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The judge who ruled to keep certain -related grand jury materials sealed was of the . While Engelmayer refused to release those transcripts and later said he lacked jurisdiction to appoint an independ...
Two separate federal rulings and partial releases make the simple claim — “an Obama judge is blocking the Epstein files release” — misleading. Multiple judges, including Obama appointees Robin Rosenbe...
Multiple law firms and individual attorneys litigated civil claims against Jeffrey Epstein and his estate; notable plaintiff-side lawyers include Bradley Edwards, Gloria Allred, Sigrid McCawley, David...
Multiple federal and state judges have figured in litigation and investigations tied to Jeffrey Epstein over many years; key names in the reporting include U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman (initi...
A federal judge in Manhattan, , ordered the unsealing of court materials tied to Jeffrey Epstein that were publicly released on January 3, 2024; the order followed earlier December 2023 filings and wa...
Court documents and related “Epstein files” have been unsealed and released in multiple waves across 2019–2025, with notable early unsealing tied to civil litigation and later mass releases by congres...
Victims’ civil suits against Jeffrey Epstein and institutions tied to him have produced at least two major bank settlements: JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $290 million to a class of Epstein survivors a...
Federal Judge Jed S. Rakoff ordered the unsealing of more than 100 exhibits from a civil suit by the U.S. Virgin Islands against JPMorgan Chase, releasing hundreds of pages that include internal email...
Banks have paid large settlements to women who say Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused them: JPMorgan Chase agreed to a $290 million settlement approved by a federal judge, and Deutsche Bank agreed to a $...
The federal circuits are sharply divided over whether and when border agents may conduct warrantless forensic searches of travelers’ electronic devices: some courts treat device searches as routine at...
The U.S. government and congressional committees have released and overseen thousands of pages of documents shedding partial light on who associated with Jeffrey Epstein and who may have visited his L...
Federal court records in the Jeffrey Epstein matter have been both unsealed and kept under seal at different times for reasons ranging from grand-jury secrecy and protection of minors to ongoing law‑e...
A mix of judicial orders and congressional actions has produced partial releases of Jeffrey Epstein‑related materials, but ; courts have both unsealed some civil litigation documents and denied reques...
By 2023 the Epstein Victims’ Compensation Fund had distributed about $121 million to roughly 135–150 survivors . Separate bank settlements in 2023 — most notably JPMorgan’s $290 million deal and Deuts...
A federal judge, , allowed two federal anti‑ to proceed against while dismissing all claims against , citing different standards of pleaded factual specificity and the legal requirement that a bank mu...
A court‑appointed claims administrator — identified in filings as Simone K. Lelchuk — was tasked with deciding who qualified for payments from JPMorgan’s $290 million settlement with Jeffrey Epstein’s...
As of November 2025, multiple civil cases tied to Jeffrey Epstein remained in public view — notably lawsuits by an Epstein victim against banks and litigation brought by the U.S. Virgin Islands that p...
Yes. Multiple civil lawsuits by Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged victims were active in 2025, including new suits filed in October 2025 against Bank of America and BNY Mellon that are on an accelerated court...
FOIA requests and court orders have repeatedly forced partial public disclosure of Epstein-related materials over several years, producing staged releases (for example, 33,295 pages released to the Ho...
After 2023, reporting and court filings show multiple institutions and individuals faced suits or negotiated settlements tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s estate and alleged enabling networks: banks including...