Over a million more documents potentially related to Epstein case uncovered

Over a million more documents potentially related to Epstein case uncovered The full release of the files could take a "few more weeks", the justice department says, further delaying compliance with a 19 December deadline set by Congress. Image:Pic: US Department of Justice via AP Image:Jeffrey Epstein in image released by the Department of Justice on 19 December. Pic: U.S. Department of Justice via AP Image:Jeffrey Epstein with Ghislaine Maxwell. Pic: U.S. Department of Justice via AP Wednesday 24 December 2025 23:01, UK Over a million more documents potentially related to the Jeffrey Epstein case have been uncovered, the US Department of Justice has said. Warning: This article contains references to sexual assault In a post on X, it said it had received the documents from the US attorney for the Southern District of New York and the FBI, to review them for release. The full release of the files could take a "few more weeks", the justice department said, further delaying compliance with a 19 December deadline set by Congress. Just hours before the announcement, a dozen US senators called on the justice department's watchdog to examine its failure to meet Friday's deadline. The update came one day after the largest tranche of files relating to Jeffrey Epstein was released. Inclusion in the files does not suggest any wrongdoing and have been released with little or no context. Live updates: Epstein files latest However, inside those 11,000 files were the testimonies of numerous alleged victims of Epstein - a convicted child sex offender. Sky News has collated some of the excerpts from those harrowing testimonies. Accuser says parents sold her for sex Two of the documents appear to be taken from an email sent by an alleged victim to Hope for Justice, a charity that aims to end human trafficking. The woman, whose identity has been redacted, has written up answers to "preliminary questions" the organisation says it needs to "evaluate human trafficking situations for potential rescue". The subject line of the email, which was sent in 2019, reads: "I'm sorry this took so long, please let me know if you need anything else." We do not know any more context about what the witness recounts. She begins by saying she was "born into sex trafficking". "I do not remember a time that I was not trafficked for sex. According to birth certificate from [REDACTED] my biological parents (I do not recognize them as parents) [REDACTED] began to sell me for sex in the town of [REDACTED]," she writes. "There were many men that were brought to their home to have sex with me. I was taken to many states in the US to sell me. I was forced by threat by [REDACTED], and Jeffery Epstein of being killed, bodily harm, and threats of harming other children if I did not have sex with them and any other people that they sold me to." The woman then recounts being "taken to an underground location", where Jeffrey Epstein raped her....

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