Epstein Secrets

HISLAINE MAXWELL 2 II. THE OVERBROAD SEALING ORDER AND PRIOR ATTEMPTS TO UNSEAL 3 III. THE ORDER DENYING THE MOTIONS TO UNSEAL 6 ARGUMENT 6 I. MIAMI HERALD MEDIA HAS THE RIGHT TO INTERVENE AS A NEWS ORGANIZATION 7 II. THE PRESUMPTION OF OPENNESS UNDER THE COMMON LAW AND FIRST AMENDMENT APPLY TO THE

and unseal all of the documents in the above-captioned action that have been filed under seal or redacted. These judicial documents are germane to the Miami Herald's ongoing coverage of dozens of underage minors who were victims of Jeffrey Epstein, the South Florida financier who pleaded guilty in 2008 to solicit

35 U.S. 589 (1978) 10 Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court, 464 U.S. 501 (1984) 10 Savitt v. Vacco, No. 95-CV-1842(RSP/DRH), 1996 WL 663888 (N.D.N.Y. Nov. 8, 1996) 7 Schiller v. City of New York, No. 04 CIV. 792I(ICMK), 2006 WL 2788256 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 27, 2006) 7, 12 Sec. and Exch. Conun'n v.

2d DCA 1979) (Error to exclude press from courtroom while juvenile witness in sex crime testi- fies and error to seal record from press). Compare Miami Herald Pub. Co. I. Morphonios, 467 So.2d 1026 (Fla.1985) (Error to gag press from publishing testi- mony of minor witness via prerecorded video) and Thornton

33020. Re: Jeffrey E eir m/SaVhiii: NOTIFICATION OF IDENTIFIED VICTIM Dear Mr. Edwards: By virtue of this letter, the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida asks that you provide the following notice to your client, CS VIM On June 30, 2008, Jeffrey Epstein (hereinafter referred to as "Epstei

reported decision addressing this provision interpreted it according to its plain language. See Ara I. Khan, No. CV 07-1251, 2007 WI, 1726456, *2 (E.D.N.Y. June 14, 2007) (ordering "all proceedings in this case stayed pending the conclusion of the government's criminal investigation of the defendants a

two prostitution charges,” immunized from prosecution Epstein’s co-conspirators, and concealed from Epstein’s victims the terms of the NPA. Following the Miami Herald’s report, and after receiving a Congressional request to investigate, OPR. initiated an investigation into the allegations that prosecutors in the USAO

ocument Review As referenced in the Executive Summary, OPR obtained and reviewed hundreds of thousands of pages of documents from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida (USAO), other U.S. Attorney’s offices, the FBI, and other Department components, including the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, the

Judge July 8, 2019 Page 8 merely reduce his head start should he decide to flee. See United States v. Zarger, No. 00 Cr. 773, 2000 WL 1134364, at *1 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 4, 2000) (Gleeson, J.) (rejecting defendant’s application for bail in part because home detention with electronic monitoring “at best . . . limi

F.2d 110, 116 (2d Cir. 1987) (recognizing "defendants' fair trial rights" as an "appropriate" basis for sealing material). Lest there be any doubt, the Miami Herald's response to Ms. Maxwell's emergency motion to stay settles the matter. In opposing Ms. Maxwell's request, the Herald said: "The documents at issue

HERALD MEDIA COMPANY, ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ, MICHAEL CERNOVICH, DBA CERNOVICH MEDIA Intervenors. ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, 15-CV-7433 (LAP) Ghislaine Maxwell's Opening Brief Ty Gee Adam Mueller HADDON, MORGAN AND FOREMAN, P.C. 150 East 10th Avenue Den r 2 Tel. A

rimes in New York a decade ago. Mr. Berman said his office had been "assisted by some excellent investigative journalists," an apparent reference to The Miami Herald's reporting from November. The indictment said that Mr. Epstein and his employees engaged in a sex-trafficking scheme, bringing dozens of vulnerable

rticle misstated the given name of a government lawyer. He is Alexander Rossmiller, not Andrew. United States Department of Justice U.S. Attorney's Office I Southern District of New York 'Mobile: I Press Office: EFTA00098823

f.)) "the public and the press have a fundamental right of access to all judicial proceedings," however, this right is not absolute. State ex ref. Miami Herald Pub. Co.l. McIntosh, 340 So.2d at 908-9. In Bar- ron, the court took the occasion to establish the standards upon which the presumption of openness may

2 DRAFT Re: Jeffrey Epstein, AMENDED NOTIFICATION OF IDENTIFIED VICTIM Dear Mr. Dutko: By virtue of this letter, the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida asks that you provide the following amended notice to your client, Some of the information contained in the July 20, 2008 letter to Ms.

t.)) "the public and the press have a fundamental right of access to all judicial proceedings," however, this right is not absolute. State ex rel. Miami Herald Pub. Co. McIntosh, 340 So.2d at 908-9. In Bar- ron, the court took the occasion to establish the standards upon which the presumption of openness may

ssociates, LLC Re: 'Jeffrey Epsteirl NOTIFICATION OF IDENTIFIED VICTIM Dear Mr. Edwards: By virtue of this letter, the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida asks that you provide the following notice to your client, On June 30, 2008, Jeffrey Epstein (hereinafter referred to as "Epstein) enter

stitution charges,” immunized from prosecution Epstein’s co-conspirators, and concealed from Epstein’s victims the terms of the NPA. Following the Miami Herald’s report, and after receiving a Congressional request to investigate, OPR initiated an investigation into the allegations that prosecutors in the USAO

ument Review As referenced in the Executive Summary, OPR obtained and reviewed hundreds of thousands of pages of documents from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida (USAO), other U.S. Attorney’s offices, the FBI, and other Department components, including the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, th