EFTA00029942.pdf

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Locations
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Events
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Document Information

Type: Email correspondence / legal discovery dispute
File Size: 129 KB
Summary

This document is an email chain from March 2021 involving Ghislaine Maxwell's defense team (Cohen & Gresser LLP) and the US Attorney's Office (USANYS). Attorney Christian Everdell raises seven specific discovery issues, including the inability of Maxwell to access files on disks via the prison computer, missing attachments for over 109,000 emails, and significant metadata discrepancies where files extracted from Epstein's devices show modification dates (July 2020) well after his death and device seizure. The email specifically requests metadata overlays to correct these issues and inquires about a gap in document production numbers.

People (6)

Name Role Context
Christian Everdell Sender / Attorney
Defense attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell, sending the email outlining discovery issues.
Ghislaine Maxwell Defendant / Client
Referred to as 'Ms. Maxwell' or 'our client'. Discusses her inability to read disks on her laptop and prison computer.
Jeff Pagliuca CC Recipient / Attorney
Defense team member copied on the email.
Laura Menninger CC Recipient / Attorney
Defense team member copied on the email.
Bobbi Sternheim CC Recipient / Attorney
Defense team member copied on the email.
Jeffrey Epstein Deceased Subject
Mentioned in point 4 regarding 'Epstein's devices' and metadata issues.

Organizations (4)

Name Type Context
USANYS
U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (Prosecution).
Cohen & Gresser LLP
Law firm representing the defense (Christian Everdell's firm).
SDFL
Likely referring to South Florida law enforcement or forensic lab.
PBPD
Palm Beach Police Department.

Timeline (3 events)

2020-07
Metadata on 110,000+ documents extracted from Epstein's devices indicates creation/modification dates in July 2020 or later (after his death).
N/A
2020-10-20
Production of SDNY005 (videos from SDFL or PBPD investigations).
N/A
2020-11-09
Production of SDNY011.
N/A

Locations (5)

Location Context
Cohen & Gresser office location.
Cohen & Gresser office location.
Cohen & Gresser office location.
Cohen & Gresser office location.
Where Ms. Maxwell is detained and accessing discovery materials.

Relationships (2)

Christian Everdell Attorney/Client Ghislaine Maxwell
Refers to Maxwell as 'our client' and discusses logistics for sending her discovery materials.
Christian Everdell Opposing Counsel USANYS
Everdell is writing to USANYS raising discovery disputes.

Key Quotes (4)

"she cannot read disks on her laptop and must use the prison computer."
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"A number of electronic documents – over 110,000 – that were extracted from one of Epstein's devices... have metadata that indicates a 'date created' or 'date last modified' date in July 2020 or afterwards"
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"A number of photographs – over 6500... have 'date created' and/or 'date last modified' dates after July 2019"
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"There is a gap between 11/18 and 12/18 production numbers (SDNY_GM_02742044 to 2742183)."
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From: [REDACTED] <[REDACTED]>
To: [REDACTED] (USANYS) [Contractor]" <[REDACTED]>
Cc: [REDACTED]" <[REDACTED]>, "[REDACTED] (USANYS)" <[REDACTED]>
Subject: FW: Discovery Issues
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 19:23:48 +0000
Attachments: SDNY_Production_Issues_20210329.xlsx; SlipsheetExample-SDNY_GM_00541380.pdf
Inline-Images: image002.jpg; image004.jpg
Hey [REDACTED]
Would you please take a look at number 7 below, and let me know what the response is?
Thanks,
[REDACTED]
From: Christian Everdell <[REDACTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 2:40 PM
To: [REDACTED]; [REDACTED]; [REDACTED] (USANYS) <[REDACTED]>
Cc: 'Jeff Pagliuca' <[REDACTED]>; Laura Menninger <[REDACTED]>; Bobbi Sternheim <[REDACTED]>
Subject: Discovery Issues
[REDACTED], [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] –
We write to raise a few issues concerning the discovery. Below is the list of items. Please let me know if you are free for a call to discuss.
1. On our last call, we asked you if we could send our client a hard drive containing the discovery that we had created (without the highly confidential items). You had said you would check to see if you could facilitate this. We have not heard back from you. Are you able to send Ms. Maxwell the hard drive?
2. The last two productions you sent to Ms. Maxwell on disks. As you know, she cannot read disks on her laptop and must use the prison computer. But the prison computer cannot read some of the files. We can include these files on our hard drive to send to Ms. Maxwell. Otherwise, you will need to produce them on a hard drive. Please advise which way you would like to proceed.
3. A number of the emails in the discovery – over 109,000 – were produced without their attachments (see tab 1 of the attached Excel file). Instead, the attachments appear as slip-sheets (see example attached). Please provide the missing attachments, if they exist.
4. A number of electronic documents – over 110,000 – that were extracted from one of Epstein's devices, as identified by a CART number, have metadata that indicates a "date created" or "date last modified" date in July 2020 or afterwards (see tab 2 of the attached Excel file). We request that you produce a metadata overlay with the original metadata for these files.
5. A number of photographs – over 6500 – were produced in native format, but do not have a CART number and have "date created" and/or "date last modified" dates after July 2019 (see tab 3 of the attached Excel file). Please
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provide the CART number for these photographs or specify which device they came from. Also, we request that you produce a metadata overlay with the original metadata for these files.
6. A number of the audio/visual files – over 460 – have similar metadata issues (see tab 4 of the attached Excel file). These fall into the following buckets:
a. SDNY_GM_SUPP: these have CART numbers, but were produced without metadata load files and have "date created" and "date last modified" dates in September-November 2020, after the date the device was seized. We request that you produce a metadata overlay with the original metadata for these files.
b. SDNY005 (October 20, 2020 production): these are a few videos from the SDFL or PBPD investigations that were produced in native form without metadata load files. They have Sept-Oct 2020 dates. We request that you produce a metadata overlay with the original metadata for these files.
c. SDNY011 (November 9, 2020 production): these were produced in native form with load files, but do not reference a CART number and have Sept 2020 dates. We request that you provide a CART number for these files or indicate their source. Also, we request that you produce a metadata overlay with the original metadata for these files.
7. There is a gap between 11/18 and 12/18 production numbers (SDNY_GM_02742044 to 2742183). Was that intentional or are we missing those documents?
Please let us know your responses as soon as possible.
Thanks,
Chris
Christian R Everdell
COHEN & GRESSER LLP
[REDACTED] | view bio
www.cohengresser.com
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