One of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims who claimed Prince Andrew groped her breast with a doll has been spotted in Florida ahead of reports that Epstein's “client list” is to be unsealed.
Johanna Sjoberg, 42, infamously told a British newspaper about an alleged encounter with the duke at the East 71st Street mansion on “Easter 2001” at the request of Epstein and wife Ghislaine Maxwell.
Sjoberg was seen with a smile on her face as she strolled through West Palm Beach not far from Epstein's Florida mansion, which was demolished by new owners.
She wore a puffy purple jacket with a blue shirt and jeans as a man walked with her down the street, as new evidence of her against the Duke of York could be presented this week.
Sjoberg, now a hairdresser living in Florida, previously said Maxwell recruited her to provide massages for Epstein in 2001, when she was still in college.
Johanna Sjoberg, one of Jeffrey Epstein's victims who claimed Prince Andrew groped her breast with a doll, was recently seen in Florida ahead of reports that Epstein's “client list” is to be unsealed
Nearly 200 names previously removed from a long-debated sex trafficking trial against Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell will soon be made public, a judge has ruled.
Additionally, new evidence from Sjoberg is due to be presented to a US court this week.
The legal documents could reveal more details of her alleged encounter with the king.
Sjoberg previously claimed that the king's brother placed his hand on her breast in multimillionaire pedophile Epstein's Manhattan home in 2001.
She claimed this happened during an incident in which a latex spitting image doll of the Duke of York – a gift from Epstein's then-mistress Ghislaine Maxwell – was used to touch Virginia Roberts' breast.
Roberts, who now uses her married name Giuffre, claimed that she and Andrew slept together at Epstein's house afterward.
Sjoberg said in 2007 that she returned to the apartment after some “tours” and “Prince Andrew and a few other girls my age were there.” Andrew was very charming. . . She (Ghislaine) came down with a gift for him – a latex doll of him from Spitting Image.'
She added, “We had a photo taken.” Virginia, another girl there, was sitting in a chair with the doll on her lap. Andrew sat down in another chair.
Johanna Sjoberg, 42, infamously told a British newspaper about an alleged encounter with the duke at the East 71st Street mansion on “Easter 2001” at the request of Epstein and wife Ghislaine Maxwell
Sjoberg was seen with a smile on her face as she strolled through West Palm Beach not far from Epstein's Florida mansion, which was demolished by new owners
She wore a puffy purple jacket with a blue shirt and jeans as a man walked with her down the street, as new evidence of her against the Duke of York could be presented this week
Sjoberg has previously claimed that the King's brother placed his hand on her breast in multimillionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan home in 2001
“I sat on his lap – and he put his hand on my chest.” Ghislaine placed the doll's hand on Virginia's chest. Then Andrew placed his hand on mine. It was a great joke. Everyone laughed. . . Ghislaine. . . had a very dirty sense of humor.'
The Duke reportedly paid Roberts a £12 million settlement in 2022 over her claims that he sexually abused her when she was 17, which he has always denied.
During his infamous interview in 2019, he said he didn't remember ever meeting Roberts. The new material is part of hundreds of files from more than 170 people who were associates, friends or victims of Epstein that New York Judge Loretta Preska has ruled should be made public.
Roberts' lawyer Sigrid McCawley calls the new material “disturbing testimony that confirms the core of this case – Maxwell was complicit in the sexual abuse of young girls by Jeffrey Epstein.”
The files were part of Roberts' 2015 U.S. libel case against Maxwell, the British celebrity who provided Epstein with underage girls.
This was settled out of court, but the media successfully fought for the documents to be published. They have been published continuously since 2019.
The 30-page summary of Sjoberg's evidence is expected to be unsealed this week, along with allegations of a hidden Maxwell email account that could reportedly reveal details of her conversations with 63-year-old Andrew.
Recalling the Spitting Image doll incident, Ms. Sjoberg said in a deposition in 2016: “I remember someone suggested a photo and told us to lie down on the couch.” Virginia and Andrew sat on the couch and put the doll on her lap.
Photo taken on Sunday, December 5, 2010 – Prince Andrew walks with Epstein through New York's Central Park after his prison sentence in 2011
Sjoberg added: “And so, I think of my own accord, I sat on Andrew's lap, and they took the doll's hand and put it on Virginia's chest, and so Andrew put his on mine.” It was all “in jest.” happen. Pictured: Prince Andrew and Virginia Roberts
Sjoberg previously claimed that the king's brother placed his hand on her breast in multimillionaire pedophile Epstein's Manhattan home in 2001
In addition, new evidence from Sjoberg against Andrew, who was known to have kept Epstein and Maxwell's company, is due to be presented in a US court this week
“And so, I think of my own accord, I sat on Andrew's lap, and they took the doll's hand and put it on Virginia's chest, and so Andrew put his on mine.”
She said it was all done “in jest.” According to their previous reports, the prince had exhibited inappropriate behavior but had not caused any offence.
Andrew denies any wrongdoing, although many expect to see his name on the Epstein client list, which could be made public very soon.
The 51-page order was issued on December 18 and will expose 184 John and Jane Does who had some connection to the late sex plague.
The release was highly anticipated as many had claimed it would be withheld from the public after the lawsuit was settled out of court in 2017.
Republicans in Congress have been fighting for his release ever since – including the names of powerful friends and acquaintances of the financier who flew on his private jet.
Maxwell, 62, has since been sentenced to 20 years in prison as part of a separate criminal case for sex trafficking. In the closed filing, Virginia Giuffre accused her of helping Epstein sell her as a minor and named influential figures allegedly involved.
High-profile names previously removed from a long-decided sex trafficking lawsuit against one of Jeffery Epstein's accomplices will be revealed in the coming days after a New York judge ruled they should be released. The woman, who filed the lawsuit in 2015, claimed she was trafficked as a minor and named Prince Andrew (right) as an alleged accomplice
While the fully unsealed document is still days away, many – including former President Bill Clinton (seen here with Epstein and convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell at the White House in 1993) – were previously known through other means
One of them was Prince Andrew, while others remain unnamed. A total of 15 people were accused of “serious misconduct,” while 90 people were allegedly “connected” to Epstein in some way.
While the fully unsealed document is still a few days away, according to ABC News, many – including former President Bill Clinton – have previously been known in other ways.
Numerous others – including other well-known public figures and Hollywood stars – are now set to be exposed thanks to U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska's decision.
Among them is a “well-known” employee who has appeared as a defendant in several Epstein-related cases, Preska wrote in a statement explaining why each name should be revealed.
She wrote the same thing for seven other dos – numbered 095, 099, 120, 122, 136, 143 and 157 – while the pseudonym believed to be Clinton is mentioned more than 50 times, reported ABC.
However, the context of these references is still unknown due to the nature of the editorials.
However, some of the redacted names include interviews with various alleged victims and accusers – creating identifying markers that, in many cases, already expose the acquaintances.
However, Giuffre, who appeared in a 2001 photo with Andrew and Maxwell with the British royal's arm around her waist, made no allegations of misconduct against Clinton in the original complaint.
Numerous others – including other well-known public figures and Hollywood royalty – are now being exposed thanks to a New York federal judge's ruling in December
In photos exclusively obtained by , Clinton is seen enjoying a neck massage from one of Jeffrey Epstein's victims. Clinton sits and laughs as Chauntae Davies, then a 22-year-old massage therapist who served as Epstein's personal masseuse, rubs his shoulders
Davies is seen here again with Clinton during one of Clinton's visits to Epstein's private island. Like the woman who filed the lawsuit in question, Davies said she was raped by Epstein after being recruited by Maxwell. However, Clinton was a “complete gentleman” during the trip, she said
Some of the dos are identified in the ruling through links to interviews they gave to the media, which the judge also cited as a reason why they should not remain private.
They include the housekeepers on Epstein's private island in the Caribbean – where some of the worst abuse reportedly occurred – and one of Prince Andrew's accusers.
She claims he fondled her breasts in Epstein's New York mansion.
The unnamed woman had previously testified as a witness during Maxwell's high-profile sex trafficking trial, in which she claimed she was instructed to have sex with Andrew during a meeting with the royal, Maxwell and Giuffre, then 17.
Almost 70 of the soon-to-be-revealed names are said to have already been publicly known in some form, such as in the media and in police reports.
As of Monday, it is unknown whether Microsoft CEO Bill Gates is among them after he admitted to having a close relationship with the pedophile even after being convicted in a separate child prostitution case in 2008.
Epstein pleaded guilty and was promptly sentenced to 18 months in prison, although the U.S. Attorney's Office agreed not to prosecute Epstein for federal crimes as part of a secret agreement.
As of Monday, it is unknown whether Microsoft boss Bill Gates is among them, after he claimed to have a close relationship with the pedophile even after he was convicted in a separate child prostitution case in 2008. Epstein and Gates are pictured together at the pedophile financier's home in Manhattan in 2011
After claims that he had visited Epstein's Caribbean island near Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, were debunked, Gates told CNN in 2021: “Spending time with him to give him credibility was a big mistake , to be there.”
Starting in 2011 – three years after Epstein was convicted but avoided imprisonment under a secret agreement with US prosecutors – Gates met with Epstein several times. Gates often attended dinners at his home in New York, pictured here after his second arrest in 2019
Nevertheless, Gates met with the financier several times – a decision he said he now regrets.
“I shouldn't have had dinner with him,” Gates told Australia's ABC 7 early last year after being grilled by host Sarah Ferguson over the well-documented relationship.
Gates made similar comments to CNN in 2021, telling Anderson Cooper: “Spending time with him to give him the credibility to be there was a big mistake,” Gates said, after allegations that he visited Epstein's Caribbean island. had been exposed.
He further emphasized that the meetings were purely for business purposes and that he had asked for funds from the financier to address global health issues.
“I had several dinners with him, you know, hoping that what he was saying about raising billions in philanthropy for global health might surface through contacts that he had,” Gates said at the time.
“When it seemed like this wasn’t real, that relationship ended,” the billionaire claimed.
As for Clinton, flight records apparently indicate that he, too, never visited Epstein's Little St. James estate, despite having a friendly relationship with the pervert in the White House.
However, according to ABC, Giuffre tried to subpoena him to testify in 2016 as part of her lawsuit, claiming she met the then-ex-president on Epstein Island.
The request was ultimately denied – although her lawyers called Clinton's planned testimony “highly relevant” and “important to the basic claims and defenses” in the case.
However, Giuffre made no allegations of wrongdoing against the two-term Democrat in her complaint, and a Sunday report from ABC clearly stated that the documents were not expected to criminally incriminate Clinton in any way.
In her ruling, Judge Preska gave all lecturers who objected to the publication of their documents 14 days to file an objection. The documents would then be unsealed.
The unsealing is scheduled to occur this week and comes more than three years after Epstein was found dead in his New York prison cell in 2019 in what the New York Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled was suicide by hanging.