Ghislaine Maxwell has ended the fight to keep the identities of eight people, who were named in a settled civil lawsuit by the sex traffickers’ accuser as having partaken in the sex trafficking schemes, secret.
Virginia Robert Guiffre’s efforts to reveal the names of several “John Does” could be given the green-light now that Ghislaine Maxwell has conceded to her efforts to unseal their identities, according to a letter submitted by Maxwell’s attorney last week.
The decision to unseal the names is in the hands of a New York federal judge.
Last week, an attorney for Giuffre inquired about Maxwell’s previous objections to the unsealing of certain identities.
“Now that Maxwell’s criminal trial has come and gone, there is little reason to retain protection over the vast swaths of information about Epstein and Maxwell’s sex-trafficking operation that were originally filed under seal in this case,” wrote Sigrid McCawley.
Maxwell, through her attorneys, had objected to the unsealing of the identities of eight John Does – known in court papers as “Does 17, 53, 54, 55, 56, 73, 93, and 151.” But on January 12, Maxwell attorney Laura Menninger said her client no longer wanted to pursue the objections, noting that seven of those eight individuals had already submitted objections through their own attorneys.
“After careful review of the detailed objections submitted by Non-Party Does 17, 53, 54, 55, 73, 93 and 151, counsel for Ghislaine Maxwell writes to inform the Court that she does not wish to further address those objections,” Menninger’s letter states.
The letter continues: “Each of the listed Does has counsel who have ably asserted their own respective privacy rights. Ms. Maxwell therefore leaves it to this Court to conduct the appropriate review consistent with the Order and Protocol for Unsealing Decided Motions.”
Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted in December of sex trafficking and conspiracy charges for recruiting teenage girls to be sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein, her lover. She is set to be sentenced on 28 June.
Sources: Fox News, CNN
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