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pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 02:36 PM Jul 2019

Court orders release of sealed docs about Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex ring

Source: Daily Beast

A federal appeals court has ordered the release of sealed court records pertaining to billionaire Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex ring--spelling a victory for the victims, whose lawyers said the documents will prove Epstein trafficked underage girls to his famous friends.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled certain records in a defamation lawsuit filed by accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre against Epstein's alleged madam, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, should be made public record.

In its opinion, the panel vacated a Manhattan federal judge's decision to keep the records secret and ordered the summary judgment record in the 2017 case to be unsealed--with minimal redactions--after it issues a mandate closing the case. The court also remanded the case to the district court for a review of the remaining sealed materials.

The court stated that "upon reviewing the summary judgment materials in connection with this appeal, we find that there is no countervailing privacy interest sufficient to justify their continued sealing."


Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epstein-court-orders-release-of-sealed-docs-about-alleged-sex-ring



This is one of the cases Alan Dershowitz has been involved in; he is named in some of the previously sealed documents. But he has only wanted some of the documents to be unsealed -- the ones he thinks will vindicate him.

The mystery appellants have 2 weeks to ask the court to reconsider.

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-epstein-record-unsealed-20190703-xqdis2pnzzgrdgk4w724zrvaxa-story.html

The records will not be made public immediately. Mystery litigants in favor of keeping them sealed have roughly two weeks to file a formal request asking that all the 2nd Circuit judges consider their arguments.
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Court orders release of sealed docs about Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex ring (Original Post) pnwmom Jul 2019 OP
YESSSSSS!!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2019 #1
Dare I hope... Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #2
Lots of nervous millionaires and billionaires right now. lagomorph777 Jul 2019 #8
I'm sure the Trivago spokesman is worried too Generic Brad Jul 2019 #17
i hope TRUMP'S name is on the list trueblue2007 Jul 2019 #10
OH MAN!!! Leghorn21 Jul 2019 #3
+1000 Nevermypresident Jul 2019 #4
Please please please let this ruling stick this time. Last time didn't. FailureToCommunicate Jul 2019 #5
This will be great if it happens, but patphil Jul 2019 #6
Clinton, though he knows Epstein, hasn't been implicated by Maxwell or Guiffre. pnwmom Jul 2019 #7
I think Clinton preferred adult women. patphil Jul 2019 #13
Well said Polybius Jul 2019 #16
"Acosta WHO? Epstein WHO?" 70sEraVet Jul 2019 #9
"litigants in favor of keeping them sealed have roughly two weeks to file ..." Auggie Jul 2019 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author 58Sunliner Jul 2019 #12
Where is your concern for the possible "innocent" people? 58Sunliner Jul 2019 #14
... Scurrilous Jul 2019 #15

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
3. OH MAN!!!
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 02:50 PM
Jul 2019

LET'S GO HERE

JUSTICE FOR THE GIRLS and who knows if some BOYS weren't pulled into this CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING RING

LET'S GO

whassup, Acosta

Page 1 of Epstein’s big black book:



http://documents.gawker.com/jeffrey-epstein-s-little-black-book-1681447470

patphil

(6,182 posts)
6. This will be great if it happens, but
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 04:16 PM
Jul 2019

remember that a whole bunch of very powerful people, including Trump and Bill Clinton spent some time "visiting" with Jeffery Epstein, and partaking of his hospitality.
That's why Acosta buried the whole mess the first time around. And he got a cabinet post as a reward. Also, so Trump could keep a close watch on him.

The truth needs to come out, no matter who gets burned by it, and I believe it eventually will.

Patrick Phillips

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
7. Clinton, though he knows Epstein, hasn't been implicated by Maxwell or Guiffre.
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 04:23 PM
Jul 2019

But anyone who was proven to be involved in child rape should be sent to prison.

Polybius

(15,428 posts)
16. Well said
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 09:24 PM
Jul 2019

Whether it's Trump, one of our guys or both, they all should go to jail. Epstein didn't only have 15 year old workers though, I've read that many of his "girls" were in their 20's.

70sEraVet

(3,504 posts)
9. "Acosta WHO? Epstein WHO?"
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 05:52 PM
Jul 2019

I think Trump will soon have Acosta resign -- that whole episode will stink to high heaven, and Trump will need to pretend that he doesn't know anything about Acosta or Epstein.

Auggie

(31,173 posts)
11. "litigants in favor of keeping them sealed have roughly two weeks to file ..."
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 08:00 PM
Jul 2019

Bet they win.

Hope I'm wrong.

Response to pnwmom (Original post)

58Sunliner

(4,386 posts)
14. Where is your concern for the possible "innocent" people?
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 07:03 PM
Jul 2019

That's why you said Harris should not have released records of the church, yet here you are doing the exact opposite.
"What other prosecutor do you know that has done that in a similar situation,

involving people who weren't ultimately prosecuted?"-your words to me.

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