Event Details
August 10, 2022
Description
Filing of Document 741 (Transcript of Opening Statement)
Participants (2)
| Name | Type | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS. POMERANTZ | person | 906 | View Entity |
| Ms. Sternheim | person | 877 | View Entity |
Source Documents (2)
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This document is a page from a court transcript (Opening Statement by Ms. Pomerantz) filed on August 10, 2022, in the case against Ghislaine Maxwell. The text outlines Maxwell's role as the 'lady of the house' and 'second in command' to Jeffrey Epstein, detailing how she managed his properties and enforced a strict culture of silence among employees. It further describes their 'playbook' for grooming victims, which involved targeting vulnerable girls—often from single-mother households—by flaunting wealth and promising to pay for their education.
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This document is page 52 of a court transcript (Document 741, filed Aug 10, 2022) featuring the opening statement by defense attorney Ms. Sternheim in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE). Sternheim argues there is a lack of documentation or eyewitnesses to corroborate the government's charges. She characterizes Jeffrey Epstein as a wealthy, mysterious 'manipulator' comparable to James Bond, who lived a compartmentalized life with specific eccentricities, and alleges that accusers are motivated by financial gain ('shaking the money tree').
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