Former United States President Bill Clinton and UK’s Prince Andrew’s names are reportedly set to emerge among the 200 who have been identified as the many John Does in previously redacted documents which are connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as per ABC News.
As per a report published in Fox News, Clinton “is not the only big name expected to be released.”
According to reports, the names will be released as early as Tuesday (Jan 2).
“There are more than 150 individuals identified only as John or Jane Does, but the legal masking is about to come off,” the Fox report added.
A federal judge in New York gave the orders last month for the unsealing of dozens of documents which name people who are related to the disgraced financier who reportedly committed suicide in a jail cell while awaiting trial.
“The Manhattan federal judge ruled that there was no justification to continue to have documents sealed in a settled case involving an Epstein accuser. The documents are expected to be unredacted and released as early as tomorrow, and among those named: former President Bill Clinton. That’s according to ABC News,” the report said.
On Sunday (Dec 31), ABC News said that Clinton will be named but “there is no indication the sealed records contain evidence of illegal conduct” by the former president.
According to ABC News, Clinton’s name emerged more than 50 times in the redacted filings.
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The lawsuit
In 2015, a lawsuit was filed by Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, alleging that when she was 17 years old, she was trafficked by Epstein and his one-time paramour, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Giuffre further accused the two of forcing her to have sex with Prince Andrew and several other prominent men. Prince Andrew refuted all the allegations, claiming he doesn’t recall meeting Giuffre. A lawsuit filed by her against Prince Andrew was later settled.
Epstein, who had been convicted as a sex offender in Florida, died at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York while waiting for a federal trial in a sex trafficking case in 2019.
(With inputs from agencies)
