prominent figures, many who had been previously linked to epstein, like former presidents bill clinton and donald trump, were named in the filings, though not accused of any wrongdoing. the documents stem from a civil defamation lawsuit that was settled in 2017 by virginia roberts giuffre against epstein s former confidant ghislaine maxwell. the unsealed filings contain a 2016 deposition from one of epstein s alleged victims, juwana schoberg. there was some new information that came out especially with respect to the deposition of joanna schoberg and understanding who she is in this whole epstein web. she was the primary accuser of prince andrew. many of this information was her firsthand accounts of what she had seen, observed and heard in her dealings with epstein. reporter: schoberg recalled that epstein spoke to her about bill clinton. quote, one time he said that clinton liked them young, referring to girls. when asked if clinton was a friend of epstein she said she
schoberg said in her deposition she never gave a massage to trump. he is not accused of wrongdoing related to epstein. the trump campaign responded to a request for comment by attacking the media. the documents also contain excerpts of depositions taken from virginia roberts giuffre and maxwell. giuffre alleged in her deposition that maxwell directed her to have sexual contact with people including prince andrew. she previously he reached an out of court settlement in her sexual assault lawsuit against him. andrew has denied all the allegations. also a part of the new releases, maxwell s own words. i saw some very interesting exchanges between sigrid mccauley, she s an attorney who s represented many of the victims in many cases, and maxwell. there was one exchange in which mccauley asked maxwell, did you ever tell anyone that you
prominent figures, many who had been previously linked to epstein, like former presidents bill clinton and donald trump, were named in the filings, though not accused of any wrongdoing. the documents stem from a civil defamation lawsuit that was settled in 2017 by virginia roberts giuffre against epstein s former confidant ghislaine maxwell. the unsealed filings contain a 2016 deposition from one of epstein s alleged victims, juwana schoberg. there was some new information that came out especially with respect to the deposition of joanna schoberg and understanding who she is in this whole epstein web. she was the primary accuser of prince andrew. many of this information was her firsthand accounts of what she had seen, observed and heard in her dealings with epstein. reporter: schoberg recalled that epstein spoke to her about bill clinton. quote, one time he said that
recruited girls in order to take pressure off yourself, and maxwell retorted, you don t ask me questions like that. reporter: attorneys for ghislaine maxwell said in a statement on wednesday, quote, she has consistently and vehemently maintained her innocence. she is currently appealing a 20-year prison sentence following her 2021 conviction on five counts including sex trafficking of a minor. now, there are three names that are still sealed in the documents that have been released so far. it s from the deposition of virginia giuffre. and according to the deposition she says she was ordered to have relations with them. now, we know a little bit. one is an unnamed prince. another is an owner of a very large hotel chain. the third is just an unnamed person at this point. and jake, there are two j. does. we don t know if they re john or jane.
that category. all right, jean casarez, thanks so much. let s bring in investigative journalist and the executive producer of the podcast and docuseries chasing ghislaine. which examines ghislaine maxwell s relationship with accused sex offender jeffrey epstein. vicky ward. good to see you again. what are your initial takeaways from going through this first batch of more than 900 pages of unsealed documents? well, jake, to be honest, i was not that surprised by the prominent names. virginia giuffre has been public for a long time about those na names. i just found it a really sickening portrait of what went on in jeffrey epstein s homes for so long and at such scale. i mean, what having visibility onto these names can o do is