The entertainment industry is reeling from the shocking revelations stemming from recently unsealed court documents related to the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Hollywood heavyweights, including Michael Jackson and Leonardo DiCaprio, as well as prominent politicians such as Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, are among the notable names mentioned in the documents, as reported by Mirror.co.uk.
Other celebrities like Cate Blanchett, Cameron Diaz, Bruce Willis, and Kevin Spacey have also been implicated, though it's crucial to note that mere mention in the documents does not imply any proven wrongdoing. The claims and associations with criminal activities are yet to be substantiated in a court of law.
According to Mirror.co.uk, the judge has stipulated that a few names should remain redacted in the documents to protect the identities of individuals who were sexually abused. Prior to the unsealing, these names were listed as variants of J Doe in court papers. Many of the names had already been publicly linked to Epstein through years of media coverage of the case.
Late Wednesday, dozens of previously sealed court documents related to Epstein were made public following a ruling by US Judge Loretta Preska last month. These documents are part of a 2015 US defamation case filed by Virginia Giuffre against Ghislaine Maxwell, the disgraced British socialite who supplied Epstein with underage girls. Giuffre alleged that the late physicist Stephen Hawking participated in an "underage orgy."
Photographs from 2015 revealed Hawking on Epstein’s private Caribbean island before the billionaire's initial charges in 2006. Magician David Copperfield is alleged to have dined with Epstein and inquired about payments to girls for recruiting others. Additionally, Prince Andrew has been named in the released documents, despite Buckingham Palace vehemently denying the allegations as "categorically untrue." It's important to emphasize that the veracity of these claims is yet to be determined through legal proceedings.
(With Agency Inputs)
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