What is document EFTA00021840?

This is an internal email from July 29, 2020, forwarding a court notification about a new filing in the Giuffre v. Maxwell civil case. The notification alerted legal teams that Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney Ty Gee had filed a letter (Docket #1078) requesting Judge Loretta Preska reconsider her ruling to unseal Maxwell's deposition transcripts.

Who is mentioned in this document?

The document mentions Ghislaine Maxwell (the defendant), Sigrid McCawley (Virginia Giuffre's attorney at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP), Ty Gee (Maxwell's attorney), and Judge Loretta A. Preska (the presiding federal judge). Virginia Giuffre's name is redacted but she was the plaintiff in this defamation case.

What does this document reveal?

The document captures a pivotal moment in Maxwell's legal strategy—her last-ditch effort to prevent the release of sealed court materials including her own deposition. It shows how both legal teams received real-time court notifications, and documents Maxwell's argument that she was caught in a 'perjury trap' after prosecutors obtained her deposition and used it to charge her with perjury.

What was Maxwell trying to prevent from being released?

Maxwell was trying to keep her 2016 deposition transcripts sealed. These depositions, taken during the civil defamation lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre, contained detailed questioning about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell's team argued the transcripts had been improperly shared with federal prosecutors who used them to build perjury charges against her.

What happened after this filing?

Judge Preska denied Maxwell's reconsideration request the same day it was filed, characterizing it as an 'eleventh-hour' motion. The judge proceeded with unsealing a trove of sealed records from the case. Maxwell subsequently appealed the unsealing decision to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, with Ty Gee serving as her attorney in the appeal.

What is document EFTA00021840?

This is an internal email from July 29, 2020, forwarding a court notification about a new filing in the Giuffre v. Maxwell civil case. The notification alerted legal teams that Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney Ty Gee had filed a letter (Docket #1078) requesting Judge Loretta Preska reconsider her ruling to unseal Maxwell's deposition transcripts.

Who is mentioned in this document?

The document mentions Ghislaine Maxwell (the defendant), Sigrid McCawley (Virginia Giuffre's attorney at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP), Ty Gee (Maxwell's attorney), and Judge Loretta A. Preska (the presiding federal judge). Virginia Giuffre's name is redacted but she was the plaintiff in this defamation case.

What does this document reveal?

The document captures a pivotal moment in Maxwell's legal strategy—her last-ditch effort to prevent the release of sealed court materials including her own deposition. It shows how both legal teams received real-time court notifications, and documents Maxwell's argument that she was caught in a 'perjury trap' after prosecutors obtained her deposition and used it to charge her with perjury.

What was Maxwell trying to prevent from being released?

Maxwell was trying to keep her 2016 deposition transcripts sealed. These depositions, taken during the civil defamation lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre, contained detailed questioning about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell's team argued the transcripts had been improperly shared with federal prosecutors who used them to build perjury charges against her.

What happened after this filing?

Judge Preska denied Maxwell's reconsideration request the same day it was filed, characterizing it as an 'eleventh-hour' motion. The judge proceeded with unsealing a trove of sealed records from the case. Maxwell subsequently appealed the unsealing decision to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, with Ty Gee serving as her attorney in the appeal.

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A court filing notification from July 29, 2020 alerting legal teams that Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney Ty Gee filed a letter asking Judge Preska to reconsider her July 23 ruling to unseal depositions in the Giuffre v. Maxwell defamation case.

This document is an internal email forwarded by attorney Sigrid McCawley of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, who represented Virginia Giuffre. It contains an automated court notification from PacerPro alerting counsel that docket entry #1078 was filed in the Giuffre v. Maxwell case (S.D.N.Y. 1:15-cv-07433-LAP). The filing was a letter from Maxwell's attorney Ty Gee requesting reconsideration of Judge Loretta Preska's July 23, 2020 ruling that ordered the unsealing of Maxwell's 2016 deposition transcripts. Maxwell's legal team argued she may have been the victim of a 'perjury trap' and that her deposition had been improperly shared with federal prosecutors who then used it to charge her with perjury. Judge Preska denied this 'eleventh-hour' motion the same day it was filed.

Key Highlights

•Maxwell's attorney Ty Gee sought reconsideration of Judge Preska's ruling to unseal Maxwell's 2016 deposition transcripts
•The defense claimed Maxwell's deposition was improperly shared with federal prosecutors who used it to bring perjury charges against her
•Judge Preska denied the reconsideration request on the same day, calling it an 'eleventh-hour' bid
•Sigrid McCawley of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP represented Virginia Giuffre in this civil defamation case
•This filing was part of Maxwell's unsuccessful efforts to keep documents sealed before a major release of Epstein-related records

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

Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

Julie K. Brown

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Sigrid Rides: The Story of an Extraordinary Friendship and An Adventure on Two Wheels

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From: To: Subject: FW: New documents: v. Maxwell (Doc# 1078, S.D.N.Y. 1:15-cv-07433-LAP) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 18:35:25 +0000 Attachments: 2020-07-29_[01078-].zip Inline-Images: image00 ljpg I wanted to alert you that Maxwell's counsel just filed the attached public filing in the v. Maxwell case. Sigrid McCawley Partner BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP 401 E. Las Olas Blvd. Suite 1200 Fort Lauderdale. FL. 33301 www.bsfllp.com From: [email protected] hailto:[email protected]] Se To: Subject: New documents: v. Maxwell (Doc# 1078, S.D.N.Y. 1:15-cv-07433-LAP) CAUTION: External email. Please do not respond to or click on links/attachments unless you recognize the sender. v. Maxwell Docket entry number: 1078 LETTER addressed to Judge Loretta A. Preska from Ty Gee dated July 29, 2020 re: Reconsideration of the Courts July 23 Ruling. Document filed by Ghislaine Maxwell. (Attachments: # (1) Exhibit A, # (2) Exhibit B, # (3) Exhibit C, # (4) Exhibit D, # (5) Exhibit E).(Gee, Ty) (Entered: 07/29/2020) Date entered: 2020-07-29 hulls:gap . '1833757 EFTA00021840

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