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A cache of court files\u00a0related to\u00a0Ghislaine Maxwell<\/a>\u00a0were unsealed Thursday night, despite her legal team’s objections.<\/p>\n The 80-plus documents stem from a 2015 civil lawsuit filed by\u00a0Virginia Giuffre, who accused Maxwell of recruiting her into Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>‘s underage sex trafficking ring.\u00a0Almost 2,000 documents from Giuffre’s defamation suit\u00a0were released nearly a year ago\u00a0as prosecutors were preparing a case against convicted sex offender Epstein. The lawsuit listed Maxwell and Epstein as defendants. The former\u00a0settled with\u00a0Giuffre back in 2017.<\/p>\n Among the newly unsealed documents was a\u00a02015 email exchange<\/a>\u00a0between Epstein and his alleged madam Maxwell. In the correspondence, Epstein told Maxwell\u00a0she “did nothing wrong” and urged her “to start acting like it.”\u00a0<\/p>\n “Go outside, head high, not as an esacping [sic] convict,”\u00a0he continued, “go to parties. deal with it.”<\/p>\n Several days before that email, Epstein had sent Maxwell a statement that she could use to distance herself from his 2007 sex abuse case. The statement read in part:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Since JE was charged in 2007 for solicitation of a prostitute I have been the target of outright lies, innuendo, slander, defamation and salacious gossip and harassment;\u00a0headlines made up of quotes I have never given, statements l have never made, trips with people to places I have never been, holidays with people i have never met, false allegations of impropriety and offensive behavior that I\u00a0abhor and have never ever been party to, witness to events that l have never seen, living off trust funds that l have never ever had, party to stories that have changed materially both in time place and event depending on what paper you read, and the list goes on.<\/p>\n
I have never been a party in any criminal action pertaining to JE<\/p>\n
…\u00a0Whilst I remained on friendly terms with [Epstein] up until his plea, I have had limited contact since.<\/p>\n
\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The email undermines recent statements\u00a0made by\u00a0Maxwell’s lawyers. In a July court filing<\/a>, her legal team claimed she had not contacted Epstein for more than a decade prior his 2019 death.\u00a0Other documents that were unsealed Thursday night include\u00a0flight logs from Epstein’s\u00a0jets as well as\u00a0police reports from Palm Beach, where Epstein had lived.<\/p>\n The disgraced financier\u00a0died from an apparent suicide in his prison cell on Aug. 10 as he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. Maxwell was arrested on July 2 of this year and charged with\u00a0six felony counts, including transporting a minor for the purposes of criminal sexual activity and conspiring to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts.<\/p>\n Maxwell pleaded not guilty on July 14. She remains behind bars and\u00a0is scheduled to begin trial\u00a0July 12, 2021.<\/p>\n During a court hearing last week, U.S. District Judge Loretta <\/span>Preska\u00a0directed the release of documents from the aforementioned defamation case. Maxwell’s lawyers appealed the decision, arguing the documents would prevent her from getting a fair trial.<\/p>\n “The unsealing of Ms. Maxwell’s deposition transcript would result in substantial negative media publicity and speculation in an internet world,” Maxwell’s attorney Ty Gee said<\/a>.”The public\u2019s right of access to Ms. Maxwell\u2019s deposition transcript is substantially outweighed by the compelling interest in ensuring her right to a fair trial.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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