Since [Jeffrey Epstein] 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, part of the email to Maxwell reads.
Maxwell claimed to not have been in touch with Epstein for a decade, however, in her July 14 request for bail.
Giuffre, in a May 2016 deposition, said Maxwell acted as a helicopter pilot to Epsteins private island in the Virgin Islands, and that Maxwell told her she flew former President Bill Clinton to the island, although Clinton has previously denied ever visiting there.
The 2014 document also names former Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz as one of the people Jane Doe #3 was trafficked to; Dershowitz did not respond to a request for comment by Forbes, but has previously denied Giuffres claims that she was forced to have sex with him.
Crucial quote
The court is troubledbut not surprisedthat Ms. Maxwell has yet again sought to muddy the waters as the clock ticks closer to midnight, wrote U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in response to an earlier request to delay the documents release. She ordered the unsealing during a July 23 hearing.
Big number
Over 600. Thats how many pages of documents were released. Along with the depositions and other documentation, communications from Giuffre and Maxwells lawyers were also included.
Key background
The documents were released after Maxwells lawyers seemed to pull every stop to prevent them from being made public. A Wednesday letter for reconsideration, which Preska called an eleventh hour request, was denied. Maxwell appealed the decision for two of her own 2016 depositions, which could be released Friday or Monday, saying they contain confidential information that is subject to a protective order from the cases 2017 undisclosed settlement.
Maxwell is being held without bail in a Brooklyn federal prison on charges of enticing and transporting minors as part of Epsteins alleged sex ring, along with committing perjury during her 2016 depositions that are part of the Giuffre defamation case. Giuffre claims that Epstein and Maxwell forced her to have sex with their famous and powerful friends, including Prince Andrew and Dershowitz. Maxwell entered a not guilty plea to her charges and has denied all previous allegations. Prince Andrew and Dershowitz have also previously denied Giuffres allegations. Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan prison August 2019 while waiting trial for federal sex trafficking charges.