Epstein Secrets

cuit AUGUST TERM 2018 No. 18-2868-cv JULIE BROWN, MIAMI HERALD COMPANY, Intervenors-Appellants, v. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant-Appellee, v. VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE, Plaintiff-Appellee. No. 16-3945-cv(L) No. 17-1625 (CON) No. 17-1722(CON) ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ, MICHAEL CERNOVICH, DBA CERNOVICH MEDIA

UST TERM 2018 No. 18-2868-cv JULIE BROWN, MIAMI HERALD COMPANY, Intervenors-Appellants, v. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant-Appellee, v. VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE, Plaintiff-Appellee. No. 16-3945-cv(L) No. 17-1625 (CON) No. 17-1722(CON) ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ, MICHAEL CERNOVICH, DBA CERNOVICH MEDIA, Interven

otion as moot. 5 The stricken allegations, however, quickly found their way into the press, and several media outlets published articles repeating Giuffre's accusations. In response to the allegations, on January 3, 2015, Maxwell's publicist issued a press statement declaring that Giuffre's allegation

v. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant-Appellee, v. VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE, Plaintiff-Appellee. No. 16-3945-cv(L) No. 17-

ist issued a press statement declaring that Giuffre's allegations "against Ghislaine Maxwell are untrue" and that her "claims are obvious lies. "6 B. Giuffre Sues Maxwell On September 21, 2015, Giuffre filed the underlying action against Maxwell in the Southern District of New York. Giuffre alleged that

d, and Dershowitz joined his motion. On April 6, 2018, after the case had settled, the Herald moved to intervene and unseal , an' 7 Br. Appellant (Cernovich) 4. 8 EFTA00092315 the entire docket. The District Court granted each of these motions to intervene, but denied the related requests to unseal i

s, Fox News, Gannett, Politico, Reveal Center for Investigative Reporting and Tribune Publishing Co. The case — which was settled in 2017 — involved Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who sued Maxwell in federal court in the Southern District of New York in 2015. Giufire has asserted that Maxwell and Epstein trafficked her and oth

case — which was settled in 2017 — involved Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who sued Maxwell in federal court in the Southern District of New York in 2015. Giufire has asserted that Maxwell and Epstein trafficked her and other underage girls, often at sex parties that Epstein File phote by GETTY IMAGES Alan Der

eal sensitive documents involving Jeffrey Epstein and the alleged sex trafficking of underage girls. The case — which was settled in 2017 — involved Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who sued Ghislaine Maxwell in federal court in the Southern District of New York in 2015. Giuffre has asserted that Maxwell and Epstein traff

e — which was settled in 2017 — involved Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who sued Maxwell in federal court in the Souther

ed the law because he and other prosecutors deliberately kept the deal secret from Epstein’s vic- tims, who are now in their late 20s and early 30s. Cernovich’s lawyer, Marc J. Randazza, said he has never seen a court seal nearly an entire court record like this. “T've seen partial seals, but I’ve never se

0 Instead, the District Court made generalized statements about the record as a whole.30 This too was legal error. 19 Id. at 124. 20 See. e.g., Giuffre, 325 F. Supp. 3d at 445 (summarily concluding that all "[t]he Summary Judgment Judicial Documents openly refer to and discuss these allegations [o

lobe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court for Norfolk Cly., 457 U.S. 596, 606, 102 S.Ct. 2613, 73 L.Ed.2d 248 (1982)). 49 Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia, 448 U.S. 555, 572-73, 100 S.Q. 2814, 65 L.Ed.2d 973 (1980) (plurality opinion) (internal quotation marks omitted). At the same time, the media do

moved to intervene, seeking to unseal three do l. that, he argues, demonstrate that invented the accusations against him. On January 19, 2017, Cernovich, an independent blogger and self-described "popular political journalist,"7 moved to intervene, seeking to unseal the summary judgment record, a

Granting Dershowitz Motion to Intervene); v. Maxwell, No. 15 Civ. 7433 (RWS), 2017 WL 1787934 (S.D.N.Y. May 3, 2017), ECF No. 892 (Opinion Granting Cernovich Motion to Intervene). 121 PIAlthough the case was closed by the Clerk of Court on May 25, 2017 pursuant to the settlement agreement, "intervention

rovides the public and the press a constitutional right of access to all trials, criminal or civil." Id. at 468 (citing Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia, 448 U.S. 555, 580, 100 S.Ct. 2814, 65 L.Ed.2d 973 (1980) ) (internal citation omitted). This right applies specifically to "related proceedings an