Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is giving up the fight to protect the identities of eight "John Does" who allegedly preyed upon the girls she groomed, leaving the decision to unmask the men to the court, according to her attorney.
The names are part of a 2015 defamation lawsuit brought against Maxwell by Virginia Giuffre, who has long claimed that the British socialite and her cohort, Jeffrey Epstein, sexually abused her as a minor, pimping her out to his high-profile friends, including Prince Andrew. Giuffre claims Maxwell aided in the abuse.
Even though the civil lawsuit was settled in 2017, Guiffre has been fighting for years to have material from it unsealed.
"Each of the listed Does has counsel who have ably asserted their own privacy rights," Maxwell lawyer Laura Menninger wrote to Judge Loretta Preska on Jan. 12. "Ms. Maxwell therefore leaves it to the Court to conduct the appropriate review."
Ghislaine Maxwell drops fight to protect identity of eight 'John Does'
- by: Barnini Chakraborty
- 2022-01-17
- Source:
Washington Examiner
- 01/17/2022
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