Actor Kevin Spacey has called for the release of the so-called Epstein files, saying, “the truth can’t come soon enough.”
It’s been nearly six years since disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein died in jail while awaiting trial on federal charges related to the sexual abuse of dozens of minor girls, and Americans are still asking questions about the registered sex offender.
The Trump administration had promised to release files from Epstein’s federal investigation after conspiracies swirled over the financier’s associates and how he died.
But the Justice Department and FBI made waves among Trump’s Make America Great Again base when they said earlier this month there was never any client list of high-profile names associated with Epstein and confirmed he died by suicide.
Spacey, who’s faced allegations of sexual offenses, wrote on X Tuesday morning, “Release the Epstein files. All of them. For those of us with nothing to fear, the truth can’t come soon enough. I hate to make this about me — but the media already has.”
The “House of Cards” actor was acquitted by a jury in England in July 2023 of nine sexual offenses, including seven counts of sexual assault. The charges stemmed from allegations made by four men regarding incidents between 2001 and 2013.
During an interview with English journalist Piers Morgan in June 2024, Spacey recalled flying on Epstein’s jet with the late financier, former President Bill Clinton and a group of “young girls.”
Spacey said he had been invited by Clinton on a humanitarian trip to Africa in 2002, telling Morgan, “It was primarily to raise awareness and prevention for AIDS, and particularly for mothers who had HIV to get the medication they needed to not pass it onto their children, so I said yes, absolutely.”
He claimed not to have known who Epstein was or that it was his plane at the time.
The actor went on to say he felt uncomfortable about Epstein, despite claiming to initially not know who he was.
“I didn’t want to be around this guy because I felt he put the president at risk on that trip to South Africa, because there were these young girls,” Spacey said. “We were like, ‘Who is this guy?’”
Spacey insisted he had “no relationship” with Epstein, adding, “He’s not my friend. I am not a confidant. I’ve never spent time with him.”
