Epstein Victim Claimed She Saw Sex Tape of Billionaire Richard Branson — Before Recanting Everything

British business titan Richard Branson's name is among the rich and powerful men mentioned in newly unsealed court documents Monday by a victim of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein victim Sarah Ransome told a journalist in 2016 that she saw sex tapes of billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew, according to copies of emails submitted as evidence in a civil lawsuit by one of Epstein's victims against Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking minors at his behest.

Ransome, however, later recanted her original allegations.

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