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Jeffrey Epstein list: Newly unsealed documents name Sarah Ferguson, Chris Tucker and Kevin Spacey
Ghislaine Maxwell, Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson, magician David Copperfield, Donald Trump, Stephen Hawking and Bill Clinton have all been named in the documents so far
Independent.co Andrea Blanco, Rachel Sharp. Mike Bedigan, Vishwam Sankaran, Tom Watling

Which big names are on Epstein’s list?

Comedian Chris Tucker, actor Kevin Spacey and Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, were mentioned in a tranche of documents relating to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein that have been unsealed.

Four new documents containing information about Epstein were released on Friday after US judge Loretta Preska ordered the unsealing of filings in a lawsuit brought by Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre against Ghislaine Maxwell.

Maxwell – who is in federal prison for sex-trafficking – was sued in 2015 after she branded Ms Giuffre a liar over her claims that she was sexually abused as a minor. The suit was settled in 2017 but the documents remained sealed – until now.

The first batch of forty court documents was released on Wednesday, naming Donald Trump and Mr Clinton, Prince Andrew and magician David Copperfield. The naming of individuals does not necessarily indicate any wrongdoing.

Actor Kevin Spacey and comedian Chris Tucker are mentioned as potential passengers during a ride on Epstein’s private jet.

Maxwell said she did not remember the exact dates of the trips.

Former Epstein’s housekeeper Juan Alessi also testified in a deposition that Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York reportedly visited Epstein’s New York mansion with her then-husband.

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Johana Sjoberg claimed that she was once on a private plane with Epstein when it made an unexpected stop in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She said that Epstein mentioned: “Great, we’ll call Trump.” She mentioned that Epstein suggested that they visit Mr Trump’s casino.

Elsewhere, Ms Sjoberg was asked if she ever gave Mr Trump a massage, to which she replied “no”.

In 2019, when asked about his relationship with Epstein following the financier’s arrest, Mr Trump said he “knew him like everybody in Palm Beach knew him”. But the former president added: “I had a falling out with him. I haven’t spoken to him in 15 years. I was not a fan of his, that I can tell you.”

Can Prince Andrew face prosecution over Jeffrey Epstein documents?

Prince Andrew’s royal status would not protect him from criminal prosecution in the US over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, a leading lawyer has warned – but it is unlikely he would ever be extradited.

Top criminal defence lawyer Duncan Levin, who previously served as an assistant US attorney, said there is “nothing barring” the federal government from arresting Andrew, the Duke of York, if he sets foot on US soil after sexual assault allegations resurfaced in court documents.

While an arrest of that “magnitude” would require sign off from the highest levels of the Department of Justice, recent cases against former US President Donald Trump show that no-one is above the law, Mr Levin said.

Epstein invoked 5th Amendment right to silence 600 times - court filings
The late financier Jeffrey Epstein invoked his constitutional right against incriminating himself about 600 times in testimony for a lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexual abuse.

Epstein‘s refusal to answer questions in Giuffre’s lawsuit against his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell was disclosed in a filing on Friday in Manhattan federal court, as part of a trove of documents being unsealed this month from the civil defamation case, which settled in 2017.

The Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution gives people the right not to incriminate themselves.

In the September 2016 filing, Ms Giuffre’s lawyers said Epstein routinely answered “Fifth” in a deposition that month to about 500 substantive questions they posed, and 100 substantive questions that Maxwell’s lawyers posed.

Ms Giuffre’s lawyers said Epstein‘s refusal to answer extended to questions that posed no real risk of incriminating him, including whether he knew Maxwell, had in 2008 pleaded guilty in open court to a prostitution charge and was healthy enough to testify.

The questions also included at least three about Epstein‘s relationship with former US President Bill Clinton.

Lawyers for Epstein said in a subsequent filing, also released on Friday, that their client would have invoked the Fifth Amendment if called upon to testify at trial.

They cited among other reasons the “burdens” he would face, and the expected “media circus generated by Mr. Epstein‘s personal appearance.”

Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 at age 66 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.


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