On Friday, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled that she would unseal another cache of records in the defamation lawsuit. Virginia Roberts Giuffrevictim of by Jeffrey Epstein sex ring, filed against accomplices of the financier Ghislaine Maxwell.
Since 2019, US District Judge Loretta Preska has repeatedly released long-secret documents in the litigation, giving the public a glimpse into Giuffre’s allegations about Epstein’s human trafficking scheme. and the men she claimed were involved in it. Unsealed records also include a long scoreboard about Maxwell’s testimony.
The latest records are revealed, according to Daily mailwould include documents involving eight people including Thomas Pritzker, the billionaire, executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels, who was listed in Epstein’s small black book of contacts, a former personal assistant to Maxwell. name is Emmy taylerand Sarah Ransome, a survivor of Epstein’s abuse.
However, Preska did not set a release date for the documents.
While Pritzker argued that disclosing the records could damage his reputation, Preska dismissed his objections. In previously undisclosed court filings, Giuffre claims Epstein and Maxwell forced her to have sex with wealthy, high-status men, including PritzkerEngland Prince Andrew, former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and billionaire hedge fund manager Glenn Dubin. (All of the men denied Giuffre’s accusations.)
During Friday’s hearing, Preska pointed out that much of the “supposedly sensitive information” regarding the parties, who were identified only as “Yes” on the court minutes, was released. light during Maxwell’s 2021 trial on sex trafficking charges.
Meanwhile, Preska has been dealing with files relating to Tayler, who became a victim of Epstein, and ruled that they will be released because Tayler is mentioned in other public documents and filed a lawsuit against again Miami emissary recordsman Julie K. Brown. (Tayler has denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein and Maxwell’s human trafficking ring.)
Giuffre’s 2015 lawsuit against Maxwell was settled the night before the 2017 trial, but much of the case remained sealed until the press struggled to make it public.
Last week, Giuffre settled a defamation lawsuit against Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, a one-time friend and attorney of Epstein, whom Giuffre alleges for years of sexual abuse. Dershowitz staunchly denied her claims and accused Giuffre of perjury.
As part of the settlement, Dershowitz and attorney David Boies, who have represented several of Epstein’s victims, settled their own defamation lawsuit against each other.
In a statement released after the settlement was reached, Giuffre said: “I have long believed I was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein to Alan Dershowitz. However, I was very young at the time, it was a very stressful and traumatic environment, and Mr Dershowitz has consistently denied these allegations from the start.
Giuffre added: “I now realize that I may have made a mistake in identifying Mr Dershowitz.
But after Dershowitz did a series of media interviews to argue that his name has now been removed, Giuffre told The Daily Beast: “I was shocked to learn that Alan Dershowitz was making a statement. that our dismissal of each other’s lawsuits somehow ‘vindicated’ him.”
Giuffre added: “Preventing false accusations against me and ensuring Mr Dershowitz’s public acknowledgment of my goodwill is important to me and my family. “However, I did not, and will never, ‘forgive’ Mr Dershowitz in return.”
