giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1046.0
3 pg
…NY 10007
Re: Giuffre v. Maxwell,
Case No. 15-cv-7433-LAP
Dear Judge Preska,
Plaintiff writes pursuant to the Court’s instructions during the March 31, 2020 telephone
conference, to identify the first five motions for the unsealing process…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1295.8
9 pg
…Non-party Sarah Ransome, by and through her undersigned counsel, hereby submits this
Motion for a Protective Order based on harassing and highly personal discovery sought by
subpoena and during her deposition.
BACKGROUND
On February 6, 2017, Defendant served non…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1210.0_1
3 pg
…adults and testimony and identifying information
of non-party Does who have not been considered for unsealing,
the Court considered, as it did during the last round of
unsealing, the reliance of these parties on the case’s
protective order.
…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1331.36
10 pg
…At that deposition, he
asserted his Fifth Amendment privilege and declined to answer all substantive questions posed to
him during the deposition. The validity of his assertion of the privilege has already been the subject
of extensive litigation in this…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1201.1_1
17 pg
…2016 Sealed Order, filed in redacted version at D.E. 264-1). Yet,
during her second deposition, Defendant again refused to answer numerous questions regarding
sexual activity related to Jeffrey Epstein in contravention of this Court’s Order. Accordingly, the
…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1218.1
17 pg
…2016 Sealed Order, filed in redacted version at D.E. 264-1). Yet,
during her second deposition, Defendant again refused to answer numerous questions regarding
sexual activity related to Jeffrey Epstein in contravention of this Court’s Order. Accordingly, the
…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1325.4
6 pg
…me.
We were serving subpoenas on dates that we thought are grouped within the locations/date ranges we discussed during
the meet and confer and since we have been having an extraordinarily difficult time serving witnesses who appear to be…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1328.20
14 pg
…active investigations involving Ghislaine Maxwell,” counsel for Defendant
unearthed numerous records of such contacts. In the time period just before and during her
alleged “sexual slavery” to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, Plaintiff interacted with law
enforcement on numerous occasions.
…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1332.1
42 pg
…from 2000 - 2002.
Defendant has denied that she used those accounts to communicate, but she has not disclosed the
account she did use to communicate during that time, nor produce documents from it.
Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1199.26_1
4 pg
…Q. Tatts, right.
13 But the 17 individuals that you listed in
14 Exhibit 1, none of those individuals ever said the
15 word -- the words "Ghislaine Maxwell" during the
16 course of this investigation to you, correct?
17 MS…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1330.17
12 pg
…approaching 13
hours on the record, far more than the presumptive 7 hour limit under the Federal Rules. During
that time, Plaintiff has had a full and fair opportunity to depose Ms. Maxwell on the subject
matters she claims are…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1332.14
9 pg
…to answer certain questions at her deposition
and (2) her late production of important emails. These two issues developed as follows.
Defendant’s Failure to Answer Certain Questions
During her first deposition, Defendant improperly refused to answer certain questions.
Accordingly…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1154.0_5
3 pg
…their ability to have the Court
perform its review function would contradict the plain terms of the Protocol. Plaintiff knows
that many of the Non-Parties timely asserted their privacy interests during the proceedings.
These assertions occurred, in many instances…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1218.26
4 pg
…given his
relationship with Ross and Diane Sawyer.
It was during a Sawyer interview on ABC’s PrimeTime Live that the ex-cop said he was sorry for remarks he made that may
have influenced the jury to acquit Simpson…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1201.27
8 pg
…and everybody had an attorney, and I was
10 not going to be able to speak with them.
11 Q. Okay. During your investigation, what did
12 you learn in terms of Ghislane Maxwell's
13 involvement, if any?
14 …
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.8
12 pg
…to depose. It was Epstein who gave the directions to Maxwell to recruit Ms. Giuffre
and bring her to Epstein’s mansions to be sexually abused. At several points during her recent
deposition, Ms. Maxwell refused to answer Ms. Giuffre…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1090.46
14 pg
…witnesses newly identified in her Third and Fourth Revised
Rule 26 disclosures. There is no legally principled reason to exclude these topics during
Plaintiff’s reopened deposition and Ms. Maxwell should be permitted to examine Plaintiff based
on this information…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1224.0
6 pg
…document basis. Many of these documents
have already been reviewed during the review for Does 1 and 2.
Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1224 Filed 07/28/21 Page 2 of 6
The Honorable Loretta A. Preska…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1332.12
7 pg
…not
agree to the appointment of a special master to oversee Ms. Maxwell’s third deposition.
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff has deposed Defendant for more than thirteen hours of testimony on the record.
During the previous depositions, a variety of issues arose…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.503.0
21 pg
…American Correspondent of The Mail on Sunday, a
publication owned by Associated Newspapers of London, England.
During the interim she worked as a freelance reporter for
publications including The Mail on Sunday, the U.S. operation of
its digital arm…
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