NYT Obfuscates Relevance Of Newly Released Epstein Evidence
The release of new court documents from a lawsuit related to Jeffrey Epstein yesterday “provided little, if any, new fodder for conspiracy theorists who remain fixated on Mr. Epstein’s dealings more than four years after his death,” according to the New York Times. The documents, the Times claimed, reinforced what the public already knew, namely that pedophile financier Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell made young and often underage women available for sex to powerful men.
However, the documents offer new evidence and insight into how Epstein and Maxwell appeared to be blackmailing powerful individuals, albeit to unknown ends. The documents were released after a judge's order, which was from a case brought by Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre against Maxwell in 2015, which the parties settled in 2017. The revelations include:
Johanna Sjoberg, another one of Epstein’s victims, recounted that he and Maxwell had created a Prince Andrew puppet for Prince Andrew. They presented it to him and used it to guide him into taking sexual photos with Sjoberg and Giuffre. “They put the puppet on Virginia’s lap,” Sjoberg testified, “and I sat on Andrew’s lap, and they put the puppet’s hand on Virginia’s breast, and Andrew put his hand on my breast, and they took a photo.”
Sjoberg also testified that Maxwell directed her to have sex with Prince Andrew. Another filing alleges that Jane Doe #3 was “forced to have sexual relations with this prince when she was a minor in three separate geographical locations” and that Epstein told her to “give the prince whatever he demanded and required Jane Doe #3 to report back to him on the details of the sexual abuse.”
Sjoberg further states Epstein told her that former President Bill “Clinton likes them young, referring to girls.” White House visitor logs show that Epstein had visited the White House 17 times while Clinton was president, often accompanied by attractive young women.
The court documents also contain allegations against billionaires Glenn Dubin and Tom Pritzker. Pritzker currently serves as the CEO of the Pritzker Organization and as executive chairman of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation and is a member of the Aspen Institute. Giuffre alleges that she had sex with both Dubin and Pritzker under the direction of Maxwell and Epstein.
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz is also named by Epstein’s house manager, who stated that Dershowitz was at Epstein’s home in Florida “pretty often” and received massages there. Dershowitz has repeatedly denied allegations of misconduct in connection to Epstein and Maxwell.
Other individuals include magician David Copperfield, celebrity hairstylist Frederick Fekkai, and deceased former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson.
Donald Trump appears in a document in which Epstein allegedly said he invited Trump to meet him at a casino. In another document, he is mentioned when a witness states that she did not see him in Epstein’s home.
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