Overview
- U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s latest effort to keep discovery sealed, a decision reported on Tuesday that clears the path for court files from Virginia Giuffre’s 2015 defamation suit to be unsealed.
- Maxwell’s filings say Boies Schiller provided roughly 90,000 pages of discovery to the government and journalists expect the material could include full deposition transcripts, interrogatory answers, and exhibits not previously released.
- The records originate from Giuffre’s 2015 suit that settled in early 2017 under then‑Judge Robert Sweet’s broad sealing orders, a practice critics say bypassed the usual document‑by‑document justification for secrecy.
- Press and advocates who litigated to unseal the files say the release may produce new evidence or leads about Epstein’s network, but the Justice Department may still withhold a much larger set of Epstein‑related records under separate holds.
- Before public posting the documents will face review for redactions and additional legal disputes, and survivors, reporters, and investigators are likely to use the materials to press for accountability and further probes.