The woman who falsely accused me has now admitted that she may have misidentified me," referring to Giuffre. In a NewsNation interview after the first set of documents was unsealed, he also said he hopes more information will be unsealed by the judge to "prove what I've said from day one that I did nothing wrong."
Glenn Dubin, billionaire hedge fund manager, was named by Giuffre, who said Epstein instructed her to have sex with him. In a statement to Business Insider Thursday night, his spokesperson that he and his wife Eva Dubin "strongly deny these allegations, as we first said in 2019, when these unsubstantiated statements first surfaced as part of this same civil court proceeding."
A man identified as Stephen Kaufmann was accused of being one of the first people Giuffre was trafficked to. It's unclear who exactly she was referring to, however, since no other formal accusations have been made against someone with that name and spelling.
Marvin Minsky, the AI pioneer, who was accused of having sex with Giuffre. Minsky died in 2016.
George Mitchell, former US Senator, who was accused of having sex with Giuffre. Mitchell did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment Thursday night but told The Maine Wire this week that "The allegation contained in the released documents is false. I have never met, spoken with or had any contact with Ms. Giuffre."
"In my contacts with Mr. Epstein I never observed or suspected any inappropriate conduct with underage girls," he continued in his statement. "I only learned of his actions when they were reported in the media related to his prosecution in Florida. We have had no further contact."
Tom Pritzker, the hotel magnate, who was accused of having sex with Giuffre. An email sent to his organization requesting comment was not immediately returned. A spokesperson for The Pritzker Organization told Newsweek that "this is the same false and isolated allegation that was published and vehemently denied more than four years ago. Mr. Pritzker continues to vehemently deny it."
Bill Richardson, former New Mexico governor, who was accused of getting a "massage" from Giuffre. Giuffre said in a deposition that massage is codeword for sex. He died in September 2023.