and unseal all of the documents in the above-captioned action that have been filed under seal or redacted. These judicial documents are germane to the Miami Herald's ongoing coverage of dozens of underage minors who were victims of Jeffrey Epstein, the South Florida financier who pleaded guilty in 2008 to solicit

HISLAINE MAXWELL 2 II. THE OVERBROAD SEALING ORDER AND PRIOR ATTEMPTS TO UNSEAL 3 III. THE ORDER DENYING THE MOTIONS TO UNSEAL 6 ARGUMENT 6 I. MIAMI HERALD MEDIA HAS THE RIGHT TO INTERVENE AS A NEWS ORGANIZATION 7 II. THE PRESUMPTION OF OPENNESS UNDER THE COMMON LAW AND FIRST AMENDMENT APPLY TO THE

ation announced Tuesday winners of the 69th annual Hillman Prizes, recognizing a Reuters exposé of slum-like living conditions on U.S military bases, the Miami Herald’s investigation into Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s sweetheart deal with serial sex abuser, Jeffrey Epstein, and NBC News and MSNBC’s reporting on the T

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But Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of President Donald = Trump's biggest defenders in Congress, is taking a different ap- proach. In an interview with the Miami Her- ald this week, Gaetz said re-examining Acosta’s handling of Epstein’ case, which came under increased scrutiny after the Herald's three-part series Per-

deal, federal prosecutors had gathered enough evidence against Epstein to write a 53-page federal indictment, court records show. An investigation by the Miami Her- ald, "Perversion of Justice," found that after Acosta met privately with one of Epstein's lawyers, the govemment agreed to seal the plea agreement so tha

nonprosecution agreement, thereby violating their right to be informed under the Crime Victims' Rights Act. That decision came several months after The Miami Herald published an investigative series that said Acosta gave Epstein the deal in exchange for a guilty plea to lesser state charges. The unusually EFTA

n trafficking. ABC. Will new law protect women from sex trafficking? The Ringer. How Sex Ms Became a Battleground for the Future of the Internet. Miami Herald. He pimped a minor at Santa's Enchanted Forest. He got slapped with federal prison. Yahoo Lifestyle. Women's March lambasted for criticizing shutdo

seal the Summary Judgment Judicial Documents is Denied...444 VII. Conclusion...447 Third-party proposed intervenors The Miami Herald Media Company (the "Miami Herald") and investigative journalist for the Miami Herald Julie Brown ("Brown") (collectively, the "Intervenors"), have moved pursuant to Federal Rule of

stigation into how Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta handled a 2008 investigation into an underage sex trafficking ring when he was a U.S. attorney. The Miami Herald reported in November that Acosta and another prosecutor worked with lawyers for billionaire Jeffrey Epstein to keep the public eye off the case an

edaction of the item, and (c) whether the countervailing interests rebut the presumption of public access to the item." DE 1044 at 1. Plaintiff and the Miami Herald's responses improperly afford the highest level of presumption to discovery dispute documents, deny that any countervailing interests exist, and prote

F.2d 110, 116 (2d Cir. 1987) (recognizing "defendants' fair trial rights" as an "appropriate" basis for sealing material). Lest there be any doubt, the Miami Herald's response to Ms. Maxwell's emergency motion to stay settles the matter. In opposing Ms. Maxwell's request, the Herald said: "The documents at issue

-emerged in the press. Prosecutors say Epstein wired payments to two unnamed women—one received $250,000 while the other got $100,000—shortly after the Miami Herald's exposé on Epstein's 2007 sweetheart deal. Those individuals were listed as possible co- EFTA00083646 conspirators in Epstein's non-prosecution agr

rimes in New York a decade ago. Mr. Berman said his office had been "assisted by some excellent investigative journalists," an apparent reference to The Miami Herald's reporting from November. The indictment said that Mr. Epstein and his employees engaged in a sex-trafficking scheme, bringing dozens of vulnerable

nued for more than a year without the release of its findings, various media reports have continued to add to the disturbing picture painted by The Miami Herald's investigation. Yesterday, ABC News reported that "[a] woman whose allegations of childhood sex abuse in New York were central to last year's indictm

n announced Tuesday winners of the 69th annual Hillman Prizes, recognizing a Reuters exposé of slum-like living conditions on U.S military bases, the Miami Herald’s investigation into Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s sweetheart deal with serial sex abuser, Jeffrey Epstein, and NBC News and MSNBC’s reporting on the T

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generally, Am. Home Assurance Co. v. Plaza Materials Corp. 908 So.2d 360, 374 (Fla. 2005)("not every statutory violation carries a civil remedy"); Miami Herald Pub. Co. v. Ferre 636 F.Supp. 970 (S.D. Fla. 1985)(violation of Florida's criminal extortion statute does not give rise to civil cause of Florida Statu

r3ent officialsarho told him that pE stein was an individu portrinoe-usthrgr7et tit • it. nm' s ,Lb Rib I part of the negotiations, according to the Miami Hera , p ean provia- ed information" to the Florida federal prosecutors for a more lenient sentence and was supposedly an unnamed key witness for the Ne

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ation announced Tuesday winners of the 69th annual Hillman Prizes, recognizing a Reuters exposé of slum-like living conditions on U.S military bases, the Miami Herald’s investigation into Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s sweetheart deal with serial sex abuser, Jeffrey Epstein, and NBC News and MSNBC’s reporting on the T