US justice disqualifies explosive documents from the Epstein case: “Clinton liked young people”

This Wednesday, a judge from New York (United States) ordered the disqualification of documents related to the billionaire's case. Jeffrey Epsteinaccused of pedophilia and trafficking of minors and who at some point rubbed shoulders with personalities such as prince andrew, Bill Clinton o Donald Trump.

The documents, which are the first to be published in relation to the aforementioned case, include 150 names, including Epstein's accusers, prominent businessmen and political figures, as published by the CNN television network.

These reports are part of a 2015 defamation case brought by Virginia Giuffre contra Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's ex-lover and partner who would have collaborated in the abuse of minors. Among the disqualified documents there is also a declaration of Johanna Sjoberg, another of Epstein's victims. She alleges that Prince Andrew of England, son of Elizabeth II, touched her breasts at the financier's home in Manhattan when she was 21 years old. The accusations were already known, but this is the first time that the judicial document with her statement has been made public.

Sjoberg also testified that Epstein told him that Former US President Bill Clinton (1993-2001) “liked young people, meaning girls”, as can be read in one of the documents. Clinton, whose name has been linked to the financier on several occasions, claims that he knew nothing of his crimes.

Prince Andrew, one of those involved in the Epstein case

Judge Loretta Preska, of the federal court for the Southern District of New York, had ordered that as of January 1, the documents, until now sealed, and which include the identity of about 150 people, be made public. Being mentioned in the documents does not imply any type of guilt. There are everything from emails to statements from victims or witnesses. The identity of those who were minors or have not made public statements will remain hidden.

The deadline had been set to give anyone who opposed the publication of their name time to object. At least two people have objected and have until January 22 to explain their reasons. The first batch of documents, published this Wednesday, is around 1,000 pages in total. It was already known that the name of Prince Andrew would appear on the final list, whom Giuffre sued for sexual abuse and with whom he reached an out-of-court agreement. And also that of former President Clinton, whom Giuffre unsuccessfully tried to summon to testify.

Clinton, against whom no charges are pending, appears on the passenger lists of Epstein's flights to different countries. However, his possible presence on one of the financier's islands is unclear, something that Giuffre claims but he denies.

Epstein was arrested in July 2019 on charges of sexually abusing and trafficking dozens of girls in the early 2000s. The billionaire took his own life by hanging himself in his New York jail cell in August 2019 following a series of ” negligence and failures,” according to the US Department of Justice. He was awaiting trial for allegedly creating a child sex trafficking ring in his mansions in the Big Apple and Florida. The youngest girls were 14 years old, according to the Prosecutor's Office.