Virginia Roberts Giuffre claims she had sex with billionaire Hyatt hotel heir Tom Pritzker. Court documents allege: His cousins are Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Harvard board member behind Claudine Gay’s appointment.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who claims she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and had sex with Prince Andrew at age 17, said in a just-released statement that she had sex with billionaire Hyatt hotel heir Tom Pritzker.
Pritzker is the executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels and the nephew of Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, and chairman and CEO of the Pritzker Organization.
Newly released documents show a statement from Giuffre in which attorney Laura Meninger – who represents infamous Epstein madam Ghislaine Maxwell – asked if she had slept with Pritzker, who is worth $5.3 billion.
Giuffre said – and confirmed several times under oath – that she believed she had been with Tom “once” when asked if they had sex – a claim he has angrily denied.
Pritzker’s other cousin – JB’s sister – is former Obama official Penny Pritzker, who now sits on Harvard’s oversight board, and who was instrumental in the appointment of Claudine Gay, who resigned as university president on Tuesday amid allegations of anti-Semitism and plagiarism .
Penny faced calls to resign over the incident but has announced plans to remain in her role.
In March, he was one of three billionaires served with subpoenas related to JPMorgan’s ties to Epstein.
Virginia Giuffre, who claims she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and had sex with Prince Andrew at age 17, said in a just-released statement that she had sex with billionaire Hyatt hotel heir Tom Pritzker (pictured)
Giuffre said – and confirmed under oath several times – that she believed she had been with Tom “once” when asked if they had had sex
At no point did Giuffre suggest she had slept with Pritzker at Epstein’s or Maxwell’s insistence, although she later said she had sex with the “owner of a major hotel chain” at “his own cabana mansion thing” in France. .
She did not specifically say who she slept with in that case, but said she was sent to him by Maxwell.
In a statement to The messengera spokesperson for Pritzker – who has not been charged in connection with the Epstein case – denied Giuffre’s claims.
“This is the same false and isolated allegation that was published and vehemently denied over four years ago,” the spokesperson said.
‘Mr. Pritzker continues to vehemently deny it.”
Giuffre sued Maxwell for defamation in 2016, and while the case was being settled, The Miami Herald — which published a shocking expose on Epstein that led to his arrest in 2019 — sued to make the documents public.
Some of the Does are identified in the ruling through links to interviews they gave to the media, which the judge cited as a reason why they should not remain private.
Among them are the housekeepers on Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean, where some of the worst abuse he committed was committed.
Newly released documents show a statement from Giuffre in which lawyer Laura Meninger – who represents infamous Epstein madam Ghislaine Maxwell – asked if she had slept with Pritzker, who is worth $5.3 billion
Pritzker is the executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels and the nephew of Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, and chairman and CEO of the Pritzker Organization
Tom Pritzker’s other cousin – JB’s sister – is Penny Pritzker, pictured right. The former Obama administration Secretary of Commerce now sits on Harvard’s oversight board, known as the Harvard Corporation, and was instrumental in the appointment of President Claudine Gay, who has just resigned from her position amid plagiarism and anti-Semitism scandals
At no point did Giuffre suggest that she slept with Pritzker at the insistence of Epstein or Maxwell.
In her ruling, Judge Preska gave 14 days for all Does who objected to the release of their documents to object, after which they would be unsealed.
The documents in the case have been continuously released since 2019, when the first batch was made public days before Epstein also hanged himself in prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Revelations in previous sets of documents included emails between Andrew and Epstein in 2015 in which Roberts made accusations about him.
Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking, was questioned under oath about her relationship with Epstein and his associates in the release of the document.
On Wednesday, the long-awaited “list” of 187 previously unknown Jeffrey Epstein associates was finally revealed.
The files were made public by the Southern District of New York after the appeal deadline passed, around 6:30 PM on Wednesday evening.
Investor Glenn Dubin is the first name to appear in a transcript of a recorded statement Ghislaine Maxwell where Maxwell was asked if Epstein accuser Johanna Sjoberg had ever been asked to massage Dubin.
Maxwell replied, “I don’t believe it, I have no memory of it.”
Jeffrey Epstein pictured in 2019, months before he died in prison. The long-awaited list of his associates and friends, named in a 2015 lawsuit, was partially released today
For years, many have speculated about who else might be involved in the Epstein and Maxwell group. Although he took his secrets to the grave, she claims she was never involved in sex trafficking
Many had already been linked to Epstein and some are the names of previously identified victims.
Three people filed an appeal and one of them was granted: that of Jane Doe 107. Another appeal, filed by John Doe 110, is currently under review.
Doe 110 is said to have been widely associated with Epstein in the past, but filed a last-minute request to remain anonymous.
They are described in court documents as an “alleged Epstein affiliate.”
The names were all redacted in a 2015 lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre against Ghislaine Maxwell.
The case was settled in 2017, but the names remained secret until now.
Judge Loretta Preska finally agreed to unseat the documents last December, ruling that there was no longer a legal need to keep the names hidden.
Some have been calling for their release for months.
Among them is Alan Dershowitz, a former Epstein associate who says releasing the documents puts all the information in the public forum and “proves” he did nothing wrong.
Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June 2022 for her role in the sex trade, has “no say” in the files, according to her lawyer Arthur Aidala.
However, Aidala said the papers may disappoint many who think they will reveal a conspiracy or previously unknown names.