A routine administrative letter from the U.S. Attorney's Office providing the password for a CD containing discovery materials sent to Ghislaine Maxwell at the Metropolitan Detention Center during her federal sex trafficking case.

This is a brief procedural document from Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss dated October 29, 2020, transmitting a password to unlock discovery materials provided to defendant Ghislaine Maxwell (inmate #02879-509) at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center. The letter references case 20 Cr. 330 (AJN), the federal sex trafficking prosecution against Maxwell in the Southern District of New York. While the document itself is administrative in nature, it represents part of the massive discovery process in one of the most high-profile federal prosecutions of the decade.

Key Highlights

• •Discovery materials were delivered to Maxwell on password-protected CD during her pre-trial detention
• •Audrey Strauss signed as Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
• •Maxwell was held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn awaiting trial
• •Part of case 20 Cr. 330, which resulted in Maxwell's 2021 conviction and 20-year sentence

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