Ghislaine Maxwell's trial is scheduled for July 2021. Maxwell's deposition had been 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. Lawyers for Maxwell (58) said the unsealing order did not take into proper account their client's privacy interests or the promise of confidentiality she received before being deposed. "If the unsealing order goes into effect, it will forever let the cat out of the bag," the lawyers said, warning that "intimate, sensitive, and personal information" about Maxwell might "spread like wildfire across the Internet." Giuffre has been one of Epstein's most visible accusers, and her lawyers have said the public has a right to see Maxwell's deposition.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 21, 2020 02:37 UTC