Nearly 200 names connected to the Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking conspiracy could be released by a New York judge as soon as Tuesday, exposing or confirming the identities of dozens of associates of the disgraced financier that until now have only been known as John and Jane Does in court papers.

A deadline for objections to the unsealing of the names passes at midnight on Monday, nearly nine years after victim Virginia Giuffre filed a single defamation claim against Maxwell, daughter of the late British press baron Robert Maxwell, in 2015, that in turn produced the names in legal depositions.

 

A year later, in 2016, US district court judge Robert Sweet rejected Maxwell’s motion to dismiss the case, finding that “the veracity of a contextual world of facts more broad than the allegedly defamatory statements” and that Guiffre “was a victim of sustained underage sexual abuse between 1999 and 2002”. The parties settled out of court in 2017.

From that wellspring came not only the names now set to be released, but a series of civil lawsuits including Guiffre’s action against Britain’s Prince Andrew for “sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress” that was settled out of court without admission of liability for a reported $12m. The prince has always strenuously denied any wrongdoing.

The defamation suit also set the stage for a federal sex trafficking case against Maxwell, who was found guilty on five of six charges, and sentenced to a 20-year prison sentence in December 2021.

But expectations that the release of the names from the ageing defamation suit could transfer to criminal charges are likely overblown. Epstein killed himself while awaiting trial in 2019, and after Maxwell’s conviction federal prosecutors made it clear that they considered their work done.

Still, US district judge Loretta Preska’s 51-page order explaining her reasoning on whether to unseal or continue to redact the names of about 180 John and Jane Does offers will probably be a serious embarrassment to many high-profile figures .

 

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Squeaky bum time.

 

It was always going to be difficult to pin this all on Ghislaine Maxwell. Lots of machinations right now within the stars and stripes of corruption (to borrow a phrase from Mr Biafra).

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

Squeaky bum time.

 

It was always going to be difficult to pin this all on Ghislaine Maxwell. Lots of machinations right now within the stars and stripes of corruption (to borrow a phrase from Mr Biafra).

Don’t forget England lol lots of nervous 😥 rich folks lol 😂 

Bring it on! 

9 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

It was always going to be difficult to pin this all on Ghislaine Maxwell.

She's carrying the bundle for her boss who was either eliminated or took the cowards way out! No sympathy for either of them!