Manhattan federal judge Loretta Preska will allow the publication, starting January 1, 2024, of a series of court documents protected for years that includes the names of more than 170 people who had ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The information that will come to light comes from the lawsuit that Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who had accused the tycoon of abuse, filed against Ghislaine Maxwell.
BREAKING: 177 Jeffrey Epstein high profile associates will be revealed in the new year.
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Judge Loretta Preska ruled that 177 names of Epstein's friends, recruiters, victims & others shall be revealed to expose the pedoph*les s*x trafficking operation.
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— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 19, 2023
14 days to appeal the sentence
The ruling means that the names of some 177 people, who appeared as "Jane Does" or "John Does" in various court files related to the complaint, will be revealed to the public when the documents are "unsealed in their entirety." However, the judge gave the members of the list 14 days to appeal the decision.
Preska also indicated that several of the affected people had already made their identity public by granting interviews to various media, either to try to explain their business relationships with the magnate or to recount the abuses to which they were subjected by him. In last Monday's ruling, the judge did not give any names, but did refer to some of those affected as being a "public figure."
Exceptions
However, not all names will be made public. The judge excluded the publication of the identities of a group of minors who were considered alleged victims of sexual crimes. Other people will not be exposed because their recognition "would reveal sensitive information regarding an alleged minor victim of sexual abuse who has not spoken publicly and who has maintained her privacy."
