Court documents connected to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case were released to the public on Wednesday evening.
While the appearance of names in the documents does not necessarily implicate those mentioned in criminal acts, reportedly about 150 names previously redacted in the suit against Ghislaine Maxwell would appear for the first time.
Those mentioned in court filings would likely also include victims, unrelated third parties, as well as alleged clients and associates of Epstein.
Last year, Maxwell was sentenced to two decades in prison for her involvement in trafficking, and aiding in the sexual abuse of, teenage girls.
U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Preska of the Southern District of New York scheduled the release date of Jan. 1 for the documents to be unsealed.
Within minutes of the announcement of the release, users on X reported that the website hosting the documents crashed. JUST IN - Site hosting Epstein documents crashed due to traffic surge. pic.twitter.com/rDJ53oypiy I actually tried to click to get the Epstein List and really did crash 🤣 pic.twitter.com/bdi5tHX0V7 🇺🇸 | The website hosting Epstein documents experienced a crash due to a surge in traffic.#JeffreyEpstein #CourtDocuments pic.twitter.com/5LS6inc8aQ Do you think the site crash because too many people wanted to see the Epstein list or there were cyber attacks? pic.twitter.com/jeDfo7GUw5
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As of Wednesday evening, the website Court Listener, a nonprofit organization from the Free Law Project, was still displaying the message “Hmmm, something didn’t work, sorry :/”
“This usually happens when we are doing maintenance or our server is overloaded,” the message continued. “Usually things are fixed within a few minutes.”
This is a breaking news story and will be updated as more information is available
