A fresh cache of files released on Friday related to the investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein contains documents that refer to numerous high-profile figures.
Here are key details about some of the others mentioned, none of whom has been accused of wrongdoing:
Bill Gates watches the Australian Open in Melbourne on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates
In a draft email among the documents, Epstein alleged Bill Gates had engaged in extramarital affairs.
Epstein wrote in the email that his relationship with Gates had ranged from “helping Bill to get drugs, in order to deal with consequences of sex with russian girls, to facilitating his illicit trysts, with married women”.
The Gates Foundation, in a statement to The New York Times, denied the allegations of affairs.
Richard Branson speaks in New Mexico in July 2021 after he flew into space aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel. Photo: AFP
Virgin boss Richard Branson
Files show friendly relations between the two billionaires.