Epstein Secrets

ty-five thousand dollars ($75,000), exclusive of interest and costs. 26. This Court has personal jurisdiction over Defendant. Defendant resides in New York City; Defendant conducts regular business in New York City; and this action arose, defamatory statements were made, and abuse occurred, within the Southe

dent, Plaintiff was under the age of 18. Epstein had taken her from her home, family, and friends in Palm Beach, Florida, and flown her to New York, New York, where he repeatedly sexually abused her. In the weeks immediately prior to the incident, Defendant had met Plaintiff in circumstances that would ha

e. She's made up the whole story. There is no truth to it." (t) August 12, 2019, in a press statement issued after the Second Circuit's ruling in Giuffre v. Maxwell: "She invented the false accusation against me only in 2014, when her lawyers `pressured' her to do so for financial reasons."2° (u) August 30, 201

rder to be overcome by a showing of improvidence in the grant of the order, extraordinary circumstances or compelling need."); Palmieri v. State of N. Y., 779 F.2d 861, 862 (2d Cir. 1985) (holding that "absent an express finding by the district court of improvidence in the magistrate's initial grant

ess attaches, and did not abuse its discretion in rejecting Maxwell's meritless arguments that her interests superseded the presumption of access." Giuffre v. Maxwell, No. 20-2413 (2d Cir.) (Dkt. No. 140-1 at 3).43 On October 22, 2020, the defendant's April 2016 deposition was publicly filed. (See 15 Civ. 7433 (L

Count Six, stating that the "testimony is .. . far afield from the sex trafficking and sexual abuse allegations that were central to the dispute in Giuffre v. Maxwell." (Def. Mot. 4, Ex. I at 7:3-6.) (The last colloquy has been unsealed except for Minor Victim-2's name. (See 15 Civ. 7433 (LAP), Dkt. No. 1212-1).)

18 under undisclosed terms.1-9-1483[6O1§-18 Affidavit filed by (2019) On 16 April 2019, went ublic and filed a sworn affidavit in federal court in New York, alleging that she and had been sexually assaulted by Epstein and Maxwell i a lsetel t a oca is in 1 6. affidavit was filed in suppo iramation s

ircuit.rI91 On March 11, 2019, in the appeal of the district judge's refusal to unseal the documents relating to • the 2017 defamation settlement of Giuffre v. Maxwell, the Second Circuit Court gave parties one week to provide good cause as to why they should remain under seal, without which they would be unsealed

allegedly sexually abused.WIL91 Epstein was arrested again on July 6, 2019, on federal charges for the sex trafficking, of minors in Florida and New York.[ 11][121 He died_ in his jail cell on August io, 2019.(131 The medical examiner ruled the death a suicide.(4i Epstein's lawyers have disputed the

nd Circuit.M On March 11, 2019, in the appeal of the district judge's refusal to unseal the documents relating to the 2017 defamation settlement of Giuffre v. Maxwell, the Second Circuit Court gave parties one week to provide good cause as to why they should remain under seal, without which they would be unsealed