Who is mentioned in this document?

The document mentions Ghislaine Maxwell (the defendant), and her defense attorneys Laura Menninger, Jeffrey Pagliuca, Christian Everdell, and Bobbi Sternheim. It also involves FBI and NYPD personnel as well as federal prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office, though many names are redacted.

What does this document reveal?

The document reveals standard criminal discovery procedures in the Maxwell case, showing that her defense team was seeking access to evidence and crime scene locations nine months before trial. It demonstrates the coordination between federal prosecutors, FBI, and NYPD in managing sensitive evidence during the pre-trial phase of this high-profile prosecution.

Who is mentioned in this document?

The document mentions Ghislaine Maxwell (the defendant), and her defense attorneys Laura Menninger, Jeffrey Pagliuca, Christian Everdell, and Bobbi Sternheim. It also involves FBI and NYPD personnel as well as federal prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office, though many names are redacted.

What does this document reveal?

The document reveals standard criminal discovery procedures in the Maxwell case, showing that her defense team was seeking access to evidence and crime scene locations nine months before trial. It demonstrates the coordination between federal prosecutors, FBI, and NYPD in managing sensitive evidence during the pre-trial phase of this high-profile prosecution.

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Email forwarding a defense attorney's request to view evidence in the criminal case United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell.

This is an FBI email thread from March 2021 documenting a request from Ghislaine Maxwell's defense team to view evidence, highly confidential materials, and crime scenes related to her criminal trial (Case No. 20 Cr. 330). Defense attorney Laura Menninger of Haddon, Morgan and Foreman, P.C. in Denver sent a formal letter to the U.S. Attorney's Office requesting evidence access, which was then forwarded within the FBI and NYPD for discussion. The email shows coordination between federal prosecutors and law enforcement during the pre-trial discovery phase.

Key Highlights

•Defense request to view evidence and crime scenes in the Maxwell prosecution
•Coordination between FBI, NYPD, and U.S. Attorney's Office during pre-trial phase
•Defense team includes Laura Menninger, Jeffrey Pagliuca, Christian Everdell, and Bobbi Sternheim
•Email dated March 9, 2021, approximately nine months before Maxwell's trial began

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

Relentless Pursuit: Our Battle with Jeffrey Epstein

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From: ' )" To: ' (NY) (FBI)" <I Cc: I (NYPD)" Subject: FW: US v. Maxwell - 20 Cr. 330 (MN) - Request to view evidence, highly confidential materials, scenes Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:13:54 +0000 Attachments: 2021.03.08 LAM Letter to USAO re evidence_view_(F).pdf Inline-Images: image001.jpg HeS Can we discuss this today, please? Thanks, From: Laura Menninger <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 8, 20212:03 PM To: <->; (USANYS) Cc: Jeff Pagliuca <[email protected]>; Christian R Everdell - Cohen & Gresser LLP (ceverdell@cohengressercom) <[email protected]>; 'BOBBI C STERNHEIM' <[email protected]> Subject: US v. Maxwell - 20 Cr. 330 (AJN) - Request to view evidence, highly confidential materials, scenes Counsel — Please see attached correspondence. -Laura Laura A. Menninger Haddon, Morgan and Foreman, P.C. 150 East 10th Avenue Denver, Colorado 80203 Main 303.831.7364 FX 303.832.2628 [email protected] www.hmflaw.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files or previous e-mail messages attached to it may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you must not read this transmission and that any disclosure, copying, printing, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender by telephone or return e-mail and delete the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving it in any manner. Thank you. EFTA00021697

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