Which victims have publicly accused Epstein of trafficking them to other individuals and what did they say?
Executive summary
Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) is the clearest, most public accuser who said Jeffrey Epstein trafficked her to other men; multiple other survivors and court records likewise describe being recruited, paid and sent to third parties though their statements vary in specificity and the Justice Department has disputed broader trafficking claims [1] [2] [3]. Recent mass document releases have added names and corroborating interviews but redactions and political dispute over the files mean the complete roster of victims who specifically accused Epstein of delivering them to other people remains partially obscured [4] [5].
1. Virginia Giuffre: the most explicit public allegation
Virginia Giuffre publicly and repeatedly stated she was trafficked by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to other men, a claim at the center of civil litigation and media coverage; reporting and court filings show she identified multiple men to whom she said she had been sent, and her unsealed testimony and the 2015 defamation suit produced lists that made her allegations widely known [1] [2]. Her statements have been cited by survivors’ advocates and lawmakers as direct evidence that Epstein’s operation involved moving victims to third parties, and media and legal records treat her account as central to the narrative that the ring served clients beyond Epstein himself [1] [2].
2. Other named survivors and courtroom testimony describing “trafficking to others”
Grand‑jury and civil transcripts show several survivors testified they were paid to recruit other girls and that employees and associates helped arrange encounters—language courts and reporters have used to describe trafficking to third parties—though many of those witnesses did not always name specific outside clients in public filings [3] [1]. The newly released Justice Department tranche and related unsealed files include interviews and allegations from survivors who described Maxwell or Epstein “finding” or “placing” girls for his use and, in some accounts, discussing other men; those descriptions support a pattern of procurement beyond Epstein’s private abuse but vary in directness and corroboration [6] [4].
3. Ghislaine Maxwell’s role as recruiter and conduit
Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted in 2021 for sex trafficking counts based on evidence that she recruited, groomed and delivered underage girls to Epstein, and newly released documents and interviews reiterate her active procurement role—several victim interviews quoted in reporting depict Maxwell both grooming girls and arranging for them to meet Epstein and others [7] [6]. The Guardian’s reporting from the latest document tranche highlights testimonies in which Maxwell coached or “kept victims in check” and allegedly suggested finding partners for Epstein, which investigators and prosecutors treated as central to the trafficking enterprise [6].
4. Official pushback and limits of public evidence
The Justice Department and some officials have cast doubt on broad public claims that Epstein widely trafficked victims to a large roster of powerful clients, and DOJ statements and reporting note that certain high‑profile names have not been credibly accused by the victims publicly; PBS and other outlets reported that no victims had accused former presidents and DOJ officials have emphasized careful redaction and limits to what the documents do or don’t prove [8] [4]. Representatives of survivors and some members of Congress counter that victims identified “at least 20 other men” in interviews and that the newly released files contain previously undisclosed names and images that merit further investigation [2] [9].
5. What the records released so far show — and what remains uncertain
The mass release of millions of pages, photos and videos has produced new corroboration that Epstein’s operation included recruitment, payment and the involvement of assistants who arranged encounters and sometimes pressured victims to find other girls—facts supported by grand‑jury testimony, civil complaints and survivor statements—but many of the files remain redacted or politically contested, and reporters note that while some victims explicitly said they were trafficked to other men (most prominently Giuffre), many allegations in the files are descriptive rather than naming or proving external clients [3] [4] [5]. Given the partial disclosures and ongoing review, public reporting can identify Giuffre and multiple unnamed survivors who described being recruited or moved to others, while also acknowledging that the full scope of named third‑party recipients remains incompletely documented in the sources released to date [1] [2] [9].