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Court transcript (sentencing hearing statement)
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Summary
This document is a page from the court transcript of Ghislaine Maxwell's sentencing hearing (Case 1:20-cr-00330). In this statement, Maxwell addresses the court, acknowledging the suffering of the victims and admitting her conviction for helping Jeffrey Epstein. She attempts to distance herself by characterizing Epstein as a manipulative man who fooled everyone, while stating that meeting him was the greatest regret of her life.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ghislaine Maxwell | Defendant/Speaker |
The speaker (implied by case number 1:20-cr-00330 and context) addressing the court prior to sentencing, admitting to...
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Co-conspirator/Criminal |
Described by the speaker as manipulative, cunning, and controlling; the person the speaker was convicted of helping.
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| The Court (Judge) | Authority Figure |
Addressed as 'Your Honor' by the speaker.
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| Victims | Victims |
Unnamed women whose 'pain and anguish' were expressed in statements made earlier that day.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Southern District Reporters, P.C. |
Court reporting agency listed in footer.
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| DOJ (Department of Justice) |
Implied by the Bates stamp prefix 'DOJ-OGR'.
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Timeline (1 events)
2022-08-22
Sentencing Hearing Statement
Courtroom (Southern District of New York)
Locations (2)
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Implied jurisdiction based on case number format and reporter agency.
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Location where the speaker spent two years prior to this statement.
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Relationships (2)
Speaker admits to being 'convicted of helping Jeffrey Epstein commit these crimes' and states meeting him is the 'greatest regret of my life.'
Speaker notes victims viewed him as 'godfather, a mentor, benefactor, friend, lover' contemporaneously.
Key Quotes (5)
"I also acknowledge that I have been convicted of helping Jeffrey Epstein commit these crimes."Source
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"It is the greatest regret of my life that I ever met Jeffrey Epstein."Source
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"I believe that Jeffrey Epstein was a manipulative, cunning, and controlling man who lived a profoundly compartmentalized life and fooled all of those in his orbit."Source
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"Variously, his victims considered him as a godfather, a mentor, benefactor, friend, lover."Source
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"I know that my association with Epstein and this case will forever and permanently stain me."Source
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Full Extracted Text
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 779 Filed 08/22/22 Page 85 of 101 85
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1 Your Honor, it is hard for me to address the Court
2 after listening to the pain and anguish expressed in the
3 statements made here today. The terrible impact on the lives
4 of so many women is difficult to hear and even more difficult
5 to absorb, both in its scale and in its extent. I want to
6 acknowledge their suffering and empathize. I empathize deeply
7 with all of the victims in this case.
8 I also acknowledge that I have been convicted of
9 helping Jeffrey Epstein commit these crimes. And despite the
10 many helpful and positive things I have done in my life, and
11 will continue to do, to assist others during my sentence, I
12 know that my association with Epstein and this case will
13 forever and permanently stain me.
14 It is the greatest regret of my life that I ever met
15 Jeffrey Epstein. I have had plenty of time to think, having
16 spent two years in solitary confinement. I believe that
17 Jeffrey Epstein was a manipulative, cunning, and controlling
18 man who lived a profoundly compartmentalized life and fooled
19 all of those in his orbit.
20 Variously, his victims considered him as a godfather,
21 a mentor, benefactor, friend, lover. It is absolutely
22 unfathomable today to think that that is how he was viewed
23 contemporaneously.
24 His impact on all those who were close to him has been
25 devastating, and today those who knew him even briefly, or
2 after listening to the pain and anguish expressed in the
3 statements made here today. The terrible impact on the lives
4 of so many women is difficult to hear and even more difficult
5 to absorb, both in its scale and in its extent. I want to
6 acknowledge their suffering and empathize. I empathize deeply
7 with all of the victims in this case.
8 I also acknowledge that I have been convicted of
9 helping Jeffrey Epstein commit these crimes. And despite the
10 many helpful and positive things I have done in my life, and
11 will continue to do, to assist others during my sentence, I
12 know that my association with Epstein and this case will
13 forever and permanently stain me.
14 It is the greatest regret of my life that I ever met
15 Jeffrey Epstein. I have had plenty of time to think, having
16 spent two years in solitary confinement. I believe that
17 Jeffrey Epstein was a manipulative, cunning, and controlling
18 man who lived a profoundly compartmentalized life and fooled
19 all of those in his orbit.
20 Variously, his victims considered him as a godfather,
21 a mentor, benefactor, friend, lover. It is absolutely
22 unfathomable today to think that that is how he was viewed
23 contemporaneously.
24 His impact on all those who were close to him has been
25 devastating, and today those who knew him even briefly, or
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