Dozens of high-profile associates of Jeffrey Epstein will be named in court documents set to be released in early 2024, delivering a surprise to many.
The Daily Mail has reportedly identified several individuals connected to Epstein, with Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz being the only John Doe named so far.
In July 2022, Marc Randazza and Jay Wolman of the Randazza Legal Group along with John Burns filed a motion to intervene in the Guiffre v. Maxwell case at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
On February 27th 2023, an unnamed interested party (whose identity was sealed by the court due to their affiliation with Epstein) submitted a brief opposing the appeal and asked the Court of Appeals to reject it.
The arguments made by this individual were unconvincing, stating that they waited too long to request information regarding Epstein’s sex client list, implying that the public had no interest due to the time passing since his arrest.
On Monday, the judge presiding over the case ordered that a large number of Epstein’s contacts be unsealed within two weeks.
The Daily Mail reported:
Judge Loretta Preska wrote ‘unsealed in full’ next to the names of 177 Does who are Epstein’s friends, recruiters, victims and others whose names will be revealed when the material is released within the coming weeks.
The material is related to a defamation case brought by Prince Andrew’s accuser Virginia Roberts in New York against Epstein’s madam Ghislaine Maxwell.
Roberts sued Maxwell for defamation in 2016 and while the case was settled, media outlets filed in order to have the documents made public.
Some of the Does are identified in the ruling through links to interviews they have given to the media, which the judge cited as a reason why they should not stay private.
They include the housekeepers on Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean where some of the worst abuse that he perpetrated was carried out.
In her ruling Judge Preska gave 14 days for any Does who objected to their documents being made public to object, after which they would be unsealed.
