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Jeffrey Epstein associate names unsealed in court documents

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A trove of legal filings listing dozens of names linked to Jeffrey Epstein have been released.

The 40 documents released on Wednesday are part of a long-running defamation lawsuit brought by Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre against his former fixer and convicted child trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in 2015.

Although the case was settled in 2017, Maxwell’s attorneys had fought for the names to continue to remain private. Their objection was lifted in 2022, a year after she was convicted and sentenced to two decades in prison.

In December, New York Judge Loretta Preska issued an order to unseal materials connected to the case. The documents identify individuals whose names had been previously redacted.

Those listed include “alleged victims, people not accused of wrongdoing…and absent third parties.” Being identified through the court documents does not necessarily mean that the individual was involved in or aware of any wrongdoing by Epstein.

While the filings provide a further look into the allegations raised against, and , had already been publicly tied to Epstein.

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