Julie K. Brown is the Miami Herald investigative journalist whose landmark 'Perversion of Justice' series in 2018 re-opened the Jeffrey Epstein case; she appears extensively in these documents not as a participant in Epstein's activities but as the reporter whose work triggered congressional scrutiny, federal investigations, and legal proceedings.
Brown's appearances in the documents are almost entirely as the bylined author of Miami Herald articles that were entered into evidence, attached to court filings, or circulated among government officials. Her investigative series — covering Epstein's plea deal, Alexander Acosta's prosecutorial decisions, Alan Dershowitz's legal maneuvers, and the experiences of Epstein's victims — appears repeatedly as exhibits in cases like Case 1:19-cv-03377. She is also cited in connection with the 2019 Hillman Prize for Journalism, which she won alongside visual journalist Emily Michot. None of the mentions indicate any personal relationship with Epstein or his associates; rather, they reflect her role as the journalist who brought the case back into public focus.
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he court's factual findings for clear error, its legal determinations de novo, and its ultimate decision to seal or unseal for abuse of discretion." Brown, 929 F.3d at 47 (citing Bernstein v. Bernstein Litowitt Berger dr Grossman LLP, 814 F.3d 132, 139 (2d Cir. 2016)). A district court abuses its disc
Page: EFTA00018290 →ere is a lower presumption of access to the deposition materials at issue in this case than to the summary judgment materials we ordered unsealed in Brown v. Atwavehc 929 F.3d 41 (2d Cir. 2019), and that her interests outweigh the public's interests. We assume the parties' familiarity with the underly
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t, on November 28, 2018 and on December 3, 2018 — very soon after the publication of a 3-part investigative report in the Miami Herald (authored by Julie K. Brown) relating to Mr. Epstein's Florida Non-Prosecution Agreement, dated September 24, 2007 — Mr. Epstein paid $100,000 to "a company founded and run by
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ttinger Interested Party NYP Holdings, Inc.,: Daily News, L.P. Intervenor: Michael Cernovich d/b/a Cernovich Media; Miami Herald Media Company; Julie Brown; Alan M. Dershowitz Material Witness Miscellaneous: Respondent: Sharon Churcher; Jeffrey Epstein DOCKET CASE NUMBER: 1:15cv7433 For internal u
T COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Virginia L. Giuffre, Plaintiff, v. Ghislaine Maxwell, Defendant. Case No.: 15-cv-07433-RWS INTERVENORS' JULIE BROWN AND MIAMI HERALD MEDIA CO.'S RESPONSE TO MAXWELL'S OBJECTIONS TO UNSEALING Sanford L. Bohrer Christine N. Walz 31 West 52nd Street New York, NY
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Team investigation into corruption, sexual abuse and medical neglect at the largest women's prison in the nation, Lowell Correctional. Reporting by Julie K. Brown /[email protected]. By Emily Michot For years, male officers at the women's work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional Complex sexually harass
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PERVERSION OF JUSTICE Saturday, March 2, 2019 Federal prosecutors admit backing down Epstein’s attorneys applied relentless pressure, they say By JULIE K. BROWN Miami Herald In recent court filings, the government was forced to answer questions about its negotia- tions, finally admitting in 2013 that federal
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PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)

Deutsche Bank
OrganizationGerman global banking and financial services company

George W. Bush
PersonPresident of the United States from 2001 to 2009
Darren Indyke
PersonAmerican lawyer, longtime personal attorney and co-executor of Jeffrey Epstein's estate

Ghislaine Maxwell
PersonBritish socialite and sex trafficker, daughter of Robert Maxwell, accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein
Leon Black
PersonAmerican billionaire businessman (born 1951)

Donald Trump
PersonPresident of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)

Prince Andrew
PersonThird child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)

United States
LocationCountry located primarily in North America

Bill Clinton
PersonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)

Marc Rich
PersonAmerican commodities trader (1934–2013)

Department of Justice
OrganizationUnited States Department of Justice, federal executive department responsible for law enforcement
Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown
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Stephen Hawking
PersonBritish theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

Alan Dershowitz
PersonAmerican lawyer, author, and art collector (born 1938)

Samantha Power
PersonIrish-American academic, author and diplomat

Virginia Giuffre
PersonAdvocate for sex trafficking victims (1983–2025)

Barack Obama
PersonPresident of the United States from 2009 to 2017

Prince Charles
PersonKing of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms since 2022 (born 1948)