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Judge Accelerates Process for Unsealing Jeffrey Epstein Docs, Naming Names on 'Rolling Basis'
LAW & CRIME
by Jerry Lambe | 6:18 pm, May 1st, 2020
A federal judge in New York on Friday amended the protocol the court will follow in releasing a trove of documents concerning deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. This will allow for documents that include the names of non-party individuals to be released on a rolling basis. The documents in question are part of a defamation dispute involving Epstein’s alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell and alleged victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
Though Giuffre’s defamation case against Maxwell ended in 2015, Giuffre’s attorneys have fought a protracted legal battle seeking to unseal documents initially filed under seal that may contain allegations against other public figures from Epstein’s infamous elite social circle.
Senior U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska previously ruled that only those motions which now-deceased U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet ruled on when he presided over the litigation–and documents relevant to those motions–will be released to the public after the court conducts an individualized review of each sealed item.
Preska issued a brief order on Monday clarifying: how the court will proceed with the document review process; how it will notify non-parties to the litigation who are named in the documents but may wish to argue against the release of all or some of the documents.
Though Giuffre’s defamation case against Maxwell ended in 2015, Giuffre’s attorneys have fought a protracted legal battle seeking to unseal documents initially filed under seal that may contain allegations against other public figures from Epstein’s infamous elite social circle.
Senior U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska previously ruled that only those motions which now-deceased U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet ruled on when he presided over the litigation–and documents relevant to those motions–will be released to the public after the court conducts an individualized review of each sealed item.
Preska issued a brief order on Monday clarifying: how the court will proceed with the document review process; how it will notify non-parties to the litigation who are named in the documents but may wish to argue against the release of all or some of the documents.
More at link (including the court order): https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/judge-accelerates-process-for-unsealing-jeffrey-epstein-docs-naming-names-on-rolling-basis/
