Billionaire grocery store magnate Ron Burkle is one of several high-profile individuals mentioned in newly unsealed court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case.
The documents indicate that Burkle had knowledge about Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking operation, and that his name appeared in the financier’s black book and private log.
Court records released Thursday evening say the 71-year-old businessman had knowledge of Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislane Maxwell’s “sexual trafficking conduct.” The documents are from a defamation lawsuit filed against Maxwell, who procured young women for Epstein, by his accuser, Virginia Giuffre.
Burkle has not been charged in connection with the Epstein case, but his name has turned up in past court records.
Burkle’s name was discovered in Epstein’s black book and on Epstein’s private…
