A routine email transmitting the Government's reply brief in support of its motions in limine in the criminal case United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, sent on October 28, 2021, just one month before her federal sex trafficking trial began.

This is an internal legal correspondence from an Assistant U.S. Attorney to Ghislaine Maxwell's defense team, transmitting the Government's reply brief supporting its pre-trial motions in limine. The email was sent to defense attorneys Laura Menninger, Jeffrey Pagliuca, Christian Everdell, and Bobbi Sternheim. These motions in limine—requests to include or exclude certain evidence before trial—were part of the standard pre-trial process in the high-profile federal prosecution that ultimately resulted in Maxwell's conviction on five of six counts in December 2021.

Key Highlights

• •Transmitted just one month before Maxwell's federal trial began on November 29, 2021
• •Lists Maxwell's full defense team: Laura Menninger, Jeffrey Pagliuca, Christian Everdell, and Bobbi Sternheim
• •References the Government's plan to file a redacted version publicly on October 29, 2021
• •Part of pre-trial motion practice that shaped what evidence jurors would see at trial

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