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Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 1 of 23 United States District Court Southern District of New York Virginia L. Giuffre, Plaintiff, Case No.: 15-cv-07433-RWS v. Ghislaine Maxwell, Defendant. ________________________________/ PLAINTIFF MS. GIUFFRE’S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO PROHIBIT QUESTIONING REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ ADULT CONSENSUAL ACTIVITIES Sigrid McCawley BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 (954) 356-0011  Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 2 of 23 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................. 19 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ..................................................................................................... 20 i  Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 3 of 23 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page Cases Jane Does v. United States, No. 9:08-cv-80736-KAM (S.D. Fla. Dec. 30, 2014) .......................................................... 11, 16 Statutes 18 U.S.C. § 1591............................................................................................................................. 8 18 U.S.C. § 2421............................................................................................................................. 8 Rules Fed. R. Evid. 401 .......................................................................................................................... 18 Fed. R. Evid. 403 .......................................................................................................................... 18 ii  Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 4 of 23 Plaintiff, Ms. Virginia Giuffre, respectfully submits this memorandum of law in response and opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Prohibit Questioning Regarding Defendant’s Adult Consensual Activities. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT 1 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 5 of 23 2 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 6 of 23 3  Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 7 of 23 d 4 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 8 of 23 5 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 9 of 23 6 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 10 of 23 7 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 11 of 23 8 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 12 of 23 9 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 13 of 23 10 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 14 of 23 11 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 15 of 23 12 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 16 of 23 13 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 17 of 23 14 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 18 of 23 15 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 19 of 23 16 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 20 of 23 17 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 21 of 23 18  Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 22 of 23 CONCLUSION For all of the foregoing reasons, Ms. Giuffre respectfully requests that the Court deny Defendant’s motion in limine and permit her to question Defendant about her relevant alleged consensual adult activities. Dated: March 22, 2017 Respectfully Submitted, BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP By: /s/ Sigrid McCawley Sigrid McCawley (Pro Hac Vice) Boies Schiller Flexner LLP 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 (954) 356-0011 David Boies Boies Schiller Flexner LLP 333 Main Street Armonk, NY 10504 Bradley J. Edwards (Pro Hac Vice) FARMER, JAFFE, WEISSING, EDWARDS, FISTOS & LEHRMAN, P.L. 425 North Andrews Avenue, Suite 2 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 (954) 524-2820 Paul G. Cassell (Pro Hac Vice) S.J. Quinney College of Law University of Utah 383 University St. Salt Lake City, UT 84112 (801) 585-52022 2 This daytime business address is provided for identification and correspondence purposes only and is not intended to imply institutional endorsement by the University of Utah for this private representation. 19  Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 768 Filed 03/22/17 Page 23 of 23 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on March 22, 2017, I electronically filed the foregoing document with the Clerk of Court by using the CM/ECF system. I also certify that the foregoing document is being served this day on the individuals identified below via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF. Laura A. Menninger, Esq. Jeffrey Pagliuca, Esq. HADDON, MORGAN & FOREMAN, P.C. 150 East 10th Avenue Denver, Colorado 80203 Tel: (303) 831-7364 Fax: (303) 832-2628 Email: [email protected] [email protected] /s/ Sigrid S. McCawley Sigrid S. McCawley 20