More documents in a civil lawsuit related to convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein were released for the third day in a row on Friday.
Epstein, who committed suicide in a Manhattan jail in 2019 after facing charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy, has been the subject of conspiracy theories, but the released documents do not justify them. No, I’m doing almost nothing.
The documents released Friday in federal court in New York City are part of Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s settled lawsuit against now-imprisoned Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell, who accused her of having sex as a teenager. He claims to have been a victim of human trafficking and abuse. 2000s.
The documents also include a deposition from Tony Figueroa, who testified that he was paid to bring girls he knew to Epstein’s Florida compound.
Figueroa has not been charged with criminal misconduct.
He said he would be paid $200 per person, refer them and leave, records show. He told them he would become a masseuse.
“And I said to them, I was like, ‘Now listen,'” Figueroa said, according to the transcript. “But you know, he obviously has the money to buy things, so whatever happens, I’m not going to do that.”
The documents, which began being released on Wednesday, shed light on the influential circles of politically connected people Epstein traveled.
Although former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump are named, the document does not allege any wrongdoing on either side.
Documents released Friday include a deposition from Epstein’s housekeeper, Juan Alessi, who said Trump sometimes visits and dines at Epstein’s Florida compound. , he sometimes ate in the kitchen rather than at the table, and Trump said he never received a massage or stayed there.
Mr. Alessi said in his deposition that he met Mr. Clinton on Mr. Epstein’s plane. A spokeswoman for Mr. Clinton acknowledged that he and his staff had been on Mr. Epstein’s plane four times during stops related to the work of the Clinton Foundation, but they had also flown on Mr. Epstein’s Caribbean islands and Florida. He admitted he was never on state and New Mexico property.
“President Clinton knows nothing about the horrific crimes to which Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida years ago, or the crimes for which he was recently charged in New York,” said Clinton press secretary Angel Ureña. stated in a statement In 2019.
Giuffre said in a sworn statement that she has named Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom, another prince (whose name is not disclosed), the owner of a large hotel chain (who is also not named in the deposition), and a former governor of New Mexico. Bill Richardson, who testified that he was also instructed to have sex with Glenn. Dubin is a billionaire hedge fund manager.
Andrew, like Dubin, denies the allegations. Mr. Richardson died in September, but his office in 2019 said he had never met Mr. Guiffre and had limited contact with Mr. Epstein, saying that Mr. He said he had never seen him interact with adult girls.
Alessi, the housekeeper, testified in a deposition released Friday that Andrew stayed at Epstein’s Florida property and received massages.
Alessi recalled that Epstein spoke to “a lot of famous people” and said his visitors included several Nobel laureates.
The exhibit unveiled Friday also includes an image of a handwritten phone message with Harvey Weinstein’s name on it.
A 2005 handwritten note addressed to “Jeffrey” said in the message section, “She was on the phone with Mr. Harvey Weinstein.” People who leave messages will be edited. The memo does not provide any other details about Weinstein.
Weinstein, a former high-profile Hollywood producer, was convicted of rape in New York City and Los Angeles and is serving a combined 39-year sentence.
Maxwell was convicted by a jury of five federal charges, including one count each of sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.