An internal email forwarding an ABC News article about attorneys' inability to locate Ghislaine Maxwell to serve her with a civil lawsuit complaint on behalf of an alleged Jeffrey Epstein victim.

This is an email sent by attorney Robert Glassman of Panish Shea & Boyle on May 29, 2020, sharing a link to an ABC News story about the ongoing difficulty in serving Ghislaine Maxwell with legal complaints. At that time, Maxwell had effectively disappeared from public view following Jeffrey Epstein's arrest and subsequent death in August 2019. Multiple alleged victims were attempting to sue Maxwell, but lawyers repeatedly failed to locate her despite hiring surveillance services and making numerous attempts across multiple states and countries.

Key Highlights

• •Attorney Robert Glassman forwarded news coverage of his own court filing seeking alternative service methods
• •Multiple alleged Epstein victims were simultaneously unable to locate Maxwell to serve lawsuits
• •Maxwell's attorneys refused to accept service on her behalf while still representing her in other legal matters
• •This document dates from approximately two months before Maxwell's eventual arrest in July 2020

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