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| title: "House Oversight: Estate Documents (Nov 12) (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022992)" |
| source: "House Oversight: Estate Documents (Nov 12)" |
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| date: "2026-01-01" |
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| The answer to the many questions that still swirl around Epstein and his high- |
| placed friends are the subject of roughly a half-dozen lawsuits that are still |
| pending in both Palm Beach County and New York. Some of the nation's top |
| attorneys have represented Epstein and some of his victims. |
| But like many of the past lawsuits spawned by Epstein's behavior, most of the |
| remaining ones are expected to be settled. And even public court records don't |
| tell the full story — because many documents have been sealed or are heavily |
| redacted. |
| For example, a defamation lawsuit against one of Epstein's close friends was |
| scheduled to go to trial in U.S. District Court in New York this coming Monday. |
| But both sides agreed to a delay last week, often a signal that a settlement |
| could be in the works. |
| The suit was filed by Virginia Roberts Giuffre against British-born socialite and |
| longtime Epstein friend Ghislaine Maxwell. In a 2009 lawsuit that Epstein |
| settled for an undisclosed amount, Giuffre claimed she was 15 when Maxwell |
| recruited her from her $9-an-hour job in the locker room at Mar-a-Lago, where |
| her father had a job as a maintenance worker. Giuffre claims in court records |
| that Maxwell introduced her to Epstein and that Epstein turned her into his |
| international sex slave. |
| Maxwell wasn't sued as part of the lawsuit Giuffre filed against Epstein. But, in |
| court papers filed by Giuffre, Maxwell was accused of grooming Giuffre to be |
| Epstein's sexual toy. |
| Maxwell ignored the allegations until Giuffre raised them again in December |
| 2014 and Maxwell began publicly disputing Giuffe's claims. Famed attorney |
| David Boies then filed a defamation lawsuit on Giuffre's behalf, claiming |
| Maxwell "undertook a concerted and malicious campaign to discredit Giuffre." |
| In media interviews, Maxwell called Giuffre's claims "obvious lies," Boies wrote. |
| The trial promised to provide scurrilous details about Giuffre's widely publicized |
| contention in court records that Epstein not only used her but loaned her to his |
| rich and powerful friends, including such notables as Prince Andrew and |
| former President Bill Clinton. Similar claims against nationally-known attorney |
| Alan Dershowitz, who represents Epstein, were withdrawn when the Harvard |
| law professor and Giuffre's attorneys reached a confidential settlement in |
| dueling defamation lawsuits they filed against each other over the allegations. |
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