A victim of Jeffrey Epstein has claimed that sex tapes were taken of the Duke of York, former US president Bill Clinton and billionaire businessman Sir Richard Branson, court documents have disclosed.
Sarah Ransome said that Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Richard Branson were filmed by the pedophile financier.
She made the claims in 2016 saying that the three men were filmed by Epstein using hidden cameras throughout his various properties.
According to reports Ms Ransome retracted her allegations in the same year, saying that she had invented the tapes to shine a light on what Epstein was doing.
But, appearing on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday morning, she stood by her claims and said she was forced to retract the allegations after she and her family were threatened ‘with harm’ by Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and ‘others’.
She added that it is ‘no secret that everything was recorded’ and claimed that ‘multiple victims have come forward’ confirming her account.
Sky news reports: A firm representing Epstein’s lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, highlighted the allegations to demonstrate Ms Ransome “manifestly lacks credibility”.
Ms Ransome gave a victim impact statement ahead of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell being sentenced for sex-trafficking.
Andrew has strenuously denied any wrongdoing.
On behalf of Sir Richard, a Virgin Group spokeswoman said: “In a New Yorker report published in 2019, Ransome admitted that she had ‘invented’ the tapes.
“We can confirm that Sarah Ransome’s claims are baseless and unfounded.”
Mr Clinton’s representatives have not commented after being approached by Sky News.