Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to keep her Jeffrey Epstein testimony secret

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A U.S. appeals court on Monday dealt Ghislaine Maxwell a blow by refusing to block the release of a deposition she gave concerning her relationship with the late financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said there was a presumption the public had a right to see Maxwell’s 418-page deposition, which was taken in April 2016 for a now-settled civil defamation lawsuit against her.

Maxwell, 58, was charged by federal prosecutors in early July for allegedly helping recruit, groom and ultimately sexually abuse minors as young as 14 as part of a years-long criminal enterprise with Jeffrey Epstein.

She pleaded not guilty and was ordered jailed pending trial. She also is charged with two counts of perjury.

The deposition Maxwell's legal team is fighting to keep sealed is connected to a 2015 defamation case brought by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who claimed Epstein sexually abused her while she was a minor and that Maxwell aided in the abuse. The civil case was settled in 2017.

Spencer Kuvin, a lawyer who has represented several of Epstein’s alleged victims, welcomed the ruling Monday.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/ghislaine-maxwell-loses-bid-to-keep-her-jeffrey-epstein-testimony-secret-idUSKBN2742QU

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/19/us/ghislaine-maxwell-deposition-transcript-ruling/index.html

Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ghislaine-maxwell-loses-fight-to-keep-her-jeffrey-epstein-testimony-sealed/ar-BB1abldj

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