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This document is page 30 of a defense filing (Document 197) in the case against Ghislaine Maxwell, dated December 14, 2020. The defense argues that despite the government's initial claims of 'strong' evidence backed by flight logs and diaries, the discovery produced (over 1.2 million documents) contains 'no meaningful documentary corroboration' of the allegations for the indictment period of 1994-1997. The text notes that the majority of evidence produced relates to the 2000s and 2010s, and mentions electronic devices seized from Jeffrey Epstein's residences in 2019.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ghislaine Maxwell | Defendant |
Subject of the allegations; defense argues lack of corroborating evidence against her.
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Deceased Financier/Offender |
Mentioned in relation to seized devices and French probe.
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| AJN | Judge |
Presiding judge (Initials in case number 1:20-cr-00330-AJN, likely Alison J. Nathan).
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| French prosecutors | Investigators |
Mentioned in a citation regarding a probe into Epstein and Maxwell in Paris.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| The Government |
US Prosecution team; accused by defense of overstating evidence strength.
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| The Court |
Judicial body hearing the case.
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| Daily Mail |
News organization cited in a footnote/reference.
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Timeline (5 events)
2019
Searches of Epstein's residences and seizure of electronic devices.
Epstein's residences
Law Enforcement
Jeffrey Epstein
2020-11-09
2020-11-18
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Location of investigation by French prosecutors.
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Locations where electronic devices were seized in 2019.
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Relationships (2)
Document discusses government allegations against Ms. Maxwell.
Citation mentions probe to see if Maxwell was involved in Epstein's offending.
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"The Discovery Contains No Meaningful Documentary Corroboration of the Government's Allegations Against Ms. Maxwell"Source
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"the government represented to the Court that 'the evidence in this case is strong'"Source
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"The discovery contains no meaningful documentary corroboration of the allegations whatsoever, much less 'significant' corroboration that the Court was led to believe existed."Source
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"The vast majority of the discovery that the defense has reviewed relates to the time period in the 2000s and the 2010s, well after the conspiracy charged in the indictment (1994-1997)."Source
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 197 Filed 12/14/20 Page 30 of 45
E. The Discovery Contains No Meaningful Documentary Corroboration of the Government's Allegations Against Ms. Maxwell
At the initial bail hearing, the government represented to the Court that "the evidence in this case is strong" and that the allegations of the alleged victims were "backed up [by] contemporaneous documents . . . [including] flight records, diary entries, business records, and other evidence." (Dkt. 4 at 5.) The Court credited those representations and accepted the government’s proffer that the witness testimony would be "corroborated by significant contemporaneous documentary evidence." (Tr. 82) (emphasis added). The defense, of course, could not rebut the government’s representations at the hearing because the government had not yet produced discovery.
Since then, the government has produced, and the defense has reviewed, hundreds of thousands of pages of discovery, including the entire initial tranche of discovery that the government represented was the core of its case against Ms. Maxwell.9 The discovery contains no meaningful documentary corroboration of the allegations whatsoever, much less "significant" corroboration that the Court was led to believe existed. The vast majority of the discovery that the defense has reviewed relates to the time period in the 2000s and the 2010s, well after the conspiracy charged in the indictment (1994-1997). These documents include [REDACTED]
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Daily Mail, "French prosecutors probing Jeffrey Epstein over rape and abuse of children in Paris widen probe to include Ghislaine Maxwell to see if British socialite was involved in his offending," (Oct. 25, 2020), https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8878825/French-prosecutors-probing-Jeffrey-Epstein-widen-probe-include-Ghislaine-Maxwell.html.
9 The defense has not yet completed its review of the over 1.2 million documents produced on November 9, 2020 and November 18, 2020. This production includes documents and images seized from electronic devices found at Epstein’s residences in searches of his residences in 2019. Our initial review, however, shows that the documents are from the 2000s and 2010s, well after the charged conspiracy.
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