Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Stephen Hawking are among the people named in court documents relating to Ghislaine Maxwell, her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and alleged victims of sexual assault.
US Judge Loretta Preska Verdict in December Those documents were part of the defamation case that Virginia Giuffre filed against her in 2015 Ghislaine Maxwell It must be public.
The judge ordered Preska to name some individuals because they had previously given interviews to the media.
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In one document, a woman named Johanna Sjoberg – while testifying in May 2016 – claimed Duke of York He touched her breast while sitting on the sofa inside the American billionaire's Manhattan apartment in 2001.
Buckingham Palace had previously said that these allegations were “completely untrue.”
At that time, Ms Sjoberg testified that Maxwell summoned her to an upstairs cupboard where they brought out a doll of Prince Andrew that had been made for the BBC programme.
“He looked like him,” Sjoberg said. “I brought it and presented it to him, which was a great joke, because apparently it was a production of a BBC programme.”
“They decided to take a picture with her, as Virginia and Andrew sat on the sofa.
“They put the doll on Virginia's lap, and she sat on Andrew's lap, and they put the doll's hand on Virginia's chest, and Andrew put his hand on my breast, and they took a picture.”
Joanna Sjoberg. Pic: ANL/Shutterstock
In the documents unsealed, Ms. Sjoberg said that while she was traveling to Manhattan with Epstein, Maxwell, Ms. Giuffre, and Prince Andrew, the financier's plane was diverted to Atlantic City, New Jersey — where Epstein suggested going to one of these destinations. Donald Trump Casinos.
“The pilot asked me to come back and tell me [Epstein] She said: “We cannot land in New York and we will have to land in Atlantic City.”
“Jeffrey said, 'Great, we'll call Trump and we'll go to the – I don't remember the name of the casino, but – we'll go to the casino.'”
Later, when asked if she had to give Trump a massage, Ms. Sjoberg said she had never been asked to do so.
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Epstein told the victim that Clinton “loved them when they were little.”
In Ms. Sjoberg's sworn interview, she also described conversations with Epstein in which he claimed to be a former U.S. president. Bill Clinton “Boys love them,” he said, referring to girls.
ABC News previously reported that Clinton has the nickname “Doe 36” and has been mentioned in more than 50 documents.
In a 2019 statement, a spokesman for the former president said he “has not spoken to Epstein in more than a decade” and “knows nothing about the horrific crimes.”
There is no indication of any wrongdoing by Clinton.
Ghislaine Maxwell confirmed in other published documents that Clinton traveled on Epstein's private plane. She didn't know how many times.
Epstein: “They issued a reward to prove her allegations false.”
Other papers revealed included an email from Epstein to Maxwell, in which he suggested she “issue a bounty” to any of Ms Giuffre's friends who could dispute her claims shortly after she filed a civil suit in the US in 2015.
“You may issue a reward to any of Virginia’s friends, acquaintances and family who come forward and help prove that her claims are false,” the email said.
He goes on to clarify the claims he is trying to show are untrue.
“The most powerful is the Clinton dinner, and the new version in the Virgin Islands in which Stephen Hawking engaged in an underage orgy.”
Hawking was photographed on Epstein's island in March 2006, as part of a trip to attend a scientific conference on the neighboring island of St. Thomas.
The conference was paid for by Epstein and saw 20 other scientists attend.
A Clinton spokesman has denied in the past that he “went to Little St. James Island, Epstein's New Mexico ranch or his Florida residence.”
Epstein was found dead in his cell at a federal prison in Manhattan in August 2019 While he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Maxwell, 62, is serving a 20-year prison sentence after she was seven years old. He was convicted of helping Epstein recruit and sexually abuse underage girls.
Additional reporting by Niamh Lynch
