A key deadline to release the names of about 200 associates of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has passed, but lawyers representing one of his most outspoken accusers say more will be made by the time court records are made public. It may still take several days.
Court officials plan to begin unsealing the case today, but a spokeswoman for plaintiff Virginia Giuffre's team said the filing of the documents could be delayed until next week.
A court set a January 1 deadline for John and Jane Dawes to appeal the looming unsealing of their names in Epstein's case against convicted sex trafficking madam Ghislaine Maxwell. The mandated deadline expired at midnight Monday.
But the judge's order does not include details about the next step, the timing of the creation and opening of documents expected to include the names of former colleagues, friends, employees, accusers and potential accomplices. There wasn't.
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Jeffrey Epstein photographed on September 8, 2004 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)
U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska last month ordered two people whose names were to be made public in connection with a 2015 lawsuit filed against Maxwell by Epstein's prominent accuser Giuffre. It issued an order giving it a week to appeal.
“Lawyers are then required to confer, prepare documents for opening pursuant to this order, and place the documents in the docket,” the judge ordered.
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A 2001 photo included in court documents shows Prince Andrew with his arm around the waist of 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre, who says Jeffrey Epstein paid her to have sex with him. claims. Andrew denies her charges. Behind her is Ghislaine Maxwell. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit)
J. Doe No. 107 was not mentioned in the judge's Dec. 18 order, but her attorney has filed a 30-year-old letter to raise an argument as to why her identity should be kept secret. requested an extension of time.
The judge gave her until Jan. 22 to submit the affidavit, and until then only documents related to Doe 107 will be kept, a court official told Fox News Digital.
Although many of the Doe family are not named in the Giuffre v. Maxwell case, Preska said they have “widely publicized” their ties to Epstein and are named as co-defendants in the case against the disgraced financier. The court ruled that their identities should be disclosed as some of them were listed as such. .
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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell perform at the Grisogono Sponsored Rise of Wall Street's 2005 Wall Street Concert Series with a performance by Rod Stewart at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on March 15, 2005 Attend. (Photo by Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
The list is expected to include people like Britain's Prince Andrew, who Giuffre also sued, former aides to former President Bill Clinton, and, according to ABC News, Clinton herself.
Some of the defendants, who the judge said have never spoken publicly about the case and were minor victims, will not be identified. The same cannot be said for the person media members mistakenly labeled as an Epstein accomplice.
The Epstein-related case goes beyond Giuffre's claims against Maxwell and Prince Andrew. The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands has accused JPMorgan Chase of aiding and abetting Epstein's crimes.
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre has a photo of herself as a teenager that she says was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Prince Andrew and others. (Emily Michaud/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The lawsuit exposed Epstein's relationship with Barclays CEO Jess Staley, a former JPMorgan banker who resigned in 2021.
It also claimed that the bank knew about Mr. Epstein's relationship with a French modeling agent. Jean-Luc BrunelLike Epstein, he died in prison awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
A separate lawsuit alleges that billionaire Leon Black, who resigned as CEO of Apollo Global Management in 2021, assaulted an autistic 16-year-old boy at Epstein's New York City mansion. ing.
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Maxwell and Giuffre reached a settlement in 2017, but their names remained secret for years. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison for sex trafficking.
Epstein sparked controversy in 2019 when he died in a Manhattan prison while awaiting trial for his own sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide.
Maxwell also settled a lawsuit with Andrew. Andrew denies allegations that Epstein trafficked people for sex when she was under 18.
