Which specific documents in the January 2024 Epstein file release mention 'William Riley' and where can the PDFs be accessed?
Executive summary
The set of documents unsealed around January 2024 arose from a judge’s order to unseal records tied to litigation against Ghislaine Maxwell, and reporting about that tranche repeatedly lists high‑profile names that appeared in the papers made public [1]. None of the provided reporting or press summaries in the search results mention any document that specifically contains the name “William Riley,” and the available coverage does not point to PDFs that contain that name [1] [2] [3].
1. What was unsealed in January 2024 and how press accounts described the tranche
In late 2023 and into January 2024, a New York federal judge ordered the unsealing of records arising from a 2015 defamation suit related to Ghislaine Maxwell, triggering a window for named individuals to seek redactions before release; news accounts summarize the January 2024 unsealing as largely reiterating names and facts already in the public domain, citing prominent figures such as Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump among those named in the released court documents [1]. Reporting emphasized that the January 2024 unsealed files were many pages long and included depositions and other court filings, and that the newly public material contained little genuinely new factual revelation according to several outlets [1] [2].
2. The searches and reporting available here do not identify any “William Riley” references
A comprehensive read of the news snippets and summaries provided in the search results reveals multiple accounts describing who was named and what kinds of materials were included in the 2024 unsealing (depositions, court filings, photos), but none of these pieces mention a “William Riley” or pinpoint a PDF that contains that name [1] [2] [3]. Where outlets enumerate known named individuals—BBC, Wikipedia summaries and international wire coverage—they list dozens of high‑profile names from the released Maxwell‑related records but do not include “William Riley” in those published lists [1] [3].
3. Where the released court documents were described as being accessible — and the limits of those descriptions
Contemporary reporting about the releases states that thousands of pages and images were made public under the court order and that some of those materials were made available through news organizations’ platforms or government releases, but the itemized reporting here describes content at a high level and does not provide a catalogue that can be searched by individual name within these sources [4] [2] [3]. Some outlets note that large batches of documents and photos were posted by the Department of Justice in later, related releases and by courts in the Maxwell case, but the citations in the search results are summaries and do not include direct PDF links for a searchable index in the material provided to this analysis [4] [5].
4. Next logical steps and why the records that would answer the question aren’t located in this reporting
To establish definitively whether any January 2024‑released PDF contains “William Riley” would require direct inspection of the actual unsealed filings or a searchable index of those files; the search results supplied here summarize the contents and name many public figures but do not supply the underlying document text or a verified name index that includes “William Riley” [1] [2]. The reporting also shows that subsequent DOJ releases and later troves (notably in 2025) continued to generate new public materials, which reinforces that the overall Epstein/Maxwell record is scattered across multiple releases and repositories and thus not exhaustively covered by the news summaries provided [4] [5] [3].
5. Transparency, agendas and the problem of negative evidence
Major outlets and summary pages emphasize high‑profile names and political angles—coverage choices that can create an impression the released materials are centered on celebrities and public figures, which may bias searchability for lesser‑known names [1] [3]. Because the supplied reporting does not include a searchable PDF index or cite any file containing “William Riley,” it is not possible from these sources to assert that such a document exists in the January 2024 release; asserting its presence would exceed what the available reporting supports [1] [2].