Prince Andrew and Clinton named in Epstein court files

Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew are named in court documents detailing people connected to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A New York federal judge has ordered the release of files as part of a lawsuit related to Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

She is serving a 20-year jail term for crimes she committed with Epstein.

The BBC is currently reviewing the 943 pages of documents, which were released on Wednesday evening.

Some of those named are accused of wrongdoing, while others on the list are making allegations or are potential witnesses.

When ordering the release of the list, New York Judge Loretta Preska said many of those named in the lawsuit had already been identified by the media or in Maxwell’s criminal trial.

She added that many others did not raise an objection to the release of the documents.

The release includes references to Johanna Sjoberg, who has claimed that Prince Andrew groped her breast while sitting on a couch inside Epstein’s Manhattan apartment in 2001.

Buckingham Palace has previously said her allegations are “categorically untrue”.

Former US President Clinton is also named in the court documents. When contacted for comment, his representatives referred to a statement he issued in 2019 saying he “knows nothing” about Epstein’s crimes.

According to the files, Ms Sjoberg testified that Epstein once told her that Mr Clinton “likes them young”, referring to girls. Mr Clinton had an affair with a 22-year-old White House intern while he was US president.

The files includes testimony from Maxwell confirming that Mr Clinton had travelled on board Epstein’s private jet, but she did not know how many times.

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Mr Clinton travelled on Epstein’s plane on humanitarian trips to Africa in the early 2000s and at the time praised Epstein as a committed philanthropist, though said he later cut ties with him.

This is a developing story. More updates to follow.

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