A New York judge ordered years-old Ghislaine Maxwell depositions revealing details about her relationship with alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to be released to the public by Thursday morning. U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ruled Tuesday the conversations between lawyers for alleged Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre and Maxwell be released following a decision by a federal appeals court finding arguments by Maxwell's lawyers to keep them sealed to be meritless. Her lawyers had appealed a judge's July ruling to allow the release of the transcripts of two depositions in which she answered questions before the lawsuit was settled. The judge had concluded there was a presumption of public access to deposition materials. Epstein died last year in a New York detention center after being charged with sex trafficking in what was ruled a suicide.

Source: Fox News October 22, 2020 07:51 UTC