EFTA00103308.txt

"Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of minor victims from around 1994 to 1997"

"Ghislaine Maxwell, Defendant. Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN"

"Jeffrey Epstein entered into a non-prosecution agreement ("NPA") with the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida"

"ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: ... This Opinion resolves all of Maxwell's currently pending pretrial motions"

"Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 207... Maxwell meets it here."

"Trying the perjury counts together with the Mann Act counts would risk an unfair trial on each set of counts."

"due to unique features of the perjury counts, Maxwell meets it here."

"Maxwell requests an order directing immediate disclosure of all Brady and Giglio material... in this case"

"The Government represents that it is cognizant of its Brady obligations... in this case"

"Maxwell makes no argument based on the statute's text... in Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN"

"a police detective who investigated Epstein in Florida"

"Senator Leahy, who co-sponsored the PROTECT Act"

"Maxwell contends that the indictment is too vague"

"Maxwell's motion to dismiss the perjury counts stemming from her answers to questions in a deposition"

"perjury counts stemming from her answers to questions in a deposition in a civil case"

"between the defendant and the prosecutors included a promise to bind other districts... officials in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern Distr"

"Maxwell requests that the Court conduct an evidentiary hearing as to the parties' intent in the NPA"

"the Office of the Deputy Attorney General reviewed the NPA, but only after it was signed when Epstein tried to get out of it"

"Maxwell's motion seeking to dismiss the Si superseding indictment... Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN"

"ALISON J. NATHAN United States District Judge... Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN"

"A grand jury sitting in Manhattan returned the S2 superseding indictment [against Maxwell]"

"The Court DENIES Maxwell's motions... to dismiss the Mann Act counts"

"The Court DENIES Maxwell's motions... to dismiss the perjury counts"

"Maxwell nonetheless contends that using a case-specific approach for § 3283 would be impractical"

"charging Ghislaine Maxwell with facilitating the late financier Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of minor victims from around 1994 to 1997"

"joint trial would potentially expose the jury to a wider swath of information regarding civil litigation against Epstein that is remote from Maxwell's"

"on April 13, 2021, the Government produced over 20,000 pages of interview notes, reports and other materials"

"transformed her reputation from that of Epstein's friend to a co-conspirator"

"Trying the perjury counts together with the Mann Act counts would require admitting evidence of other acts"

"The indictment charges that Epstein sexually abused each of the alleged minor victims"

"Maxwell allegedly enticed them to travel or transported them for that purpose"

"it would cover any involvement of Maxwell in offenses committed by Epstein from 2001 to 2007"

"The Court DENIES Maxwell's motions to dismiss the indictment as barred by Epstein's non-prosecution agreement"

"the Government would need to prove conduct beyond the elements of the offense"

"The indictment does not allege that the alleged victim traveled in interstate commerce or was underage during sexual encounters with Epstein."

"describes conduct like "grooming" and "befriending" that is not inherently criminal, and does not identify the alleged victims by name"

"these cases frequently involve alleged abuse spanning a lengthy period of time, and witnesses who were victimized as children"