A federal judge ruled to keep secret certain details of Ghislaine Maxwell’s case deemed to be too “sensational and impure” for the public eye after she was jailed for conspiracy to sexually abuse young girls alongside convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
U.S. District Court Judge Alison Nathan issued the ruling and concurred with Maxwell’s earlier request to keep the transcripts under lock.
“Those portions of the transcript, which were redacted in the civil matter, concern privacy interests and their disclosure would merely serve to cater to a ‘craving for that which is sensational and impure,’” Nathan wrote Thursday, according to the New York Post.
Prosecutors at the time had also requested certain redactions to “protect the integrity” of the case, and Nathan agreed.
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“The interest in protecting the safety and privacy of those individuals outweighs the presumption of access that attaches to those documents,” the judge wrote of the matter.
Maxwell’s team opposed certain aspects of the prosecutors’ motion but failed to demonstrate sufficient “evidence” to make some of the information public, the judge decided. It’s unclear why she sought the move.
Maxwell was arrested in July 2020 and charged with conspiring with Epstein to recruit, groom, and sexually abuse underage girls, as well as perjury in depositions regarding Epstein. The British socialite “vigorously denies the charges” and pleaded not guilty.
She was set to sell her London home in an area where real estate is valued at between $3.6 million and $11.2 million to finance her legal fees. One of Epstein’s accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, alleged that she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew at this property in 2001 when she was 17. The member of the royal family has disputed the allegations.
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The 59-year-old had ties to Epstein, who was charged with sex trafficking and abusing girls as young as 14. He was found dead in a prison cell, and New York City authorities ruled his death a suicide.
