Jeffrey Epstein’s former madam Ghislaine Maxwell is appealing a judge’s order to release previously sealed court documents to the public.
The court documents include previously sealed court papers and other damning evidence from a civil lawsuit filed against Maxwell in 2015. The civil lawsuit was settled out of court three years ago.
U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Preska ruled Thursday that the public was legally entitled to view the evidence against Maxwell contained in the lawsuit.
Maxwell’s lawyers had previously argued to keep the files under seal.
“The subject matter of these [documents] is extremely personal, confidential, and subject to considerable abuse by the media,” said Maxwell’s attorney, Jeffrey Pagliuca.
The news comes amid reports that “Maxwell has tapes of two prominent U.S. politicians having sex with minors”.
BREAKING REPORT: Ghislaine Maxwell 'has tapes of two prominent US politicians having sex with minors'…
WHAT 2 POLITICIANS DO YOU SUSPECT?
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Citing “great concerns” about Maxwell’s ability to get a fair trial if the documents and tapes go public, Maxwell’s lawyer, Laura Menninger, asked the court to delay releasing the documents for two weeks to file an appeal of the court’s ruling.
The judge gave Menninger one week to file an appeal.
“We are in a vastly different position,” now that Maxwell has been criminally charged, “and certainly have great concerns about our client’s ability to seek and receive an impartial and fair trial and jury, given the intense media scrutiny around anything that is unsealed.” said Menninger.
According to ABC News, the lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre against Maxwell contain the names of “famous people” who socialized, trailed or worked with Epstein.
