CV NEWS FEED // A federal judge on Monday ordered the unsealing of a multitude of documents linked to a years-old case against Jeffrey Epstein. Reports indicate the material will reveal the names of at least 170 of the dead child sex trafficker’s associates and victims.
Following the ruling by Senior Judge Loretta Preska of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the individuals are set to be identified early next year.
“This material should be unsealed in full,” Preska’s order repeatedly stated.
The New York Post reported that the people in question “have previously only been identified as ‘Jane Does’ or ‘John Does’ in various court filings.”
Also according to the New York Post, the documents originate from the “settled defamation lawsuit that Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre brought against the convicted pedophile’s madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, back in 2015.”
The Daily Caller added that “Maxwell was sentenced in June 2022 to 20 years in prison for her role in a scheme to sexually exploit underage girls alongside Epstein for a decade.”
On Monday, Preska gave the almost-200 people two weeks to appeal their pending identification.
“The Court stays its order for fourteen days to permit any impacted Doe the opportunity to appeal, after which counsel are asked to confer, prepare the documents for unsealing pursuant to this order, and post the documents on the docket,” the judge ordered.
“Accountability is coming,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-TN, wrote on X (formerly Twitter) shortly after the ruling was announced.
Last month, Blackburn made headlines when she asked her Senate colleagues to subpoena Epstein’s estate in order to release the flight logs of his private plane.
“Given the numerous allegations of human trafficking and abuse surrounding Mr. Epstein, we’ve got to identify everyone who could have participated in his horrific conduct,” she said at the time. “The American people deserve to know the names of every person who participated in Jeffrey Epstein’s human trafficking ring.”
