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Mega Edition: How Ghislaine Maxwell's Own Words Sealed Her Fate (5/11/26)
The unsealing of Ghislaine Maxwell’s deposition in the defamation lawsuit brought against her by Virginia Roberts Giuffre marked a major turning point in the public’s understanding of the Epstein network and Maxwell’s role within it. The deposition, originally taken in 2016 and aggressively fought to remain sealed for years, came from Giuffre’s lawsuit accusing Maxwell of defamation after Maxwell publicly dismissed Giuffre’s allegations as lies. After a series of appeals, a federal judge ruled that the public interest outweighed Maxwell’s claims of privacy and reputational harm, ordering the…
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