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Ghislaine Maxwell says trial on Epstein charges threatened by deposition
Source: Reuters
U.S. AUGUST 20, 2020 / 8:29 PM / UPDATED 14 MINUTES AGO
Ghislaine Maxwell says trial on Epstein charges threatened by deposition
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell on Thursday urged a U.S. appeals court to block the release of a deposition on the grounds it could destroy her chance for a fair trial on criminal charges she aided the late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of girls.
Maxwell’s deposition was taken in April 2016 for a now-settled civil defamation lawsuit against the British socialite by Virginia Giuffre, who said Epstein kept her as a “sex slave” with Maxwell’s assistance.
In a filing with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, Maxwell’s lawyers said a lower court order to unseal the deposition and other documents from that case threatened her constitutional right to a fair trial by an impartial jury.
The order “eviscerates the promise of confidentiality” on which Maxwell relied, he lawyers said.
“If the unsealing order goes into effect, it will forever let the cat out of the bag,” they added.
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Ghislaine Maxwell says trial on Epstein charges threatened by deposition
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell on Thursday urged a U.S. appeals court to block the release of a deposition on the grounds it could destroy her chance for a fair trial on criminal charges she aided the late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of girls.
Maxwell’s deposition was taken in April 2016 for a now-settled civil defamation lawsuit against the British socialite by Virginia Giuffre, who said Epstein kept her as a “sex slave” with Maxwell’s assistance.
In a filing with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, Maxwell’s lawyers said a lower court order to unseal the deposition and other documents from that case threatened her constitutional right to a fair trial by an impartial jury.
The order “eviscerates the promise of confidentiality” on which Maxwell relied, he lawyers said.
“If the unsealing order goes into effect, it will forever let the cat out of the bag,” they added.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/ghislaine-maxwell-says-trial-on-epstein-charges-threatened-by-deposition-idUSKBN25H023
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