The disclosure of more than 3m files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggests that other men were involved in his sexual abuse, prompting questions about officials’ contentions that there isn’t evidence to investigate third parties for potential involvement in the late financier’s crimes.

Some newly released documents contain allegations that Epstein provided victims to other men. Documents released in prior disclosures, as well as court documents, also point to others’ possible criminal involvement with Epstein and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.

One accuser said that Maxwell told her that Epstein had to leave his house but that there was a friend staying who she could massage. During this encounter, this associate allegedly offered her money if she engaged in sex.

The woman alleged that she did so and that this friend paid her money. A “prosecution memorandum” dated 26 January 2021 and signed by assistant US attorneys from the southern district of New York described this encounter and said that when the woman’s lawyers showed her a photo of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, she identified him as this man. The names of the US attorneys are redacted.

It’s not clear to what extent authorities investigated these allegations. Weinstein was never charged for any conduct related to Epstein.

One document, and FBI presentation that appears to have been created sometime after late July 2025, described an allegation that Epstein “told [an accuser] to give [Harvey] Weinstein a massage, during which Weinstein tells her to take off her shirt, she refuses and then Weinstein threatens to get women to come force her too.”

Weinstein, who is in jail after being convicted of sexual assault and was one of the most prominent targets of the MeToo movement, rejects misconduct claims.

“Harvey denies this. The document cited is an internal prosecution memorandum in the Maxwell case that records allegations, not findings,” his rep said. “Mr Weinstein was never charged, investigated, or proceeded against in connection with Epstein or the conduct referenced, and no one has made findings supporting those claims.”

Financier Leon Black is listed on a page titled “PROMINENT NAMES” contained in the FBI presentation about Epstein’s case; it’s not known who this presentation was for, and this slideshow does not state that authorities verified any claims against these men. Black has adamantly denied wrongdoing.

Under Black’s name, the document states allegations that “Epstein told [name redacted] to give Black a massage while Black was naked.” An accuser “stated another female gave Black a massage and he made her preform oral sex”.

One document in this tranche said that “The Manhattan District Attorney’s office began looking into allegations against Leon Black.”

Black has not been charged criminally in relation to Epstein. One civil case against him was dismissed and one was withdrawn. The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment on or confirm the existence of an investigation.

Black’s attorney, Susan Estrich of Estrich Goldin, said, “Mr Black asked for an independent investigation of his relationship with Epstein. The Dechert law firm investigated and reviewed more than 60,000 documents, interviewed more than 20 people and concluded that Mr Black paid Epstein for estate planning and tax advice and that he had no awareness of Epstein’s criminal activities.”

“Of the three civil lawsuits filed against Mr Black, one has been dismissed, the other withdrawn and the other is currently facing a case terminating motion for sanctions,” Estrich also said. “There is absolutely no truth to any of the allegations against Mr Black.”

Prior document disclosures also suggested third parties might be involved.

Maria Farmer, an artist who worked for Epstein around 1996 whose sister Annie was abused by Epstein and accomplice Maxwell, reported that the late financier “stole” nude images of her siblings.

“Epstein Stole the photos and Negatives and is believed to have sold the pictures to potential buyers,” Farmer alleged in an FBI report from 1996.

A document released in a prior exposure similarly indicates that Epstein and others might have shared child sexual abuse images. A lawyer representing a co-executor of Epstein’s estate wrote the FBI in April 2023 for guidance. During a review of documents, they encountered potential child sexual abuse images.

“Apparently the relevant video was shared with Epstein by an individual who was convicted of a child pornography-type offense and it depicted one or two topless women,” the lawyer’s letter states.

A past email that was released on 12 November by the House oversight committee shows Epstein and an associate discussing “girls” and travel. This associate appeared to refer to deceased French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel.

Brunel was arrested in December 2020 at Charles de Gaulle airport on suspicion of crimes such as alleged rape and sexual assault of minors, as well as human trafficking of underage girls for sexual exploitation. Brunel, who was thought to have provided teenage girls to Epstein, died in prison four years ago by apparent suicide.

Virginia Giuffre, who was among the most prominent accusers of Epstein and his accomplice Maxwell, had alleged in civil court papers that she had been “sexually exploited by Epstein’s adult male peers including royalty”.

Giuffre, who died by suicide this spring, alleged Epstein and Maxwell introduced her to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in 2001, claiming Maxwell forced her to have sex with the then-prince.

The fallen former royal has vehemently denied any wrongdoing.

A lawyer representing two Epstein victims told investigators in a 2021 email that she had two clients who were trafficked to other men.

The document disclosures have shown that authorities had at various points downplayed participation of other men.

On the FBI presentation listing prominent names, there is a page called “MISCONCEPTIONS”.

“Epstein did not regularly prostitute the victims in exchange for money,” this page said.

A case initiation summary stated that the FBI and Manhattan federal prosecutors said that one victim in a 2019 meeting claimed “being lent out to other men”.

“Her statements regarding being directed to have sex with other men was inconsistent with statements made by other victims/witnesses, in particular her statements regarding being lent out to men with another victim — the other victim denied this occurring,” the summary said.

“No other victim described being directed by either Epstein or Maxwell to engage in sexual activity with any other men.” The “closest” anecdote to being leant out, the memo said, involved Weinstein.

Attorneys for Epstein’s victims tell the Guardian they believe Epstein provided teen girls and young women to others.

“It is without question that a significant piece of Epstein and Maxwell’s vast sex-trafficking operation was to provide young women and girls to other wealthy and powerful individuals,” said Sigrid McCawley, a managing partner Boies Schiller Flexner and long time attorney representing Epstein survivors. “This practice gave Epstein and Maxwell control and power over individuals who were implicated in the sex trafficking.”

Jennifer Freeman of Marsh Law, who represents Maria Farmer, said that “at this point, we have more questions than answers.”

“Where is the rest of Maria Farmer’s FBI file? Where are the records of complaints that so many other women made to FBI and how the FBI investigated those complaints? And why is the DoJ hiding the names of perpetrators while exposing survivors?” Freeman said.

And Spencer Kuvin of GOLDLAW, who has represented numerous Epstein victims, said: “We know for certain from direct testimony of victims that Epstein provided girls to other famous and notable people. Usually these were favors with the hope that he would get something in return from these people.”

“The recent documents only confirm what the victims have been saying all along,” he also said. “The absence of a formal ‘client list’ is not the same thing as proof that no third parties participated.”