Ghislaine Maxwell drops fight to protect identity of eight ‘John Does’

Published January 17, 2022 7:04pm ET



Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is giving up the fight to protect the identities of eight “John Does” who allegedly preyed upon the girls she groomed, leaving the decision to unmask the men to the court, according to her attorney.

The names are part of a 2015 defamation lawsuit brought against Maxwell by Virginia Giuffre, who has long claimed that the British socialite and her cohort, Jeffrey Epstein, sexually abused her as a minor, pimping her out to his high-profile friends, including Prince Andrew. Giuffre claims Maxwell aided in the abuse.

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