Court to Identify Over 150 People Linked to Jeffrey Epstein
Published on December 19, 2023
A federal judge has ruled that many names linked to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will be made public in the future. The identities of 156 people, including associates of Mr. Epstein, will be disclosed in previously redacted documents, U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ruled on Dec. 18. The ruling came in a case brought against Mr. Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who in 2022 was convicted of sex trafficking and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Judge Preska, appointed under President George H. W. Bush, had given parties mentioned in depositions and other documents time to raise objections to the unsealing of their names but most of the parties did not raise any objections, according to the new order....