Ghislaine Maxwell: court unseals documents related to dealings with Epstein - The Guardian

A cache of documents in civil litigation against the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was unsealed on Thursday night, including early 2015 correspondence with her longtime confidant Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender.

The documents stem from a 2015 civil action brought against Maxwell by Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, who has claimed that Maxwell lured her into Epstein’s orbit at 15 years old, under the guise of offering work as a masseuse.

They include personal emails between Epstein and Maxwell as well as information from a discussion between Giuffre and her lawyer.

The documents released on Thursday help shed light on Maxwell and Epstein’s personal relations.

The exchange followed a request from Maxwell, who was romantically linked to Epstein, to be distanced from his dating life.

During brief questioning about Bill Clinton, the documents show Giuffre said she saw the former president on Epstein’s island.

Clinton has distanced himself from Epstein, and in a 2019 statement a spokesperson said “President Clinton knows nothing about the terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to in Florida some years ago, or those with which he has been recently charged in New York.”.

The documents also show that Giuffre was asked in an interview whether Epstein ever bragged about the age of any girls with whom he had sexual relations.

In the civil lawsuit, which has since been settled, Giuffre claimed that Maxwell had defamed her, by stating that she was a liar for accusing Epstein and Maxwell of sexual impropriety