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New details of Jeffrey Epstein’s death and the frantic aftermath revealed in records obtained by AP

NEW YORK (AP) — Two weeks before ending his life, Jeffrey Epstein sat in the corner of his Manhattan jail cell with his hands over his ears, desperate to muffle the sound of a toilet that wouldn’t stop running.

https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-jail-suicide-prison-death-8d194a756f2b429067f009a0c70f96c0?

A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell scandal

NEW YORK (AP) — From the moment he first faced criminal charges, in 2006, Jeffrey Epstein has been the object of public fascination, conspiracy theories and outrage — especially after his lawyers got prosecutors to agree to a lenient plea deal that spared him from serious prison time.

https://apnews.com/article/epstein-maxwell-timeline-b9f15710fabb72e8581c71e94acf513e

Maxwell’s new digs: Fla. prison known for yoga, music, abuse

NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite turned convicted sex trafficker, is off to Florida to serve a 20-year federal prison sentence for helping financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls — returning to the same state, but a far cry from the posh lifestyle, where she committed some of her crimes.

https://apnews.com/article/ghislaine-maxwell-entertainment-sports-crime-music-2df5cce08662545aad32282b500acf17

Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeals arguments mirror earlier claims

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court should reverse the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell or grant a new trial on charges that she joined and enabled the sexual abuse that Jeffrey Epstein committed on scores of teenagers and young women for more than a decade, her lawyers argued in court papers Tuesday.

https://apnews.com/article/maxwell-epstein-appeal-suicide-eee0473819b75fbb03a48776c67b3752

US Virgin Islands reach $105M settlement with Epstein estate

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Virgin Islands announced Wednesday that it reached a settlement of more than $105 million in a sex trafficking case against the estate of financier Jeffrey Epstein.

https://apnews.com/article/crime-caribbean-puerto-rico-jeffrey-epstein-us-virgin-islands-1d477010df10e24122c58b498d5b2f92

Epstein victim drops claim against attorney Alan Dershowitz

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who recently settled a lawsuit in which she had claimed to have been sexually trafficked to Britain’s Prince Andrew and others by the financier Jeffrey Epstein has dropped a similar claim against noted American attorney Alan Dershowitz, saying she may have erred in accusing him.

https://apnews.com/article/ghislaine-maxwell-new-york-lawsuits-prince-andrew-jeffrey-epstein-2a7202e552c38ed03c5fe39d6a29721b

Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers sue for over $878K in fees

DENVER (AP) — A law firm that helped defend Ghislaine Maxwell, the socialite convicted of helping the financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls, is suing her, her brother and husband, saying it was never paid for more than $878,000 for its work.

https://apnews.com/article/ghislaine-maxwell-entertainment-lawsuits-denver-jeffrey-epstein-e5484d266291dfc0b6c3ea44c9467d92

Wave of sex abuse lawsuits seen as NY opens door for victims

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Sexual assault victims in New York will get a one-time opportunity to sue over their abuse starting Thursday, under a new law expected to bring a wave of allegations against prison guards, middle managers, doctors and a few prominent figures including former President Donald Trump.

https://apnews.com/article/ghislaine-maxwell-prisons-new-york-lawsuits-donald-trump-cfa02ae176f77452f86a7a0072e557f8

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Jeffrey Epstein victims settle sex trafficking lawsuit against JPMorgan for $290 million

JPMorgan Chase announced a tentative $290 million settlement Monday with the victims of Jeffrey Epstein who had accused the bank of being the financial conduit that allowed the financier to continue operating a sex trafficking operation.

https://apnews.com/article/jpmorgan-chase-epstein-settlement-ddb90e634536bc1828bf5d05608b39f1?

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Misconduct by federal jail guards led to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide, Justice Department watchdog says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein was left alone in his jail cell with a surplus of bed linens the night he killed himself. Nearly all the surveillance cameras on his unit didn’t record. One worker was on duty for 24 hours straight. And, despite his high profile and a suicide attempt two weeks earlier, he wasn’t checked on regularly as required.

https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-department-of-justice-investigation-50c229b7953096f0301bfa1e7f0b7703?

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JPMorgan will pay $75 million on claims that it enabled Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operations

NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase agreed Tuesday to pay $75 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands to settle claims that the bank enabled the sex trafficking acts committed by financier Jeffrey Epstein.

https://apnews.com/article/jpmorgan-epstein-virgin-islands-lawsuit-b33f0094586fd4fa229bd6295a7d09e8?

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Judge orders documents naming Jeffrey Epstein associates to be unsealed

The names of dozens of Jeffrey Epstein associates could be made public next month after a federal judge on Monday ordered an array of court documents to be unsealed.

https://www.axios.com/2023/12/19/jeffrey-epstein-associates-documents-unsealed?

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Bill Clinton to be unmasked as ‘Doe 36’ and identified more than 50 times in Jeffrey Epstein doc dump

Former President Bill Clinton will be identified as “John Doe 36” in a trove of court documents related to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein which are expected to be released this week , according to a report.

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3282652575411-bill-clinton-to-be-unmasked-as-doe-36-and-identified-more-than-50-times-in-jeffrey-epstein-doc-dump?

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Court records related to Jeffrey Epstein are set to be released, but they aren’t a client list

NEW YORK (AP) — Social media has been rife in recent weeks with posts speculating that a judge is about to release a list of clients or co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein, the jet-setting financier who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-virginia-giuffre-3af500d4788ad45301be426628846d71?

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Unsealed court records offer new detail on old sex abuse allegations against Jeffrey Epstein

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

https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-court-records-587fa5a6bedf93bc958bdc3a933006bc?

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⚖️ Epstein unsealing

Federal prosecutors showed Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell as they announced charges against Maxwell in 2020. Photo: John Minchillo/AP Long-awaited court filings from a lawsuit related to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking conspiracy case were unsealed last evening, Axios' Rebecca Falconer, Sareen Habeshian, April Rubin and Shauneen Miranda report. The documents feature roughly 150 people mentioned in previously redacted parts of the suit against Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced last year to 20 years in prison on sex trafficking and other charges for helping Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. Former President Clinton is mentioned more than 50 times in the filings. But records don't indicate any evidence of illegality on Clinton's part, and his representatives said they didn't object to the unsealing. Keep reading ... Key names revealed ... See the documents: 943 pages.

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⚡ Epstein traffic crashes sites

Screenshot: X A traffic boost to major websites hosting the newly unsealed court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein led to long outages yesterday, Axios' Emma Loop writes. Why it matters: The monumental traffic surge underscores the widespread public interest in Epstein and his network of wealthy associates. Interest in the documents overloaded sites such as PACER, the federal court system's document repository; DocumentCloud, a site that journalists use to store documents; and CourtListener, which provides free access to court records. Keep reading.

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Court records bring new, unwanted attention to rich and famous in Jeffrey Epstein’s social circle After Jeffrey Epstein killed himself while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in 2019, many of the world’s elite who ran in his circles have apologized and said they were unaware he was abusing underage girls. But newly released court records have revved up interest in the big names who associated with both Epstein and his socialite girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell. Read more.

Why this matters: In addition to false claims that the documents represent some kind of list identifying Epstein’s “clients,” the internet is rife with misinformation about exactly who is named in the records and what that means.   Many of the people named have never been accused of any wrongdoing and have instead been mentioned in passing during depositions – this includes prosecutors, a journalist and a police detective.

Related coverage ➤ With more records, the world sees how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged powerful people to abuse vulnerable girls Dozens more Jeffrey Epstein documents are now public. Here’s what we know so far FACT FOCUS: Images made to look like court records circulate online amid Epstein document release

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⚖️ Charted: Epstein doc downloads

Image: CourtListener Axios' Emma Loop reported yesterday that a traffic boost crashed websites that hosted unsealed court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Charted above: Downloads over the last six months on CourtListener, a nonprofit that provides free access to federal court data. ? For comparison, former President Trump was indicted in his federal election interference case on Aug. 1 — barely a blip. Go deeper.

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DeSantis says he’ll sign bill opening Jeffrey Epstein’s grand jury records

Gov. Ron DeSantis will sign legislation authorizing disclosure of state grand jury records of an early investigation into notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, he said Friday.

https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/02/23/desantis-says-hell-sign-bill-opening-jeffrey-epsteins-grand-jury-records/?

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Epstein case shows problem with grand jury secrecy | Commentary

Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a bill that could reveal what happened when Florida prosecutors went behind closed doors and ended up offering a ridiculous sweetheart deal to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/03/15/epstein-release-grand-jury-records-maxwell/?

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Prosecutor knew about Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking of teenage girls years before plea deal, grand jury records show

The prosecutor who cut a lenient deal with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 had already presented graphic, damning testimony from the girls Epstein recruited and raped at his Palm Beach mansion over a period that lasted for years.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/07/01/judge-releases-transcripts-of-2006-grand-jury-investigation-of-jeffrey-epsteins-sex-trafficking/?

Florida prosecutors knew Epstein raped teenage girls 2 years before cutting deal, transcript shows

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida prosecutors knew the late millionaire and financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted teenage girls two years before they cut a plea deal that has long been criticized as too lenient and a missed opportunity to imprison him a decade earlier, according to transcripts released Monday.

https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-transcript-florida-b5dce49bdd9bcbce2969107919ddc2d0?

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Lauren Book credits survivors, journalists for release of Epstein court records

A Miami Herald reporter and sex abuse victims are to credit for Monday’s release of documents from the 2006 state grand jury investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, according to state Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book.

https://floridaphoenix.com/briefs/lauren-book-credits-survivors-journalists-for-release-of-epstein-court-records/?

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Trump accused of groping a woman in 1993 while Jeffrey Epstein watched

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stacey Williams is accusing former President Donald Trump of groping her at Trump Tower in early 1993 as disgraced hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein watched.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-trump-stacey-williams-5ab730ec694ef47e587e8f5ca4f1ad55?

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Bondi offers explanation for delay in releasing Epstein files and even Republicans are skeptical

It’s been nearly 70 days since U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi promised the public a release of the files in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/05/08/bondi-offers-explanation-for-delay-in-releasing-epstein-files-and-even-republicans-are-skeptical/?

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Prophetic Comment Epstein Told Me at His Weird Lair: Author

What seemed like a strange remark Epstein made about his Manhattan compound took on new meaning after his downfall.

Jeffrey Epstein used his extravagant Manhattan mansion to dazzle the rich and powerful. But when journalist Michael Wolff was invited inside, he says Epstein made an offhand remark about his den that now reads like a quiet confession.

Wolff tells Joanna Coles in a new episode of The Daily Beast Podcast that he first met Epstein around 2000 and was soon invited over to his Upper East Side townhouse. Wolff says he was immediately struck by the $51 million property’s palatial appearance.

“It’s hard to describe the effect that it has on you,” he says. “It reminds you of the kind of baronial rich man’s house that you might see in a movie about a rich man in New York. And I said something—I mean you have to say something—I said, ‘Wow! This is an incredible place.’”

That’s when Epstein made a comment that now seems to foreshadow the unraveling of his carefully constructed persona.

“He took his knuckle, rapped on the wall, and he said, ‘Fake! It’s all fake,” Wolff recalls.

“Through hindsight, what a prophetic comment,” Coles adds.

In another anecdote that carries new weight knowing Epstein’s later conviction as a child sex offender, Wolff recalls the financier passing by a kids’ art exhibition, buying a painting, and having it expensively framed: “He proudly displayed this and then would point it out to people, ‘You like this? Twenty-five dollars it cost me, an 11-year-old.’”Wolff says there was something “hugely suspicious” about “every aspect” of Epstein’s life, even though “there are many people who are suspicious in New York.”

“The difference with Epstein is that he was a show-off about this. He did exactly the kinds of things that were going to call attention to issues which ultimately brought him down,” he says.

Epstein, raised in lower-middle-class Brooklyn, struck Wolff as “very much in Gatsby mode.”

A stuffed tiger and a who’s who of framed photo-ops—Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Pope John Paul II—adorned his home, as seen in new pictures uncovered by The New York Times. A corpse-like sculpture of a bride dangled from the ceiling of the central atrium.

The tiger was apparently not the only exotic trophy in Epstein’s collection. According to Wolff, the living room of Epstein’s Paris flat contained a stuffed baby elephant.

“Epstein’s decor was… let’s take a whole house and just fill it with—what we used to call in New Jersey, conversation pieces,” Wolff says.

Epstein boasted that his Manhattan home—handed down to him in 1995 by billionaire Les Wexner—spanned 55,000 square feet, Wolff said. Reports put it at half that size.

The mansion was also allegedly the site of some of his sexual abuse.

Starting in the mid-2000s, multiple underage girls accused Epstein of recruiting them for sexual massages at his Palm Beach, Florida estate.

But in a controversial 2008 non-prosecution deal, Epstein pleaded guilty to two state-level prostitution charges, one involving a minor, and served just 13 months in county jail, avoiding federal charges.

After getting out of jail, Wolff says, Epstein managed to reenter elite circles, maintaining ties with high-profile figures like Prince Andrew.

When the scope of Epstein’s sex trafficking operation came under renewed scrutiny, he was arrested on federal charges in 2019. He died in jail while awaiting trial. His death was ruled a suicide.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/prophetic-comment-jeffrey-epstein-told-me-at-his-weird-manhattan-lair-michael-wolff/?

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Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre wrote a memoir. Months after her death, it’s coming out

NEW YORK (AP) — A posthumous and “unsparing” memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, will be published this fall, publishing house Alfred A. Knopf said Sunday.

https://apnews.com/article/virginia-giuffre-memoir-jeffrey-epstein-11a44440f4d0e50c8d6f3741640540d2?

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Jeffrey Epstein Victims Reveal They’re Compiling Own Client List

Six survivors of Epstein’s crimes came together to speak to NBC News.

A victim of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has revealed how a group of survivors is compiling a client list of their own.

Six Epstein’s victims spoke to NBC News on Tuesday about their quest for justice amid growing concerns about the failure of the Justice Department to publicly release the infamous “Epstein files.” Among the topics discussed was Epstein’s infamous client list, which the Justice Department claimed did not exist in the files in July, much to MAGA’s ire.

The women were joined by three relatives of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who died by suicide in April. Giuffre had accused Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Britain’s Prince Andrew of sex trafficking and sexual abuse.

The women expressed a desire to see the Epstein files released, with Jess Michaels telling NBC’s Hallie Jackson, “I’m coming here because there’s been a severe miscarriage of justice, a delay in accountability.”

In the absence of transparency from Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Justice Department, survivor Lisa Phillips told NBC that several of Epstein’s victims had begun compiling client lists of their own.

“They have emails, they have flight logs, they have a list they’ve compiled, and I feel like if they’re not going to release this list to the public that everybody wants to see, a lot of us survivors know, we’ve been compiling lists of our own,“ she said.

Phillips also implored other survivors to come forward, telling them, “We’ll compile our own list and seek justice on our own. I mean, I think that’s what’s going to happen next.”

Bondi raised eyebrows after claiming on Fox News in February that the client list was sitting on her desk, only to rebuff the claim months laters when a two-page DOJ memo claimed there was no such thing and ruled out theories Epstein was murdered while incarcerated.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was then forced to speak on the existence of a client list, stating that Bondi meant “the entirety of all of the paperwork, all of the paper in relation to Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes” was on her desk. “That’s what the attorney general was referring to, and I’ll let her speak for that,” Leavitt said.

Several of Epstein’s victims met with lawmakers in Washington. D.C., on Tuesday, with Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina leaving in tears, later explaining that, as a survivor, she had a difficult time listening to their stories.

The president previously said on the campaign trail that he had “no problem” releasing the Epstein files, however the Trump administration has been slow to act, and has consistently slapped down questions around the sex trafficker.

On Tuesday, the House Oversight Committee released some 30,000 documents relating to Epstein’s extensive crimes, many of which were already public. This move drew criticism from several Democrats, who accused Republicans of engaging in a cover-up.

Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia pointed out that over 97 percent of the documents released were already in the public record. “What we need right now is full compliance with the subpoena, and the Attorney General who once said the files are on her desk should release all the files immediately.”

Some Republicans have broken ranks to join Democrats in criticizing the administration’s handling of the files, with Kentucky congressman Thomas Massie appearing on MSNBC alongside Democrat Ro Khanna on Tuesday to discuss their joint resolution calling on the DOJ to release the files.

“I think the best way to clear President Trump’s name is to release all the files. I actually don’t think he’s done anything criminal. I think he may be covering for some rich and powerful people that are friends of his,” Massie said.

“Embarrassment is not a reason to conceal all of this stuff. We’ve got to get it out in the open, regardless of whose friends might be incriminated.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epstein-victims-reveal-theyre-compiling-own-client-list/?

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Prince Andrew accusations left out of Epstein-Maxwell case

NEW YORK (AP) — When Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime companion Ghislaine Maxwell goes on trial next week, the accuser who captivated the public most, with claims she was trafficked to Britain’s Prince Andrew and other prominent men, won’t be part of the case.

https://apnews.com/article/ghislaine-maxwell-entertainment-lifestyle-virginia-prince-andrew-60348f70fd605c26c26615ffc5ed5f14

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Prince Andrew relinquishes royal titles and honors amid Epstein accusations.  

The 65-year-old brother of King Charles III has dropped his "Duke of York" title, among other honors, noting speculation around his ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein distracts from the royal family's work. Andrew was stripped of his military titles and several charity positions in 2022 amid a now-settled lawsuit alleging sexual abuse in coordination with Epstein. Andrew has denied wrongdoing.