📧 Communication

This page from a legal filing (Document 397 in Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE, the Ghislaine Maxwell trial) outlines the Government's argument for admitting evidence of rape. The prosecution rebuts defense claims that such evidence is irrelevant or overly inflammatory (Rule 403), asserting that the victims' testimony is necessary to explain the complex, multi-year relationships between the defendant, Epstein, and the victims. The text clarifies that the Indictment charges conspiracies for 'sexual activity' and 'commercial sex acts,' not merely 'sexualized massages' as the defense suggested.