The late sex offender’s partner has claimed that 25 men reached “secret settlements” with accusers, while four others were never charged
Ghislaine Maxwell, the disgraced financier and sex offender’s partner, has claimed in court documents that 29 alleged accomplices and co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein have avoided prosecution, with most doing so through “secret settlements.”
On Thursday, several media outlets reported on Maxwell’s filing dated December 2025. The US Department of Justice announced the release of a new batch of the so-called Epstein files on Friday.
Epstein was found dead in 2019 in his cell at a Manhattan correctional facility while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges; his death was ruled a suicide. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in the infamous sex-trafficking ring.
In the court papers cited by the media, Maxwell petitioned the court to overturn her conviction, citing what she referred to as “new evidence of the collusion between the plaintiff’s lawyers and the government to conceal evidence and the prosecutorial misconduct.”
Epstein’s former partner claimed that “new evidence shows there were 25 men with whom the plaintiff lawyers reached secret settlements.”
The filing states that another four of Epstein’s co-conspirators never faced charges.
It remains unclear from Maxwell’s motion whether she argues that the individuals in question also reached similar agreements with federal authorities.
When asked by a reporter about Maxwell’s allegations, Deputy Attorney General Blanche stated on Friday that “to the extent that such arrangements exist, I’m not aware of them.”
Disclosures from the so-called Epstein files showed that he had associated with numerous high-profile politicians and business figures, including former US President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, US President Donald Trump, and former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.
During his campaign, Trump promised to release the ‘Epstein files,’ but as president, he has resisted the issue, dismissing calls to make the documents public as a politically motivated “hoax.”
Late last year, under sustained public pressure, Trump ordered the Department of Justice to release the first batch of heavily redacted Epstein-related documents.