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| title: "House Oversight: Estate Documents (Nov 12) (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_010762)" |
| source: "House Oversight: Estate Documents (Nov 12)" |
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| date: "2026-01-01" |
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| Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz |
| Case No.: CACE 15-000072 |
| Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records |
| Page 6 of 20 |
| when the medical condition becomes an integral part of the civil proceeding, particularly when |
| the condition is asserted as an issue by the party seeking closure" (emphasis added)). |
| II. |
| JUDGE MARRA'S ORDER IN HIS CASE DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT |
| THE RECORDS BE SEALED IN THIS CASE. |
| Dershowitz also appears to contend that Judge Marra's order striking some of the |
| materials from the records at issue somehow requires that these stricken materials be kept |
| confidential in this case. Dershowitz's argument misunderstands both the scope of Judge |
| Marra's order and its effect in this case. His argument rests on a truncated - and misleading -- |
| description of the events surrounding Judge Marra's ruling striking certain documents. |
| A more |
| complete description makes clear that Judge Marra has not determined the documents are |
| somehow "confidential" even in the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act case - much less in this |
| separate state defamation action. |
| Edwards and Cassell filed the federal case pro bono on behalf of two young women who |
| were sexually abused as underage girls by Dershowitz's close personal friend - Jeffrey |
| Epstein. In 2008, Edwards and Casell filed a petition to enforce the rights of "Jane Doe No. 1" |
| and "Jane Doe No. 2" under the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA), 18 U.S.C. § 3771, alleging |
| that the Government had failed to provide them rights with regard to a plea arrangement it was |
| pursuing with Epstein. Jane Doe No. 1 and Jane Doe No. 2 v. United States, No. 9:08-cv-80736 |
| (S.D. Fla.). In the course of that case, on October 11, 2011, the victims filed discovery requests |
| with the Government, including requests specifically seeking information about Dershowitz, |
| Prince Andrew, and others. |
| Further efforts from the Government to avoid any discovery |
| HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_010762 |
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