After unsealing hundreds of documents last week, on January 8, local time, the court released another batch of documents related to Epstein, a total of 17 (327 pages in total).
This time the content was considered more "vigorous" than the previous week's, so much so that former US President Donald Trump, who was thought to have escaped, was caught up in the middle of it again......
Sarah Ransome, one of the victims of the Epstein case, communicated with columnist Maureen Callahan via email in 2016, according to released documents.
In it, she said that Mr. Trump had "had relationships with many girls," including one of her unnamed friends, and that "I also know that she often had sex with Mr. Trump at Jeffrey's New York mansion." She also said that the friend had also been in a relationship with Bill Clinton and Richard Branson (the founder of Virgin Group).
Mr. Ransom also revealed Mr. Trump's "fetishes" to Mr. Callaghan, and that her unnamed friend's friend had apparently been tortured in two parts of his upper body and "hurt to watch," according to court documents.
Ransom also claimed that her friends had sent her videos of her relationships with celebrities, but she also said she could not share them without her friend's consent. "When my friends were in a relationship with Clinton, Prince Andrew, and Richard Branson, Jeffrey actually filmed every different angle. ”
"I can personally confirm that I saw evidence of these actions with my own two eyes, which clearly indicates that they were in a relationship with my friend. I am more than willing to take the oath and testify in court," Ransom wrote.
It is reported that the F.B.I. is also under pressure to release hundreds of pieces of evidence, including dozens of CDs, obtained during the 2019 raid on Epstein's home. However, it is also reported that although the discs were photographed and archived as evidence at the time, they were never seized.
But Rantham retracted all of her claims shortly after, telling Callaghan, "I want to take back everything I've told you and give it up," citing "fear for my family."
"I want to get away from it all...... I shouldn't have contacted you and I'm sorry for wasting your time. "It's not worth coming forward, and I'm never going to be heard, and the results I'm making public will only happen bad. It's only going to cause pain to me and my family, who have already helped me clean up the mess once before. I can't ask them to do it again. ”
In 2019, The New Yorker ran a story with Ransom's name in which she admitted that she had fabricated the so-called tape. "We can confirm that Sarah Ransom's claims are baseless and unfounded," the article reads.
Now the question is, which claim is true?
After Ghislaine Maxwell, known as "Mrs. Epstein," was sentenced to 20 years in prison, Rantham (dressed in blue) appeared in a federal courthouse in Manhattan to celebrate the occasion. However, at the time, she did not respond to the past.
For the latest documents that have appeared, Trump has already responded. His spokesman, Steven Chang, claimed that the baseless allegations had been completely withdrawn because they were completely false and had no basis.
In addition, Branson also denied the allegations, calling them baseless.