Epstein case: Unsealed court records offer new details

There were mentions of Epstein's friendship with Bill Clinton and of Britain's Prince Andrew

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Amid great hype, a new batch of previously secret court documents was unsealed late on Wednesday related to Jeffrey Epstein, the jet-setting financier who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Social media has been rife in recent weeks with posts speculating the documents amounted to a list of rich and powerful men who were Epstein's "clients" or "co-conspirators". There was no such list. The first 40 documents in the court-ordered release largely consisted of already public material revealed through nearly two decades of newspaper stories, TV documentaries, interviews, legal cases and books about the Epstein scandal.

Still, the records including transcripts of interviews with some of Epstein's victims and old police reports contained reminders that the millionaire surrounded himself with famous and powerful figures, including a few who have also been accused of misconduct.

mid great hype, a new batch of previously secret court documents was There were mentions of Epstein's past friendship with Bill Clinton-who is not accused of any wrongdoing-and of Britain's Prince Andrew, who previously settled a lawsuit accusing him of having sex with a 17-year-old girl who travelled with Epstein. Epstein accuser Johanna Sjoberg testified in a newly released deposition that she once met Michael Jackson at Epstein's Palm Beach, Florida, home, but that nothing untoward happened with the late pop icon.