The release of hundreds of documents associated to the Jeffrey Epstein gave fresh insight into the financier’s lifestyle and the high profile people who surrounded him. The files find mention to names of two former presidents, a member of the UK royal family and celebrities.
Johanna Sjoberg, an Epstein victim who regularly gave him massages at his Palm Beach home, recounted meeting magician David Copperfield, pop star Michael Jackson and Prince Andrew. She said she met Jackson at Epstein’s Florida home but didn’t give him a massage.
Sjoberg met Copperfield at a dinner at Epstein’s house and recalled him performing “some magic tricks.”
“He questioned me if I was aware that girls were getting paid to find other girls,” she said, referring to Copperfield, during a 2016 deposition. She didn’t accuse him of criminal conduct.
Copperfield couldn’t be reached for comment. Jackson passed away in 2009.
Sjoberg accused Prince Andrew of groping her when they posed for a photograph with a puppet of him at Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse. “And so then I sat on Andrew’s lap, and I believe on my own volition, and they took the puppet’s hands and put it on Virginia’s breast and so Andrew put his on mine,” she said. Prince Andrew couldn’t be reached for a comment . Andrew and Giuffre reached a settlement in 2022.
Several previously confidential documents related to Jeffrey Epstein have been made public.
Apart from Andrew the documents also revealed Bill Clinton’s ties with Epstein, which gave rise to several speculation, showing Clinton travelling in Epstein’s private jet. The documents give a clearer picture of the relationship the two shared.
Giuffre’s lawyers could not depose Clinton, however Maxwell’s attorneys said the dinner party was a false fabricated story which had been debunked by a FBI director who took note of Clinton’s movements in January 2003.
Sjoberg also claimed that apparently Epstein had told her that “Clinton likes them young, referring to girls.” Sjoberg noted that Epstein usually name-dropped. He also mentioned Donald Trump once in the same manner. Trump hasn’t responded to the latest documents but had previously said that he had a fallout with Epstein and that he wasn’t a fan.
The revealing of the documents show that Epstein went to great lengths to make connection with influential and powerful people. Most of them now regret being associated with him.
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