mirror-epstein-docs/results/IMAGES006/DOJ-OGR-00015133.json

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  "full_text": "Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 809 Filed 08/11/25 Page 1 of 31\n\nUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK\n\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA,\n\n-v-\n\nGHISLAINE MAXWELL,\n\nDefendant.\n\n20 Cr. 330 (PAE)\n\nOPINION & ORDER\n\nPAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge:\n\nOn December 29, 2021, a jury convicted defendant Ghislaine Maxwell of five felonies involving the sexual abuse of young girls that she and the notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein committed between 1994 and 2004. This decision resolves the Government's July 18, 2025 motion to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits in Maxwell's case, subject to redactions aimed at protecting victim confidentiality. Dkt. 785; see also Dkt. 808. For the reasons that follow, the Court denies the motion.1\n\nI. Background to the Motion to Unseal\n\nA. Indictments\n\nIn late November 2018, prompted by investigative journalism, the United States Attorney in this District opened an investigation into Epstein and his co-conspirators. On July 2, 2019, a grand jury returned an indictment that charged Epstein with participating in a sex trafficking conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a) and (b).2 On July 6, 2019, Epstein was arrested.\n\n1 A motion seeking, on similar terms, the unsealing of grand jury materials in Epstein's case is pending before the Hon. Richard M. Berman. See United States v. Epstein, 19 Cr. 490 (RMB) (S.D.N.Y. July 18, 2025), Dkt. 61.\n\n2 See United States v. Epstein, 19 Cr. 490 (RMB) (S.D.N.Y. July 2, 2019), Dkt. 2.\n\nDOJ-OGR-00015133",
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