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(4,175 posts)
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 05:19 PM Jan 2022

Maxwell ends fight to keep 8 'John Does' secret, court to decide whether names should be unsealed

Ghislaine Maxwell will no longer fight to keep the names of eight 'John Does' secret and will leave it to the court to decide whether the names should be unsealed, according to a letter dated January 12.

The documents are part of a 2015 defamation lawsuit against Maxwell brought by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who claimed Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused her while she was a minor and that Maxwell aided in the abuse.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/17/us/ghislaine-maxwell-john-does/index.html

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hlthe2b

(102,418 posts)
1. I know who I'd not shed a tear to see included--and believe it or not, it isn't Trump
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 05:22 PM
Jan 2022

(whose supporters would scarcely care anyway).

Dershowitz, on the other hand... I know he bullied Virginia Giuffre into dropping her suit against him, but I have my doubts about him.

FakeNoose

(32,814 posts)
9. Not likely to see Chump's name on that list
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 05:55 PM
Jan 2022

Virginia Roberts Giuffre has already said that she had no "dates" with him, although she did see him at Epstein's FL home. The 8 names that are to be released are only the ones Roberts Giuffre could prove. She had "dates" with other men that she didn't name because no proof available to her. She cannot access the photos, documents and videos that were stored on Epstein's island. The FBI has that now.

Don't forget that Roberts Giuffre is only one of the many girls and young women who were trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and (for a time) Ghislaine Maxwell. Other women may decide to come forward, and for all we know some already may have. Some of them have decided that they prefer to keep their privacy.

jmowreader

(50,567 posts)
2. This presents a small problem
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 05:23 PM
Jan 2022

Let's say that one of the eight just happens to be one Donald John Trump.

What kind of bedlam will his followers inflict on the rest of us if there's hard proof Trump is a child molester?

Lovie777

(12,356 posts)
6. For one thing GQP can care less as long as it doesn't interfere with the quest for complete power ..
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 05:33 PM
Jan 2022

Second, the GQP corporate media will blame President Biden, VP Harris and the rest of Democratic Party for something.

jmowreader

(50,567 posts)
13. He bought a teen beauty pageant so he could walk into the dressing room
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 07:20 PM
Jan 2022

And we've all seen the pictures of him and Ivanka.

Everyone here knows he's a Sick Fuck. The problem is finding a case of sick fuckery he can be charged with.

Blue Owl

(50,529 posts)
14. I remember reading the story about that
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 08:10 PM
Jan 2022

He barged in, and said "Anything I can do, or help?" And I can just picture that hulking slob sporting his puffed-up, lecherous grin...

Probatim

(2,546 posts)
10. NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM WILL BE IDENTIFIED.
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 06:00 PM
Jan 2022

We already know this because they are very likely very wealthy, very white, and very connected.

Anything else is speculation.

EllieBC

(3,042 posts)
15. Release all the names.
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 08:31 PM
Jan 2022

There’s gotta be more than 8. Let’s have the names of anyone who ever raped a child. Because that’s what it’s is.

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