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Confidential Jeffrey Epstein documents unsealed by New York court

Names featured in the unsealed documents include former US President Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew of Britain

Jeffrey Epstein was charged with sex trafficking in July 2019 but died by suicide in a Manhattan prison cell before he could stand trial. Picture: Getty

Several previously confidential documents related to Jeffrey Epstein were made public in federal court in New York after a years-long battle over their release.

The first of what are expected to be hundreds of documents identifying more than 150 individuals were unsealed Wednesday following an order last month by US District Judge Loretta A Preska. The documents were filed in redacted form as part of a 2015 lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in ...