Former Jeffrey Epstein companion Ghislaine Maxwell seeks to keep court records under seal.
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The sealed court filings in the case -- a now-settled civil defamation lawsuit filed against Maxwell in 2015 by Virginia Roberts Giuffre -- are said to contain the names of hundreds of people, some famous and some not, who socialized, traveled or worked with Epstein over the span of more than a decade. The late financier has previously been linked to a coterie of high-profile business leaders, scientists, royalty and politicians.
MORE: Another alleged victim cannot find Jeffrey Epstein confidant Ghislaine Maxwell to serve complaint Maxwell attorneys argue that the bulk of the sealed documents and exhibits should stay sealed, contending that they"were gratuitous and served no legitimate purpose" when they were submitted by Giuffre's attorneys and because many of the documents contain the names of dozens of non-parties who have yet to receive notice that the records could be made public.
Virginia Giuffre, an alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein, center, exits from federal court in New York, Aug. 27, 2019.. "The documents and exhibits should be carefully examined for the vivid, detailed and tragic story they tell in the face of cursory, bumper sticker-like statements by those accused," Giuffre's attorney, Sigrid McCawley, wrote in a statement on the day of the documents' release."Virginia Roberts Giuffre is a survivor and a woman to be believed. She believes a reckoning of inevitable accountability has begun.
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