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Ghislaine Maxwell's trial will take place on November 29 in Manhattan, but to get a much better understanding of the relationship between the socialite and businessman Jeffrey Epstein, this Monday marks the release of the documentary Chasing Ghislaine on Discovery+. For his part, Trump, Wexner, and Andrew said they regretted their association with Epstein or had limited interaction with him. Many of the people named in the book have said they have no idea how their names ended up in the book. The book, first published online by Gawker in 2015, includes the names and contact information of powerful people such as former President Donald Trump, Victoria's Secret founder Les Wexner, and Prince Andrew, who are alleged friends of the sex offender. Maxwell requests that the government be precluded from discussing the book at trial prior to a proper evidentiary foundation being established, The 'Epsteint' related documents Maxwell requests that the government be precluded from discussing the book at trial prior to a proper evidentiary foundation being established," Maxwell's lawyers wrote in a court filing. In court filings in recent weeks, federal prosecutors and Maxwell's lawyers have argued over whether a copy of the book - referred to in the filings as "Exhibit 52" - can be introduced into evidence so that jurors can be shown it in the British socialite's sex trafficking trial. For that reason, they have enlisted two human rights lawyers to file a complaint with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Maxwell's siblings allege that she has been "wrongly held in solitary confinement for some 500 days" and that her right to a defense and her presumption of innocence has been violated. Prosecutors have objected to the request for witness anonymity.Ghislaine Maxwell's family, the British heiress accused in the United States of recruiting teenage girls to be sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein, has denounced her "arbitrary detention" to the UN, her lawyers announced. Some witnesses are coming from overseas, Ms Sternheim said. Ms Maxwell’s attorneys, who were caught off-guard when prosecutors rested their case more than a week early, have said they plan to call up to 35 witnesses when her defence opens on Thursday.Īmong their witnesses are three who have said they may not testify unless they are allowed to do so anonymously.īobbi Sternheim, for the defence, wrote to Judge Nathan to say the court’s ruling on the issue of anonymity “may impact the willingness of these witnesses to testify, thereby compromising Ms Maxwell’s right to present her defence”. However the defence said there was no proof that the directory he saw was the same one prosecutors had sought to enter into evidence. She has strongly denied all of the charges.Įpstein killed himself in prison in 2019 aged 66 while awaiting his own sex trafficking trial.
Ms Maxwell, 59, is charged with six counts of sex trafficking, enticement and abuse of a minor.
“Rather, you may consider it only to the extent you believe it is relevant to show a link, if any, between Ms Maxwell and the names and phone numbers listed and how, if at all, the information was organised.” In a letter obtained by The Telegraph, Damian Williams, a US attorney to Judge Nathan, wrote: “It is not being offered for the truth of the matters asserted therein, and you may not consider it for that purpose. Several entries were mentioned during the prosecution case and released as an exhibit under seal, meaning only jurors and attorneys could view them. Prince Andrew, Mr Clinton and others mentioned in the directory have denied all accusations they were involved in any alleged sexual abuse. The book was filled with contact details of Ms Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein’s famous friends, including Prince Andrew, and former US presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, and had been mentioned sporadically during her sex-trafficking trial.
Judge Alison Nathan had previously said she wanted to avoid “needless” namedropping during the trial.
Ms Maxwell’s defence attorneys came to an agreement with prosecutors over the weekend not to release the 97-page directory to the public. Ghislaine Maxwell’s “little black book” containing the names and addresses of nearly 2,000 world leaders, celebrities and alleged victims will remain secret.
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