Even as it comes up on half a decade after his death in 2019, our understanding of the vast scope of Jeffrey Epstein's connections continues to evolve.
A federal judge ordered to publicly release dozens of documents naming disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's victims and associates.
In an article from the Associated Press, they reported "Previously sealed court documents related to Epstein will be released starting Wednesday, but the great majority of those whose names appear in the documents aren't accused of wrongdoing or have been mentioned previously in legal proceedings or news accounts.".
The release of the documents has seemingly created a minefield of both misinformation and fact. For example, in a recent back-and-forth between night show host, Jimmy Kimmel, and New York Jets Quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, where Rodgers claimed that the night show host's name might appear in the documents.
The Associated Press article then goes into detail about what the documents are actually about "The documents being unsealed are part of a lawsuit filed against Maxwell in 2015 by one of Epstein's victims, Virgina Giuffre. She is one of the dozens of women who sued Epstein saying he had abused them at his homes in Florida, New York, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and New Mexico".
Maxwell is Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell who is currently serving a 20-year sentence. According to U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska who is responsible for deciphering the documents remarked that much of the information within them is already public. One of those names is Jean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling agent who,like Epstein, took his own life while awaiting trial on the grounds of rape charges back in 2022.
The likes of former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump have also been in circulation according to NBC News as Clinton allegedly attended Epstein's flights, and Trump was photographed with Epstein at a party '90s. NBC went on to report that "a spokesman for Clinton said in 2019 that the former president had not spoken to Epstein in over a decade and was unaware of any criminal activity at that time. That same year, Trump also said he hadn't communicated with Epstein in 15 years and was 'not a fan of his'."
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Needless to say, it is still difficult to say how wide and far Epstein's circle was but what we do know is that this case is far from over.
