A woman who alleges that Jeffrey Epstein forced her to have sex with powerful men has named Democratic politicians George Mitchell and Bill Richardson in court documents unsealed on Friday.
A federal appeals court unsealed about 2,000 pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, the U.S. financier facing charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of underage girls.
The papers included affidavits and depositions of key witnesses in a lawsuit that Virginia Roberts Giuffre, now 33, filed against Epstein and his associate, socialite Ghislane Maxwell in 2015.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, (pictured), claimed she was one of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex slaves and he an associated Ghislane Maxwell instructed her to have sexual relations with several high-profile businessmen
Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Former US Senator George Mitchell, (right), were named in a deposition as men that Virginia Roberts Giuffre was instructed by Jeffrey Epstein and his associated Ghislaine Maxwell to have sexual relations with. Both strenuously deny the allegations
Giuffre accused the pair of keeping her as a ‘sex slave’ in the early 2000s when she was underage.
She alleged in a May 2016 deposition that she was trafficked by the pair to have sex with and provide erotic massages to politicians, foreign leaders and affluent businessmen.
In ordering the documents released, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit also warned that the allegations contained within them are not necessarily proven.
According to one deposition, Giuffre alleges that she was ‘told to have sex’ with George Mitchell, a former Senate Majority leader who represented Maine from 1980-95 and was later named special envoy to the Middle East by President Obama.
In a statement to Fox News, Mitchell flatly denied the allegations contained in the documents.
He added: ‘I have never met, spoken with or had any contact with Ms. Giuffre,’ Mitchell said.
‘In my contacts with Mr. Epstein I never observed or suspected any inappropriate conduct with underage girls. I only learned of his actions when they were reported in the media related to his prosecution in Florida. We have had no further contact.’
She was asked in one deposition by a lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell to ‘name the politically connected and financially powerful people that Ghislaine Maxwell told you to have sex with.’
Virginia Robers then responded: ‘Again, I’m going to tell you “they” because that’s how it went. They instructed me to go to George Mitchell, Jean Luc Brunnel, Bill Richardson.
‘A guy that owns a hotel, a really large hotel chain. I can’t remember which hotel it was,’ she adds.
Jeffrey Epstein has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges of sex trafficking in girls as young as 14, from at least 2002 to 2005
Giuffre has accused Epstein and his associate Ghislane Maxwell, (pictured), of keeping her as a ‘sex slave’ in the early 2000s when she was underage
She claimed there was ‘a whole bunch’ of men that she was instructed to have sexual relations with, adding: ‘It’s hard for me to remember all of them.’
Roberts added: ‘You know, I was told to do something by these people constantly, told to – – my whole life revolved around just pleasing them and keeping Ghislane and Epstein happy. Their whole entire lives revolved around sex.’
Richardson was a U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1997-1998, and Secretary of Energy under President Bill Clinton from 1998-2000.
In 2008, he sought the Democratic nomination for President, dropping out after Iowa and New Hampshire.
In a statement issued to Fox News, Richardson denied the allegations and insisted that they are ‘completely false.’
‘Governor Richardson has never even been contacted by any party regarding this lawsuit,’ the spokesperson said.
Former US Senator George Mitchell, (left), claimed he never met or spoke to Virginia Roberts Giuffre and never observed Jeffrey Epstein having inappropriate contact with girls
A spokesman for Bill Richardson said he had limited interactions with Mr. Epstein and never saw him in the presence of young or underage girls
‘To be clear, in Governor Richardson’s limited interactions with Mr. Epstein, he never saw him in the presence of young or underage girls.
‘Governor Richardson has never been to Mr. Epstein’s residence in the Virgin Islands. Governor Richardson has never met Ms. Giuffre.’
None of those named in Giuffre’s deposition have been charged criminally or sued in connection with Epstein’s case.
No other court documents provide any additional details about Giuffre’s allegations, and many remain sealed.
She claimed that she had sexual relations with former MIT scientist Marvin Minsky in the US Virgin Islands. He has denied the allegations.
Roberts also revealed two men who did not engage in any sexual acts with Epstein’s victims in her own deposition that was unsealed on Friday – Bill Clinton and Donald Trump.
Giuffre said that her father, who worked at Mar-a-Lago as a maintenance manager, got her a job there in summer 2000 as a locker room attendant when she was 16. It was there that she met Jeffrey Epstein who told her he knew someone seeking a travelling masseuse
Roberts said in a 2016 deposition that Trump ‘didn’t partake in any sex with us … and never flirted with me’.
She also stated that despite Epstein talking about how the two were friends, she did not recall ever seeing him at the Palm Beach mansion.
Robert did however confirm that ‘Donald Trump was also a good friend of Jeffrey’s.’
A lawyer for Maxwell then asked: ‘What is the basis for your statement that Donald Trump is a good friend of Jeffrey’s’
Roberts responded: ‘Jeffrey told me that Donald Trump is a good friend of his.’
Giuffre said that her father, who worked at Mar-a-Lago as a maintenance manager, got her a job there in summer 2000 as a locker room attendant at the club’s spa when she was 16.
She said she was reading a book on massage therapy one day when she was approached by Maxwell, who noticed the book and told her she knew someone seeking a traveling masseuse.
When Giuffre said she had no experience or credentials, she recalled Maxwell said: “We can train you. We can get you educated.”
The court records contain graphic allegations against Epstein, who is accused of trafficking young girls internationally to have sex with prominent American politicians, business executives and world leaders.
They portray Epstein as a sex slave-driver with an insatiable appetite for underage girls.