Former President Bill Clinton has long insisted that he did not know of the alleged sexual misdeeds with underage girls of his former friend and political financial supporter, the late convicted pedophile and billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein.

That claim seems even more implausible now after Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey confirmed that "young girls" were on the plane when he joined Clinton and others for flights on Epstein's private jet during a 2002 humanitarian visit to Africa, according to the Daily Mail.

The revelation from Spacey, who has himself battled accusations of sexual improprieties, came during a lengthy interview with British journalist Piers Morgan for his "Uncensored" show on YouTube.

"There were young girls on those flights"

The Independent reported that during the interview with Morgan, Spacey recalled being invited by former President Clinton to join him on a week-long humanitarian mission to Africa in 2002 to "raise awareness and prevention for AIDS" and HIV, and how he only learned later of the sexual misconduct allegations against the owner of the private plane they traveled on, Epstein.

"I have since learned who he is and I have since been able to go back and find out that the airplane that we flew on for this humanitarian mission was owned by Jeffrey Epstein," Spacey said of the trip. "I didn’t know him. I have never spent any time with him. I was with the Clinton Foundation people, that’s who I was with."

He further recalled feeling discomfort in Epstein's presence and explained, "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. We were like, 'Who is this guy?'"

Morgan sought confirmation that "young girls" had been on the flight with Clinton, and without any additional elaboration, Spacey stated, "There were young girls on those flights, yeah."

As for the rumors that he himself had visited Epstein's notorious private island in the Caribbean, where Epstein and his accomplice, former British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, allegedly kept a stable of underage girls as sex slaves for himself and his friends, the actor said, "There’s a big difference between not remembering that I met some guy and some woman on a humanitarian trip where my focus was entirely on what we were there to do, and not remembering whether I went to somebody’s island."

Clinton has previously denied any knowledge of Epstein's sexual crimes

In 2019, after Epstein was arrested and jailed in New York on federal sex trafficking charges, CNN reported that former President Clinton issued a statement through his spokesman that attempted to distance Clinton from Epstein.

"President Clinton knows nothing about the terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to in Florida some years ago, or those with which he has been recently charged in New York," Clinton spokesman Angel Urena said.

"In 2002 and 2003, President Clinton took a total of four trips on Jeffrey Epstein’s airplane: one to Europe, one to Asia, and two to Africa, which included stops in connection with the work of the Clinton Foundation," he continued. "He had one meeting with Epstein in his Harlem office in 2002, and around the same time made one brief visit to Epstein’s New York apartment with a staff member and his security detail."

Urena further insisted at that time that Clinton had "not spoken to Epstein in well over a decade, and has never been to Little St. James Island, Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico, or his residence in Florida."

Insider sources claim "close" relationship between Clinton and Epstein

That general denial from Clinton already seemed dubious long before Spacey's recent confirmation of "young girls" on Epstein's plane during the actor's trip to Africa with the former president in 2002, largely because there is ample circumstantial evidence and insider accounts of a years-long "close" relationship between Clinton and Epstein, according to the New York Post.

Epstein made multiple sizeable donations to Clinton's political campaigns and namesake Foundation, visited the Clinton White House at least 17 times, and records show that Clinton flew on Epstein's private jet at least nine times over the years, though it has never been officially verified if he ever visited Epstein's island.