Newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents have described bombshell allegations about sex tapes involving Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew and Richard Branson.
In emails sent by Epstein victim Sarah Ransome – sections of which were included as exhibits in one of the filings unsealed on Monday – she said that an unnamed friend “had sexual intercourse with Clinton, Prince Andrew and Richard Branson” and that these encounters had been filmed by Epstein and that she herself had later seen the sex tapes.
The unsealed extracts were included along with a letter sent by attorneys representing Alan Dershowitz in 2017, seeking to undermine Ms Ransome’s credibility.
In a New Yorker article released two years later in 2019, Ms Ransome admitted that “she had invented the tapes to draw attention to Epstein’s behaviour, and to make him believe that she had ‘evidence that would come out if he harmed me’”.
Ms Ransome, who delivered a victim impact statement at Ghislaine Maxwell’s sentencing for sex-trafficking charges, said in one of the newly released emails that the friend had sent her the explicit footage.
She said that the footage does “clearly identify” the faces of the men.
“Thank God she managed to get ahold of some footage of the filmed sex tapes, which clearly identify the faces of Clinton, Prince Andrew and Branson having sexual intercourse with her,” she said.
“Frustratingly enough, Epstein was not seen in any of the footage but he was clever like that!”
Ms Ransome also detailed an alleged sexual relationship between the unnamed friend and the former president Mr Clinton.
She alleged that her friend “had to have sexual intercourse with Clinton in Epstein’s New York Mansion just off Fifth Avenue on numerous occasions”.
In the messages, Ms Ransome said that her friend later came forward to report what happened “with Epstein, Clinton, Branson and Prince Andrew” to the police in 2008 but said that “nothing was done” and “she was made to feel like a dirty whore and a liar”.
A couple of months later, her friend was allegedly “approached by Special Agents Forces Men sent directly by Hilary [sic] Clinton herself, in order to protect her presidential campaign in 2008”, Ms Ransome claimed.
“They heavily intimidated her, ruffled her up (luckily she took photos as evidence) and was then forced to sign a confidentiality agreement which ensures that she can never come forward publicly implicating her husband,” she claimed.
Ms Ransome went on to allege that the friend was given a “substantial” payout directly from the Clinton Foundation “to keep her quiet”.
She alleged that if her friend was to break the agreement to stay quiet, “she is dead”.
Undated photo of Epstein released as part of unsealed documents
The woman also allegedly tried to sue Epstein for damages but was “severely bullied and threatened” by his attorney, Mr Dershowitz – a man who she claimed “she also had sexual relations with and who was also heavily involved in Epstein’s paedophile ring”.
She alleged it was “a complete conspiracy” as Mr Dershowitz had also helped fund Ms Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign.
Ms Ransome went on to claim that she had backed up the footage and had sent it to various different locations throughout Europe “with only one other person close to me, knowing where their locations are, just in case anything happens to me before the footage is released”.
The Independent has reached out to representatives for the Clintons, Mr Branson and Prince Andrew for comment.
Epstein victims Elizabeth Stein, left, and Sarah Ransome, right, in 2022
Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein
