Fake court transcripts have been circulating online that falsely accuse some prominent figures of appearing in the unsealed documents.
Screenshots of fake court transcripts related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have flooded the internet in recent days, often falsely accusing celebrities of appearing on the list of Epstein’s former associates, employees and friends included in the unsealed papers.
Hundreds of documents as part of a lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s alleged victims, on Wednesday were unsealed to the public. The suit was filed against Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite and Epstein’s former girlfriend, who in December 2021 was convicted of child sex trafficking in connection to her relationship with deceased financier Epstein.
The papers provided a lengthy list of names—90 in total—of former associates or friends of Epstein whose identities were previously redacted from the public.
