Epstein Secrets

The first five motions to be considered under the Order and Protocol for Unsealing Decided Motions are discovery motions that were resolved by Judge Sweet. ECF No. 1044 at 1. Therefore, as the Second Circuit explained, "[t]he remaining sealed materials at issue here . . call[ed] upon the court to exer

64%et73i3f 24 explanation of why the document should remain sealed or the redactions should continue specific to that document. I think that's what the Court of Appeals told us we have to do."). Maxwell's general, non-specific arguments that certain documents are, for example, "personal," "intrusive," "embarrassing

ant to the Court's exercise of its inherent supervisory powers. The documents at issue here relate to discovery motions previously decided by Judge Sweet, and so the Court SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. EFTA00074942 Case 20-2413, Document 10-9,07/30/2020, 2896538, Page3 of 17 K7N9GIUD 4 5 6

THE COURT: I will give you a week to file the motion. In the meantime I will still ask counsel to confer and to prepare the papers for release. If the Court of Appeals has not ruled on your motion in a week, then you can let me know. (Court reporter dropped off the call; called back in and read record to the poin

ons took place only after everyone agreed on the record that the testimony would be confidential and sealed pursuant to the Protective Order. Judge Sweet made factual findings on exactly this point, which this Court never questioned in Brown.M325 F. Supp. 3d at 445, 446 (recognizing that Ms. Maxwell

THE COURT: I will give you a week to file the motion. In the meantime I will still ask counsel to confer and to prepare the papers for release. If the Court of Appeals has not ruled on your motion in a week, then you can let me know. (Court reporter dropped off the call; called back in and read record to the poin

ant to the Court's exercise of its inherent supervisory powers. The documents at issue here relate to discovery motions previously decided by Judge Sweet, and so the Court SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00076444 Case 20-2413, Document 44, 08/20/2020, 2913556, Page63 of 78 3

information from those deposition transcripts for two business days, i.e., through Friday, July 31, 2020, so that Ms. Maxwell may seek relief from the Court of Appeals. Any sealed materials that do not quote from or disclose information from those deposition transcripts shall be unsealed on July 30, 2020, in the m

ed a settlement agreement, and the case was closed the next day. C. Motions to Intervene and Unseal Over the course of the litigation before Judge Sweet, three outside parties attempted to unseal some or all of the sealed material. On August 11, 2016 Dershowitz moved to intervene, seeking to unseal

ite the unsealing process). 22 Upon issuance of our mandate, a minimally redacted version of the summary judgment record will be made accessible on the Court of Appeals docket. We have implemented minimal redactions to protect personally identifying information such as personal phone numbers, contact lists, birth d

rn District of New York to investigate and prosecute Epstein and Maxwell. Ex. J. Then, two months after the meeting with AUSA attorneys told Judge Sweet—who was presiding over defamation against Maxwell—that there was an 4 EFTA00028937 --- PAGE BREAK --- "ongoing criminal investigation" into Max

ith misrepresentations and outright lies about the conversations he had with, and information provided by, a confidential informant. Id. at 1212-13. The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's order suppressing the evidence obtained from the search conducted under the warrant. Id. at 1213. "This search," said

rn District of New York to investigate and prosecute Epstein and Maxwell. Ex. J. Then, two months after the meeting with AUSA attorneys told Judge Sweet—who was presiding over defamation against Maxwell—that there was an 4 EFTA00029108 --- PAGE BREAK --- "ongoing criminal investigation" into Max

ith misrepresentations and outright lies about the conversations he had with, and information provided by, a confidential informant. Id. at 1212-13. The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's order suppressing the evidence obtained from the search conducted under the warrant. Id. at 1213. "This search," said