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Judge Sweets Opinion Denying Maxwell's Request For Summary Judgement (Part 3) · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles.
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In this episode, we're diving right back into the court
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documents and we're going to continue taking a look at
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the unredacted memorandum in support of Glen Maxwell's attempt to
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get herself a summary judgment. Thirty five Plaintiff's defamation against
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Miss Maxwell. Eight years after Epstein's guilty plea, plaintiff brought
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this action, repeating many of the allegations she made in
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her CVR joined her motion thirty six. The complaint alleged
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that the January twenty fifteen statement contained the following deliberate falsehoods.
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A that Roberts sworn allegations against Maxwell are untrue. B
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that the allegations have been shown to be untrue. See
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that Robert's claims their obvious lies. Thirty seven. Plaintiff lived
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independently from her parents whether fiance, long before meeting Epstein
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or Miss Maxwell. After leaving the Growing Together Drug rehabilitation
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facility in nineteen ninety nine, plaintiff moved in with the
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family of a fellow patient. There, she met and became
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engaged to her friend's brother, James Michael Ostrich. She and
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an Ostrich thereafter rented an apartment in the Fort Lauderdale
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area with another friend, and both worked at various jobs
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in that area. Later, they stayed briefly with Plaintiff's parents
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in the Palm Beach locks A Hatchie, Florida area, before
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Ostrich rented an apartment for the couple on Bentoke Drive
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in Royal Palm Beach. Although Plaintiff agreed to marry Ostrich,
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she never had any intention of doing so. Thirty eight.
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Plaintiff re enrolled in high school from June twenty first,
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two thousand, until March seventh, two thousand and two. After
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finishing the ninth grade at Forest Hills High School on
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June ninth, nineteen ninety nine. Plaintiff re enrolled at Wellington
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Adult High School on June twenty first, two thousand, again
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on August sixteenth, two thousand, and on August fourteenth, two
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thousand and one. On September twentieth, two thousand and one,
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Plaintiff then enrolled at Royal Palm Beach High School. A
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few weeks later, on October twelfth, two thousand and one,
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she matriculated at Survivor's Charge. Survivor's charter school was an
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alternative school designed to assist students who had been unsuccessful
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at more traditional schools. Plaintiff remained enrolled at Survivor's Charter
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School until March seventh, two thousand and two. She was
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present fifty six days and absent thirteen days during her
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time there. Plaintiff never received her high school diploma or ged.
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Plaintiff in Figueroa went back to school together at Survivor's
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Charter School. The school day there lasted from morning until
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early afternoon. Thirty nine during the year two thousand, Plaintiff
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worked at numerous jobs. In two thousand, while living with
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her fiance, Plaintiff held five different jobs at Aviculture Breeding
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and Research Center, Southeast Employment Management Company, the Club, mar
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A Lago, Oasis Outsourcing, and Neiman Marcus. Her taxable earnings
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that year totaled nine thousand dollars. Plaintiff cannot now recall
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either the Southeast Employment Management Company or the Oasis Outsourcing jobs.
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Forty Plainfif's employment at the mar A Lago Spa began
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in fall of two thousand. Plaintiff's father, Sky Roberts, was
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hired as a maintenance worker at the mar A Lago
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Club in Palm Beach, Florida, beginning on April eleventh, two thousand.
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Mister Roberts worked there year round for approximately three years,
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and after working there for a period of time, mister
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Roberts became acquainted with the head of the spa area
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and recommended Plaintiff for a job there. Mar A Lago
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closes every Mother's Day and reopens on November first. Most
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of employees mar A Lago, including all employees of the
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spa area, such as SPA attendants, are seasonal and work
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only when the club is open ie between November one
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and Mother's Day. Plaintiff was hired as a seasonal SPA
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attendant to work at the mar A Lago club. In
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the fall of two thousand, after she had turned seventeen
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forty one, Plaintiff represented herself as a messuse for Jeffrey Epstein.
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While working at the marri A Lago spa and reading
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a library book about massage, Plaintiff metmus Maxwell. Plaintiff thereafter
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told her father that she got a job working for
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Jeffrey Epstein as a massous. Plaintiff's father took her to
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Epstein's house on one occasion around that time, and Epstein
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came outside and introduced himself to mister Roberts. Plaintiff commenced
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employment as a traveling massuse for in mister Epstein. Plaintiff
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was excited about her job as a massous, about traveling
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with him, and about meeting famous people. Plaintiff represented that
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she was employed as a massous beginning in January two
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thousand and one. Plaintiff never mentioned Miss Maxwell to her
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then fiancee Ostrich. Plaintiff's father never met Miss Maxwell. Forty two.
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Plaintiff resumed her relationship with convicted fellon Anthony Figaroa in
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spring two thousand and one. While living with Ostrich, Plaintiff
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lied to and cheated on him with her high school boyfriend,
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Anthony Figaroa. Plaintiff and Ostridge thereafter broke up, and Figaroa
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moved into the Bent Oak apartment with plaintiff. When Ostrich
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returned to the Bent Oak apartment to check on his
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pets and retrieve his belongings, Figaroa, Plaintiff's presence, punched Ostrich
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in the face. Figaroa and plaintiff fled the scene before
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police arrived. Figaroa was then a convicted felon and a
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drug abuser on probation for possession of a controlled substance
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forty three. Plaintiff freely involuntarily contacted the police to come
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to her aid in two thousand and one. In two
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thousand and two, but never reported to them that she
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was Epstein's sex slave. In August two thousand and one,
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at age seventeen, while living in the same apartment, plaintiff
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and Figaroa hosted a party with a number of guests.
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During the party, according to plaintiff, someone entered Plaintiff's room
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and stole five hundred dollars from her share pocket. Plaintiff
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contacted the police. She met and spoke with police officers
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regarding the incident, and filed a report. She did not
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disclose to the officer that she was a sex slave.
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A second time, in June two thousand and two, plaintiff
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contacted the police to report that her former landlord had
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left her belongings by the roadside and had lit the
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mattress on fire. Again, plaintiff met and spoke with Longflce
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Horsement officers, but did not complain that she was the
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victim of any sexual trafficking or abuse or that she
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was being held as a sex slave forty four. From
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August two thousand and one until September two thousand and two,
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Epstein and Maxwell were almost entirely absent from Florida on
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documented travel unaccompanied by plaintiff. Flight logs maintained by Epstein's
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private pilot, David Rodgers evidenced the substantial number of trips
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away from Florida that Epstein and Maxwell took unaccompanied by
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plaintiff between August two thousand and one and September two
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thousand and two. Rogers maintained the log of all flights
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on which Epstein and Maxwell traveled with them. Epstein additionally
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traveled with another pilot who did not keep such logs,
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and he also occasionally traveled via commercial flights. For substantially
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all of the thirteen months of the twenty two months
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from November two thousand until September two thousand and two
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that plaintiff lived in Palm Beach in New Epstein, Epstein
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was traveling outside of Florida unaccompanied by plaintiff. During the
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same period of time, Plaintiff was employed at various jobs,
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enrolled in school, and living with her boyfriend forty five.
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Plaintiff and Figaroa shared a vehicle during two thousand and one.
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In two thousand and two, plaintiff and Figaroa shared a
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nineteen ninety three white Pontiac In two thousand and one
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and in two thousand and two, plaintiff freely traveled around
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the Palm Beach area in that vehicle. In August of
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two thousand and two, plaintiff acquired a Dodge Dakota pickup
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truck from her father. Figaroa used that vehicle in a
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series of crimes before and after plaintiff left for Thailand
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forty six. Plaintiff held a number of jobs in two
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thousand and one and two thousand and two. During two
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thousand and one. In two thousand and two, plaintiff was
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gainfully employed at several jobs. She worked as a waitress
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at Menino's Restaurant, at TGIF Friday's Restaurant aka CCI of
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Royal Palm Incorporated, at the Roadhouse Grill. She also was
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employed at Courtyard Animal Hospital aka Mark Pinkwasser DVM forty seven.
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In September two thousand and Twoctive traveled to Thailand to
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receive massage training, and while there met her future husband
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and elope. With him, Plaintiff traveled to Thailand in September
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two thousand and two to receive formal training as a massusse.
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Figaroa drove her to the airport. While there, she initially
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contacted Figaroa frequently, incurring a phone bill of four thousand dollars.
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She met her husband while in Thailand and decided to
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marry him. She thereafter ceased all contact with Figaroa from
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October two thousand and two until two days before mister
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Figaroa's deposition in this matter in May of twenty sixteen
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forty eight. Detective Raccari's investigation of Epstein failed to uncover
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any evidence that miss Maxwell was involved in sexual abuse
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of minors, sexual trafficking, or production or possession of child pornography.
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Joseph Roccari served as the lead detective from the Palm
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Beach Police Department charged with investigating Jeffrey Epstein. The investigation
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commenced in two thousand and five. Riccari worked only on
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the Epstein case for an entire year. He reviewed previous
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officers reports and interviews, conducted newm RO interviews of witnesses
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and alleged victims himself reviewed surveillance footage of the Epstein home,
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participated in and had knowledge of the search warrant executed
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on the Epstein home, and testified regarding the case before
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the Florida State grand jury against Epstein. Detective Raccari's investigation
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revealed that none of the alleged Epstein victims ever mentioned
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Miss Maxwell's name, and she was never considered a suspect
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by the government. None of Epstein's alleged victims said they
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had seen Miss Maxwell at Epstein's house, nor said they
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had been recruited by her, nor paid any money buyer,
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nor told what to where or how to act buyer. Indeed,
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none of Epstein's alleged victims ever reported to the government
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they had met or spoken to Miss Maxwell. Maxwell was
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not seen coming or going from the house during the
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law enforcement surveillance of Epstein's home. The arrest warrant did
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not mention Miss Maxwell, and her name was never mentioned
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before the grand jury. No property belonging to Maxwell, including
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sex toys or child pornography, was seized from Epstein's home
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during execution of the search I warrant. Detective Raccary, when
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asked to describe everything that you believe you know about
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the Lenn Maxwell's sexual trafficking conduct, replied, I don't. He
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confirmed he has no knowledge about miss Maxwell's sexually trafficking anybody.
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Detective Racary Judgement number forty nine. No nude photograph of
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plaintiff was displayed in Epstein's home. Epstein's housekeeper, Juan A.
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Lessi never saw any photographs of Virginia Roberts in mister
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Epstein's house. Detective Raccary entered Epstein's home in two thousand
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and two to install security cameras to catch a thief
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and did not observe any child pornography within the home,
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including on Epstein's desk in his office. Fifty Plaintiff intentionally
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destroyed her journal and dream journal regarding her memories of
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this case. In twenty thirteen, while represented by counsel, Plaintiff
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drafted a journal describing individuals to whom she claims she
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was sexually trafficked, as well as her memories and thoughts
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about her experiences with Epstein. In twenty thirteen, she and
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her husband created did a bonfire in her backyard in
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Florida and burned the journal, together with the other documents
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in her possession. Plaintiff also kept a dream journal regarding
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her thoughts and memories that she possessed in January twenty sixteen.
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To date, plaintiff cannot locate the dream journal. Fifty one,
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Plaintiff publicly peddled her story beginning in twenty eleven. Plaintiff
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granted journalist Sharon Churcher extensive interviews that resulted in seven
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widely distributed articles from March twenty eleven through January twenty fifteen.
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Churcher regularly communicated with plaintiff and her attorneys or other agents.
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From early twenty eleven to the present day. Plaintiff received
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approximately one hundred and sixty thousand dollars for her stories
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and pictures that were published by many news organizations. Fifty two.
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Plaintiff drafted a one hundred and forty four page purportedly
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autobiographical book manuscript in twenty eleven, which he actively saw
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to publish in twenty eleven Contemporaneus. With her Churcher interviews,
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Plaintiff drafted a book manuscript which purported to document plaintiff's
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experiences as a teenager in Florida, including her interactions with
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Epstein and Maxwell. Plaintiff communicated with literary agents, ghostwriters, and
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potential independent publishers. In an effort to get her book published,
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she generated marketing materials and circulated those, along with book chapters,
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to numerous individuals associated with publishing and the media. Fifty
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three Plaintiff's publicly filed lurid CVRA pleadings initiated a media
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frenzy and generated highly publicized litigation between her lawyers and
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Alan Dershowitz. On December thirtieth, twenty fourteen, plaintiff, through Council,
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publicly filed a joint heer motion that contained her lurid
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allegations about Miss Maxwell and many others, including Alan Dershowitz,
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Prince Andrew Jean lu Burnel. The joint Heer motion was
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followed by a corrected motion and two further declarations in
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January and five February twenty fifteen, which repeated many of
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Plaintiff's claims. These CVRA pleadings generated a media malstrom and
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spawned highly publicized litigation between plaintiff's lawyers, Edwards Kassel and
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Alan Dershowitz. After plaintiff publicly alleged mister Dershowitz of sexual misconduct,
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mister Dershowitz vigorously defended himself in the media. He called
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plaintiff a liar and accused her lawyer of unethical conduct.
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In response, attorney's Edwards en Cassel sued Dershowitz, who counterclaimed.
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This litigation in turn caused additional media attention by national
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and international media organizations. Fifty four, plaintiff formed a nonprofit
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Victims Refused Silence to attract publicity and speak out on
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public controversy. In twenty fourteen, plaintiff, with the assistance of
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the same council, formed a nonprofit organization Victims Refused Silence.
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According to plaintiff, the purpose of the organizations to promote
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Plaintiff's profess cause against sex slavery. The stated goal of
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her orga organization is to help survivors surmount the shame, silence,
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and intimidation typically experienced by victims and sexual abuse. Plaintiff
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attempts to promote Victims Refuse Silence at every opportunity. For example,
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plaintiff participated in an interview in New York with ABC
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to promote charity and to get our mission out of
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the public, dated January sixth, twenty seventeen, and this was
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signed by Laura Meninger. All Right, Folks, that's going to
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do it for this one. All of the information that
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