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A court in New York has released hundreds of documents from a defamation case that names people connected to the late convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.

They include associates, friends and alleged victims of the disgraced billionaire, who died in jail in 2019, as he awaited federal sex-trafficking charges.

Epstein mixed with high-profile figures from the worlds of politics, business and royalty, including Prince Andrew, the brother of the British monarch.

Former US presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump are also named, though neither is accused of illegality.

Newsday got more details from Khadeeja Safdar - an enterprise reporter for The Wall Street Journal who has been following this story closely.

"A lot of the interest is driven by social media... this is not a client list. These are just court documents. It's not just prominent people there's people who worked for Epstein among these names and people who flew on his planes. A lot of people have said to me... they really regret the relationship or that they didn't know the extent of his crimes."

(Pic: Jeffrey Epstein in a photo taken for the NY Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry in 2017: Credit; Reuters)

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