Which individuals did Giuffre name in her 2014 deposition and what did she claim they did?
Executive summary
Virginia Giuffre’s 2014 court filing and related deposition publicly named a small set of prominent individuals she said were involved in sex trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein, most notably Prince Andrew and Alan Dershowitz, and described being forced to have sexual encounters after being trafficked as a minor; parts of those allegations were later litigated, struck from pleadings, or disavowed in settlement statements [1] [2] [3] [4]. Publicly available deposition documents and court filings illuminate what she alleged but also show how those specific accusations were contested, redacted, and litigated over the following decade [5] [6] [3].
1. The names that appeared in the December 2014 filing and deposition
Giuffre’s December 30, 2014 filing—intended for inclusion in a broader suit concerning Epstein—specifically accused “several prominent figures, including Prince Andrew and Alan Dershowitz,” of participating in sexual activities with a minor later identified as Giuffre; that filing is the primary public source tying those two names to her 2014 allegations [1]. The publicly released deposition transcript and document collections made available later include Giuffre’s testimony and related exhibits, which courts and media have referenced when discussing which individuals she named [5] [7]. Court records also show that other accused names were present in earlier drafts or pleadings, but the district court struck from the CVRA pleading allegations against certain additional individuals—including Ghislaine Maxwell as a defendant in that context—as “impertinent and immaterial,” after which media outlets nonetheless reported on those stricken accusations [3].
2. What she claimed those named individuals did
Giuffre’s core claim was that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked her and that she was forced to have sexual encounters with powerful men while she was a minor; as to Prince Andrew, she alleged multiple sexual encounters in the early 2000s when she was 17, claims later recapitulated in her federal lawsuit against Andrew alleging sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress [2] [1]. In the same December 2014 materials she accused Alan Dershowitz of sexual activity with her when she was underage—an allegation Dershowitz consistently and vehemently denied, which catalyzed separate defamation litigation between Dershowitz and Giuffre’s lawyers [1] [8]. The filings and deposition tied these accusations to a broader narrative of Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation—Giuffre said she was moved between residences and forced into sexual encounters with individuals arranged by Epstein and his associates [6] [1].
3. How those claims were handled in court and by the accused
The judiciary and litigants treated portions of the 2014 allegations as legally problematic: a district court struck certain names and allegations from the CVRA pleading as impertinent, and subsequent litigation focused on disclosure, sealing, and the public interest in deposition transcripts rather than resolving every named accusation on the merits at that time [3] [9]. Dershowitz denied Giuffre’s 2014 accusation and later pursued counter-litigation; years later he and Giuffre reached a settlement of separate defamation claims in which Giuffre publicly said she “may have been mistaken” about Dershowitz—an outcome the New York Times and other reporting characterized as a significant turn in that specific allegation’s trajectory [4] [10]. Prince Andrew vigorously denied the allegations that formed the core of Giuffre’s later suit against him; Giuffre’s claims about him remained central to her 2021–2022 civil action [2].
4. What the public documents do—and do not—establish
Publicly available deposition transcripts and court filings document that Giuffre named Prince Andrew and Alan Dershowitz in her 2014 materials and described being trafficked and forced into sexual encounters as a minor [1] [5]. Court rulings and subsequent settlement statements show vigorous disputes: some allegations were struck from pleadings by judges, some were the subject of separate defamation litigation, and at least one high-profile allegation (about Dershowitz) was later recast as potentially mistaken in a settlement statement [3] [4] [10]. The sources provided do not offer a single exhaustive list of every individual ever named in every sealed draft or attachment from 2014; therefore it is not possible from these sources alone to compile an incontrovertible master list beyond the specific figures documented above [5] [7].