TOPLINEA judge overseeing a years-old defamation case against former Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell ruled to unseal a large batch of court records Thursday, nearly a year after a huge cache of documents about Epstein and Maxwell were made public, reigniting mainstream interest. A U.S. District Court judge ruled Thursday to unseal a fresh batch of court documents about Jeffrey ... [+] Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. That’s how many pages are contained in the Maxwell deposition, out of the numerous records Preska ruled on. Key backgroundA judge ordered the first batch of case records released on July 3, 2019, five days before Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges. Further readingJeffrey Epstein Documents Could Expose Powerful Politicians, Businessmen (Forbes)Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein Documents List New Allegations Against Powerful Men (Forbes)U.S. judge to consider making records in Ghislaine Maxwell civil lawsuit public (Reuters)Judge to rule on unsealing records in defamation case against Ghislaine Maxwell (ABC News)Ghislaine Maxwell's Lawyer Complains She Won't Get A Fair Trial For Jeffrey Epstein-Related Charges (Forbes)

Source: Forbes July 23, 2020 16:29 UTC