The release of hundreds of pages of court documents, detailing dozens of former associates of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on Wednesday is unlikely to lead to any fresh prosecutions, according to a prominent civil rights attorney.

The papers come from a lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein's alleged victims, against his girlfriend and collaborator Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite. In December 2021 Maxwell was convicted of helping Epstein groom victims for sexual abuse and later sentenced to 20 years in prison. Epstein was found dead in his cell in August 2019 whilst awaiting trial for the alleged sex trafficking of minors, with a medical examiner concluding his death was a suicide by hanging.

In total nearly 90 names of Epstein's former friends, employees, associates and victims were included in the documents released on Wednesday, though four were redacted. Prominent figures referenced include former presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, along with actors Cameron Diaz and Leonardo DiCaprio, though there is no suggestion any of these were involved in any illegal activity.