A New York judge ordered Monday to reveal in early January 180 names of people – victims, relatives, alleged accomplices – linked to the network of American financier Jeffrey Epstein accused of sex crimes but who committed suicide in prison in 2019 before ‘to be judged.
This order from Manhattan federal court magistrate Loretta Preska, dated December 18 and consulted Tuesday by AFP, is part of defamation proceedings between Mr. Epstein’s ex-mistress and accomplice. , Ghislaine Maxwell, sentenced in 2022 to 20 years in prison, and an American plaintiff against the couple, Virginia Giuffre.
The judge listed in a 50-page document the cases of some 180 people — under numbers and the pseudonym “Doe” — ordering that their identities be “completely” made public “14 days” at the latest after the date of this judicial document, either January 1 or 2, 2024.
According to the British media Daily News, which revealed the information on Tuesday, Virginia Giuffre’s defamation complaint against Ghislaine Maxwell dates back to 2016 and was settled the following year.
But the Miami Herald newspaper then took civil action to gain access to the file and investigate the Epstein network.
To justify the disclosure of names – including personalities already cited in the press – American justice relies on the fact that certain people are easily identifiable in interviews published in recent years.
Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were a couple in the early 1990s before becoming professional collaborators and accomplices in their sex crimes for nearly 30 years.
2023-12-20 00:36:01
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