Who is mentioned in this document?

The document mentions Ghislaine Maxwell as the defendant in the case, and references unnamed SDNY paralegal staff coordinating discovery production. Prince Andrew appears in the automated entity extraction but is not actually mentioned in the document content—the reference to 'St. Andrew's Plaza' (the SDNY office address) was incorrectly parsed.

What does this document reveal?

This document reveals routine legal administrative procedures rather than any substantive case information. It shows the careful attention to document production protocols in federal criminal cases, including proper Bates numbering, coordination with defense counsel, and delivery of materials to detained defendants. It does not contain evidence or revelations about Maxwell's alleged crimes.

What is Bates numbering?

Bates numbering is a standard legal practice of assigning sequential identification numbers to documents during discovery. This allows attorneys on all sides to reference specific documents precisely. The error mentioned here—a missing digit in the Bates numbers—required re-stamping documents to maintain proper indexing.

What was Ghislaine Maxwell's legal case about?

Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted in December 2021 of five felonies involving the sexual abuse of young girls that she and Jeffrey Epstein committed between 1994 and 2004. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison. This document is from the discovery phase of that criminal case, before her trial.

Who is mentioned in this document?

The document mentions Ghislaine Maxwell as the defendant in the case, and references unnamed SDNY paralegal staff coordinating discovery production. Prince Andrew appears in the automated entity extraction but is not actually mentioned in the document content—the reference to 'St. Andrew's Plaza' (the SDNY office address) was incorrectly parsed.

What does this document reveal?

This document reveals routine legal administrative procedures rather than any substantive case information. It shows the careful attention to document production protocols in federal criminal cases, including proper Bates numbering, coordination with defense counsel, and delivery of materials to detained defendants. It does not contain evidence or revelations about Maxwell's alleged crimes.

What is Bates numbering?

Bates numbering is a standard legal practice of assigning sequential identification numbers to documents during discovery. This allows attorneys on all sides to reference specific documents precisely. The error mentioned here—a missing digit in the Bates numbers—required re-stamping documents to maintain proper indexing.

What was Ghislaine Maxwell's legal case about?

Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted in December 2021 of five felonies involving the sexual abuse of young girls that she and Jeffrey Epstein committed between 1994 and 2004. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison. This document is from the discovery phase of that criminal case, before her trial.

EFTA00016765

This is an internal email between U.S. Attorney's Office (SDNY) staff regarding a minor administrative error in Bates numbering of discovery materials being provided to Ghislaine Maxwell's defense team in December 2020.

This document is a routine paralegal email chain from December 18, 2020, discussing the correction of Bates numbering errors on seven discovery items in the Maxwell criminal case (United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, 20 Cr. 330). A paralegal discovered that documents from the 7th and 8th productions had incorrectly formatted Bates numbers (missing a digit) and was coordinating re-stamping the documents, updating cover letters, and sending corrected materials to defense counsel and to Maxwell at MDC (Metropolitan Detention Center). This is administrative legal correspondence with no substantive revelations about the case itself.

Key Highlights

•Internal SDNY communication about document production procedures
•Seven discovery items needed Bates number corrections
•Materials were being sent to Maxwell at MDC (Metropolitan Detention Center)
•Routine paralegal administrative work, not substantive case evidence

Frequently Asked Questions

Books for Further Reading

The Spider: Inside the Tangled Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

Julie K. Brown

Investigative journalism that broke the Epstein case open

Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

James Patterson

Bestselling account of Epstein's crimes and network

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Subject: RE: Items to Reproduce Date: Fri, IS Dee 2020 18:52:43 +0000 Attachments: 2020.12.18_MDC_-_Maxwell_MAIN.pdf; 2020.12.18_MDC_-_Maxwell_PASSWORD.pdf Here are the two cover letters for MDC, as well — thank you! From: Sent: Friday, December 18, 2020 12:57 PM To: Cc: (USANYS) '4 >; Subject: Re: Items to Reproduce Thanks you so much for catching that, letting us know, and fixing it so quickly, M. Really appreciate that. Please just let me know when the reproductions are ready to go, and I'll email defense counsel and the MDC. On Dec 18, 2020, at 11:36 AM, Hi all, wrote: I was updating the discovery index for Maxwell and unfortunately realized that seven items (two items from the 7th Production, located here; and all five PDFs from the eh Production, located here) will have to be reproduced, as their Bates numbers were slightly incorrect (missing a digit in the middle of the bates number). I can re-stamp and update them in the shared momentarily — but my apologies that we're just now catching this! The seven reproduced items will consist of one Excel file and six PDFs, so they'll be small enough to email to defense counsel and small enough to put on a disc to send to Maxwell at MDC. I can draft a cover letter detailing the reproduced items and their updated Bates ranges, and since I'm in the office today I can send the disc out to MDC this afternoon. Thanks so much for your understanding! Paralegal Specialist U.S. Attorney's Office I SDNY 1 St. Andrew's Plaza New York, NY 10007 EFTA00016765