I give this an 80% probability of being rescinded or redacted, but perhaps we will eventually get to see Epstein’s clients. Surely some of these people will start singing to save their own skins.

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.

 

The hundreds of files will shed new light on the late financier’s sex trafficking operation and his network of influence

 

Roberts sued Maxwell for defamation in 2016 and while the case was settled, The Miami Herald – which published a bombshell expose of Epstein that led to his arrest in 2019 – sued to get the documents made public.

 

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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.