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Jeffrey Epstein documents name A-list celebrities


By Lauryn Overhultz Fox News | Published January 4, 2024 2:45pm EST

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruce Willis and Michael Jackson are among the A-list celebrities’ names that appear in a trove of newly released documents relating to Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein’s former lover and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. Epstein had many high-profile connections, including former U.S. presidents, foreign prime ministers and Britain’s Prince Andrew, as well as Hollywood stars, leading academics, people in the modeling and fashion industries and other public figures. Some of the names were previously known through other means despite having been withheld from the public eye in the lawsuit.

Many of the names belong to people who have not been accused of wrongdoing. The celebrities who appear in the court docs, obtained by Fox News Digital, were mentioned by Giuffre and another alleged Epstein victim, Johanna Sjoberg.

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruce Willis, Michael Jackson side by side.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruce Willis and Michael Jackson were all mentioned in documents released relating to a lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre against Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell.  (Getty Images)

Here’s a look at the celebrities mentioned in the 40 documents so far:

Naomi Campbell

In a deposition dated May 3, 2016, Virginia Giuffre described going on foreign trips with Maxwell and Epstein, including several trips to France. On one trip to southern France, Giuffre claimed she had sexual contact with Maxwell before attending a birthday party for supermodel Naomi Campbell.

“We were going to Naomi Campbell’s birthday party,” Giuffre clarified in her deposition. “[The sexual encounter] wasn’t at the birthday party.” 

In 2019, Campbell explained that she did know Epstein and that she had been introduced to him through her ex-boyfriend, Flavio Briatore.

Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell previously explained she knew Jeffrey Epstein but denied knowing about his crimes. (Reuters)

“What he’s done is indefensible,” Campbell said in a video uploaded to YouTube. “And when I heard what he had done, it sickened me to my stomach just like everybody else, because I’ve had my fair share of sexual predators, and thank God that I had good people around me that protected me from this. Right now, I stand with the victims. I can’t – you know. They’re scarred for life. For life.”

Campbell was responding to photos of herself with Epstein saying, “I find it extraordinary that of all the hundreds of thousands of people that I’ve stood next to to take a picture at a public event, they’ve only chosen these few.”

She later added, “The frightening conclusion here, is that if the negative action of your neighbor, colleague, or even an associate can somehow make you guilty too, simply by association, then we indeed live in very worrying times. This affects us all. It’s wrong, it’s unfair and it must be stopped.”

A representative for Campbell did not respond to Fox News Digital’s immediate request for comment.

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Bruce Willis and Cameron Diaz

Jeffrey Epstein accuser Johanna Sjoberg spoke about Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Bruce Willis and Cameron Diaz during her deposition. All four celebrities were brought up during the same line of questioning and mostly in passing. None of them are accused of wrongdoing.

Cate Blanchett on the red carpet
Cate Blanchett’s name appeared in newly released documents relating to a lawsuit involving Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)

“I did not meet them, no,” Sjoberg claimed when asked. “When I spoke about them, it was when I was massaging [Epstein], and he would get off – he would be on the phone a lot at that time, and one time he said, Oh, that was Leonardo, or, that was Cate Blanchett or Bruce Willis. That kind of thing.”

Sjoberg noted that Epstein was “name-dropping” the celebrities and that she had not met any of them.

Later, she was also asked whether she had met Cameron Diaz – to which she responded, “No.”

Cameron DIaz in a light blue and grey suit jacket soft smiles at an event
Cameron Diaz’s representative told Fox News Digital that the actress had never met or been associated with Jeffrey Epstein. (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)

“Cameron never met Jeffrey Epstein, nor was she ever in the same place as him or had any association with him whatsoever, regardless of the fact he may or may not have mentioned her name or implied that he knew her,” a representative for the actress told Fox News Digital in a statement.

Representatives for DiCaprio, Blanchett and Willis did not respond to Fox News Digital’s immediate request for comment.

George Lucas

George Lucas, the creator of the “Star Wars” franchise, was mentioned once in the newly released documents.

George Lucas at an event
A Jeffrey Epstein accuser denied meeting filmmaker George Lucas. (Getty Images)

Johanna Sjoberg denied meeting the filmmaker, and there was no suggestion of wrongdoing.

A representative for Lucas did not respond to Fox News Digital’s immediate request for comment.

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Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson was also mentioned by Johanna Sjoberg. She confirmed she met the late pop star at Epstein’s Palm Beach home, but claimed she did not massage Jackson.

Michael Jackson smiles
Michael Jackson allegedly visited Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach home, where Johanna Sjoberg testified she met the late pop star. (Getty Images)

A representative for Jackson’s estate did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Kevin Spacey

While Kevin Spacey is also named in the documents, Johanna Sjoberg denied ever meeting the “House of Cards” star.

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Kevin Spacey was previously named as a passenger of Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane by the billionaire’s former pilot. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Spacey was previously named by Epstein’s former pilot Lawrence Paul Visoski Jr. during testimony for Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial in 2021. He claimed Spacey had once flown in one of Epstein’s planes.

A representative for Spacey did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

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Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.

Jeffrey Epstein list: Deadline for associates to appeal unsealing has passed, name drops could begin today


Michael Ruiz By Michael Ruiz Fox News | Published January 3, 2024 12:26pm EST

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A key deadline for the unsealing of the names of nearly 200 associates of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has passed, but it could still be days before the court records are made public, according to the legal team representing one of his most outspoken accusers. The unsealing is scheduled to begin today, court officials told Fox News Digital, but a spokesperson for plaintiff Virginia Giuffre’s legal team said documents could be delayed until next week.

A court-ordered Jan. 1 deadline for John and Jane Does to appeal the looming unsealing of their names in a lawsuit against Epstein’s convicted sex-trafficking madam Ghislaine Maxwell expired at midnight Monday. However, the judge’s order contained no specifics about the timing for the next step: the preparation and unsealing of documents expected to include the names of former associates, friends, employees, accusers and potential accomplices.

JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S FRIEND LIST: GHISLAINE MAXWELL LAWSUIT HOLDS CLUES TO NAMES ABOUT TO BE MADE PUBLIC

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Jeffrey Epstein pictured in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 8, 2004. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)

U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska issued a 51-page order last month giving anyone whose name was set to be released in connection with the 2015 lawsuit Giuffre, a prominent Epstein accuser, brought against Maxwell two weeks 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.

In a court filing Wednesday, Preska said two Does had reached out seeking to have their names remain sealed. One was Doe 110, identified in the Dec. 18 order as a person whose name and association with Epstein have already been widely publicized.

JEFFREY EPSTEIN SCANDAL: FEDERAL JUDGE TO UNSEAL 180 PREVIOUSLY REDACTED NAMES

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A photo from 2001 that was included in court files shows Prince Andrew with his arm around the waist of 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre, who says Jeffrey Epstein paid her to have sex with the prince. Andrew has denied the charges. In the background is Ghislaine Maxwell. (U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals)

Preska identified the other as Doe 107, who was not mentioned in the judge’s Dec. 18 order, but her attorney filed a request for a 30-day extension to raise arguments about why her identity should remain under seal. The judge gave her until Jan. 22 to submit an affidavit, and only documents pertaining to Doe 107 will be held until then, court officials told Fox News Digital.

“With the exception of the documents relating to these Does, the parties have informed the Court that they will begin filing the unsealed records outlined in this Court’s December 18 Order later today,” Preska wrote. “The Court will render its determination on the documents relating to Does 107 and 110 in due course.”

Although many of the Does were not publicly named in the Giuffre v. Maxwell lawsuit, Preska ruled that their identities should be revealed because they have “widely publicized” ties to Epstein, and some have been named as co-defendants in lawsuits against the disgraced financier. 

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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend de Grisogono Sponsors The 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Benefitting Wall Street Rising, with a Performance by Rod Stewart at Cipriani Wall Street on March 15, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

The list is expected to include figures like the British Prince Andrew, whom Giuffre also sued, a top former aide to former President Clinton and, according to ABC News, Clinton himself

Some of the Does, whom the judge described as minor victims who have never spoken publicly about the case, will not be identified. Neither will a person who members of the media incorrectly labeled an Epstein accomplice.

Epstein-related lawsuits go beyond the scope of Giuffre’s allegations against Maxwell and Prince Andrew. The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands sued JPMorgan Chase, claiming the bank aided Epstein’s crimes.

DOZENS OF GHISLAINE MAXWELL FILES UNSEALED BY FEDERAL COURT IN SEX TRAFFICKING CASE

Virginia Roberts Giuffre holds a photo of herself as a teen
Virginia Roberts Giuffre holds a photo of herself as a teen, when she says she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew, among others. (Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

That lawsuit revealed connections between Epstein and Barclays CEO Jes Staley, a former JPMorgan banker who resigned from his position in 2021. It also alleged that the bank knew about Epstein’s ties to French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, who, like Epstein, died in jail awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Another lawsuit alleged that billionaire Leon Black, who resigned as CEO of Apollo Global Management in 2021, assaulted a 16-year-old with autism at Epstein’s New York City mansion. 

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Maxwell and Giuffre reached a settlement in 2017, but the names have remained secret for years. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison for sex trafficking.

Epstein controversially died in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while awaiting his own sex trafficking trial. His death was ruled a suicide.

Giuffre also settled her lawsuit with Andrew, who has denied allegations that Epstein trafficked her when she was under 18 to have sex with him.

Michael Ruiz is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to michael.ruiz@fox.com and on Twitter: @mikerreports

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