Epstein floodgates open as judge rules explosive docs detailing Ghislaine Maxwell's sex life can be UNSEALED in Virginia Giuffre's defamation case within a week
A judge today has ordered the unsealing of a vast tranche of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, which could shed light on his friendship with powerful men accused of having sex with his victims.
Judge Loretta Preska said that 80 documents - which will run to hundreds of pages - should be made public within a week.
The documents will include depositions from Ghislaine Maxwell, which could explain her alleged role in Epstein?s sex trafficking operation.
They could include details about Maxwell?s sex life that her lawyers have previously tried to stop from being released, relating to a seven-hour, 418-page deposition Maxwell gave which her legal team said was ?extremely personal, confidential?.
In filings Maxwell?s lawyers have called the depositions a ?series of (efforts) to compel Maxwell to answer intrusive questions about her sex life'.
The documents will also include communications between Maxwell and Epstein from January 2015 when Virginia Roberts made explosive allegations about them in court papers.
In the papers Roberts claimed she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew three times when she was just 17 at Epstein?s command.
The case is separate from the criminal proceedings against Maxwell, 58, who is accused by federal prosecutors of procuring girls as young as 14 for Epstein to abuse. She has pleaded not guilty and is due to stand trial next year.
A judge today has ordered the unsealing of a vast tranche of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, which could shed light on his friendship with powerful men accused of having sex with his victims.
Judge Loretta Preska said that 80 documents - which will run to hundreds of pages - should be made public within a week.
The documents will include depositions from Ghislaine Maxwell, which could explain her alleged role in Epstein?s sex trafficking operation.
They could include details about Maxwell?s sex life that her lawyers have previously tried to stop from being released, relating to a seven-hour, 418-page deposition Maxwell gave which her legal team said was ?extremely personal, confidential?.
In filings Maxwell?s lawyers have called the depositions a ?series of (efforts) to compel Maxwell to answer intrusive questions about her sex life'.
The documents will also include communications between Maxwell and Epstein from January 2015 when Virginia Roberts made explosive allegations about them in court papers.
In the papers Roberts claimed she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew three times when she was just 17 at Epstein?s command.
The case is separate from the criminal proceedings against Maxwell, 58, who is accused by federal prosecutors of procuring girls as young as 14 for Epstein to abuse. She has pleaded not guilty and is due to stand trial next year.
- Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan ruled on Thursday to unseal more than 80 documents that Ghislaine Maxwell had wanted to keep under wraps
- Preska said the documents - which will run to hundreds of pages - should be made public within a week
- They include flight logs from Epstein's jets, a deposition in 2016 in which Maxwell's lawyers said she was asked 'intrusive' questions about her sex life
- The documents also include police reports from Palm Beach, Florida, where Epstein had a home
- It will include communications between Maxwell and Epstein from January 2015 when Virginia Roberts Giuffre made allegations about them in court papers
- In the papers Giuffre claimed she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew three times when she was just 17 at Epstein?s command
- The documents were part of a defamation lawsuit brought by Giuffre against Maxwell, which was confidentially settled in 2017
- The case is separate from the criminal proceedings against Maxwell, who is accused of procuring girls as young as 14 for Epstein to abuse
