Ghislaine Maxwell: Judge rules to unseal records from 2015 civil suit that could expose accused sex trafficker
A judge has decided to unseal records from a 2015 civil lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, a socialite and associate of Jeffrey Epstein who has been accused of grooming and luring young girls into a sex trafficking ring with the late financier.
US District Judge Loretta Preska has ordered that potentially dozens of documents, testimony and other evidence could be unsealed, despite Maxwell's objections.
Maxwell's attorneys have argued that the release of documents could "inappropriately influence potential witnesses or alleged victims" and expose other people linked to her and Epstein, who had reportedly killed himself while imprisoned awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in 2019. His death has been ruled a suicide.
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