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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, -v- GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant. 20 Cr. 330 (PAE) OPINION & ORDER PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge: On December 29, 2021, a jury convicted defendant Ghislaine Maxwell of five felonies involving the sexual abuse of young girls that she and the notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein committed between 1994 and 2004. This decision resolves the Government’s July 18, 2025 motion to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits in Maxwell’s case, subject to redactions aimed at protecting victim confidentiality. Dkt. 785; see also Dkt. 808. For the reasons that follow, the Court denies the motion.1 I. Background to the Motion to Unseal A. Indictments In late November 2018, prompted by investigative journalism, the United States Attorney in this District opened an investigation into Epstein and his co-conspirators. On July 2, 2019, a grand jury returned an indictment that charged Epstein with participating in a sex trafficking conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a) and (b).2 On July 6, 2019, Epstein was arrested. 1 A motion seeking, on similar terms, the unsealing of grand jury materials in Epstein’s case is pending before the Hon. Richard M. Berman. See United States v. Epstein, 19 Cr. 490 (RMB) (S.D.N.Y. July 18, 2025), Dkt. 61. 2 See United States v. Epstein, 19 Cr. 490 (RMB) (S.D.N.Y. July 2, 2019), Dkt. 2. Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 809 Filed 08/11/25 Page 1 of 31 2 On August 10, 2019, Epstein committed suicide while in pretrial custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (“MCC”). See generally Dkt. 670 at 3–4; Dkt. 785 at 2. On June 29, 2020, a grand jury in this District returned a six-count indictment against Maxwell, alleging that she had facilitated and participated in Epstein’s sexual abuse of multiple minor girls. It charged her with conspiracy to entice minors to travel t

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, -v- GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant. 20 Cr. 330 (PAE) OPINION & ORDER PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge: On December 29, 2021, a jury convicted defendant Ghislaine Maxwell of five felonies involving the sexual abuse of young girls that she and the notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein committed between 1994 and 2004. This decision resolves the Government’s July 18, 2025 motion to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits in Maxwell’s case, subject to redactions aimed at protecting victim confidentiality. Dkt. 785; see also Dkt. 808. For the reasons that follow, the Court denies the motion.1 I. Background to the Motion to Unseal A. Indictments In late November 2018, prompted by investigative journalism, the United States Attorney in this District opened an investigation into Epstein and his co-conspirators. On July 2, 2019, a grand jury returned an indictment that charged Epstein with participating in a sex trafficking conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a) and (b).2 On July 6, 2019, Epstein was arrested. 1 A motion seeking, on similar terms, the unsealing of grand jury materials in Epstein’s case is pending before the Hon. Richard M. Berman. See United States v. Epstein, 19 Cr. 490 (RMB) (S.D.N.Y. July 18, 2025), Dkt. 61. 2 See United States v. Epstein, 19 Cr. 490 (RMB) (S.D.N.Y. July 2, 2019), Dkt. 2. Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 809 Filed 08/11/25 Page 1 of 31 2 On August 10, 2019, Epstein committed suicide while in pretrial custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (“MCC”). See generally Dkt. 670 at 3–4; Dkt. 785 at 2. On June 29, 2020, a grand jury in this District returned a six-count indictment against Maxwell, alleging that she had facilitated and participated in Epstein’s sexual abuse of multiple minor girls. It charged her with conspiracy to entice minors to travel t

I OFFICIAL RECORD UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Import Form Form Type: FD-71A - Guardian Complaint Form Date: 10/08/2021 Title:U USPS Mail Tipster - Information Related to Jeffrey Epstein/Unnamed 29 YOA Jewish Female Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID #: 50D-NY-3027571 (U) EPSTEIN, JEFFREY; CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING Synopsis: U DOCUMENT SYNOPSIS CREATED ON 10-08-2021 05:07 PM--SEE GUAR121AH 664501_NY FOR CURRENT ASSESSMENT DATA. NYOC receives a USPS letter from United States Distrcit Court Southern District of New York, United States District Judge RICHARD M. BERMAN dated 07/23/2020 addressed to the NYC FBI ADIC and includes a letter he received from repeat complainant/Five Points Correctional Facility inmate FOREST FATE, DOB , SSN , DIN* Mr. FATE's letter which is dated 07/12/2020, provides details on an unnamed JEWISH GIRL who he reports was raped by her father (no name provided) since the age of 8 years old. Mr. FATE advises that she then be

JSRsEPS1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK x 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. Before: x 19 CR 490 (RMB) New York, N.Y. August 27, 2019 10:30 a.m. HON. RICHARD M. BERMAN, District Judge APPEARANCES GEOFFREY S. BERMAN United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York BY: Assistant United States Attorneys MARTIN G. WEINBERG, PC Attorney for Defendant BY: MARTIN G. WEINBERG STEPTOE & JOHNSON, LLP Attorneys for Defendant BY: REID WEINGARTEN MICHAEL MILLER SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. EFTA00080160 JaRsEPS1 (Case called) THE COURT: Good morning, everybody. Please be seated. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 So just some housekeeping. We have a podium here for both attorneys and others who may be speaking, and so we would like you, attorneys and others who are speak