Woman tied to Jeffery Epstein begs judge not to release her name along with 170 others linked to the pedophile because she ‘lives in a culturally conservative country’ and ‘fears for her safety’
- The woman, identified as “Doe 107,” sent a letter to Loretta Preska on Wednesday
- The judge ruled on the disclosure of more than 170 names related to Epstein
- The files will shed new light on the late financier's sex trafficking operation
A woman linked to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has asked a judge to keep her identity secret as the names of 170 other former associates of the disgraced financier are set to be released.
The woman, identified in court documents as “Doe 107,” sent a letter to Judge Loretta Preska on Wednesday claiming she lives in a culturally conservative country and would fear for her safety if her name were released.
In October, Judge Preska asked an attorney for the woman to “file an affidavit supporting her claim that she is at risk of physical harm in the country where she lives and to provide details of the hate mail she has received ', as reported by The Messenger.
In the letter to the judge, the woman asked for an additional 30 days to file an affidavit with the requested evidence, and that Preska clarify whether she is exempt from the unsealing, which was requested by the Miami Herald.
The woman had previously claimed that she and the Miami Herald agreed to keep her name and identifying information confidential.
A woman linked to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has asked a judge to keep her identity secret as the names of 170 others are set to be released
The woman, identified in court documents as “Doe 107,” sent a letter to Judge Loretta Preska (pictured) on Wednesday claiming she lives in a culturally conservative country.
It comes as dozens of Epstein's high-profile associates are in for a New Year's surprise as they will be named in court documents set to be released in the early days of 2024.
About 177 people will be identified in hundreds of files that will shed new light on the late financier's sex trafficking ring and his influence network.
Preska wrote “completely unsealed” next to the names of 177 Does who are Epstein's friends, recruiters, victims and others whose names will be revealed when the material is released in the coming weeks.
The material relates to a defamation case brought by Prince Andrew's accuser Virginia Roberts in New York against Epstein's madam Ghislaine Maxwell.
Roberts sued Maxwell for defamation in 2016, and while the case was being settled, The Miami Herald — which published a shocking expose on Epstein that led to his arrest in 2019 — sued to make the documents public.
Some of the Does are identified in the ruling through links to interviews they gave to the media, which the judge cited as a reason why they should not remain private.
Among them are the housekeepers on Epstein's private island in the Caribbean, where some of the worst abuse he committed was committed.
In her ruling, Judge Preska gave 14 days for all Does who objected to the release of their documents to object, after which they would be unsealed.
There will be documents about one of Prince Andrew's accusers, who claims he fondled her breasts at Epstein's New York mansion.
The material relates to a defamation case brought by Prince Andrew's accuser Virginia Roberts in New York against Epstein's madam Ghislaine Maxwell
There will also be material on Haley Robson, who was named as a recruiter in police files from Epstein's original 2006 investigation in Palm Beach – although she has recently claimed she was also a victim.
The filing suggests that some of the documents will relate to Jean-Luc Brunel, a French model scout who was close to Epstein and allegedly abused many young women. Brunel hanged himself in a prison cell in Paris in 2022 while awaiting trial on a slew of sex charges.
The documents in the case have been continuously released since 2019, when the first batch was made public days before Epstein also hanged himself in prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Revelations in previous sets of documents included emails between Andrew and Epstein in 2015 in which Roberts made accusations about him.
In previously released documents in the case, Roberts named for the first time other powerful men she claims she had sex with, including former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who died in September.
Other names include wealthy financier Glenn Dubin and the late MIT scientist Marvin Minsky, along with “another prince,” a “foreign president,” a “well-known prime minister” and the owner of a “major hotel chain” in France .