40 h. ago US federal judge orders release of Epstein grand jury materials

Ruling compels unsealing of documents from 2006-2007 federal investigation into Epstein in FloridaA federal judge in Florida ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking cases on Friday, citing the recently enacted federal law that overrides traditional secrecy protections.US district judge Rodney Smith ruled that the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law last month by Donald Trump, overrode federal rules prohibiting the disclosure of grand jury materials. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Federal judge orders Epstein grand jury documents unsealed as DOJ nears deadline to release files

Several judges are weighing release of grand jury materials tied to convicted sex offender and Ghislaine Maxwell

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3 d. ago A vocal Jeffrey Epstein accuser is urging judges to unseal his court records

One of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s most vocal accusers is urging judges to grant the Justice Department’s request unseal to records from their federal sex trafficking cases, saying that “only transparency is likely to lead to justice.”

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3 d. ago Ghislaine Maxwell says release of grand jury docs would cause ‘severe’ harm if she gets retrial

Release of ‘untested and unproven allegations’ could imperil her chances of a fair trial in the future, attorneys say

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9 d. ago Everything P Diddy, Luigi Mangione and Ghislaine Maxwell are eating this Thanksgiving

Despite being convicted or accused of terrible crimes, these three infamous inmates are still allowed to enjoy a hearty meal that is central to the US's annual celebration

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9 d. ago Ghislaine Maxwell set to tuck into tasty Thanksgiving meal behind bars

Convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is slated to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal later today despite being in a Texas prison - a controversial facility

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1 week ago Government push to unseal court records offers clues about what could be in the Epstein files

It's not clear when the Justice Department will release its files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell

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1 week ago If Epstein’s victims don’t receive justice that is a ticking time bomb | V (formerly Eve Ensler)

Millions of sexual violent survivors will not live a day longer with this torturous injusticeIt began as I finished Nobody’s Girl, the torturous and devastating account of Virginia Giuffre’s life. It was what I can only describe as a kind of corporeal attack, an existential clutch followed by days of such powerful anxiety my body was taken in bouts of uncontrollable shaking. A sense of not mattering, a virulent dread and dissolving into an all-encompassing nothingness impossible to shake. How many times as a child, after being abused by my father, had I experienced this sense of erasure and disappearance?Feeling that no matter what I did, what I accomplished, how hard I tried to lift my head above the parapet I would be cast out forever. This attack lasted days. Perhaps it was Virginia’s story, parts of which felt much like my own. Raped as a child by her father, then raped by her father’s good friend, then raped when she ran away, then the years of being raped by Ghislaine Maxwell ...

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1 week ago If Epstein’s survivors don’t receive justice that is a ticking time bomb | V (formerly Eve Ensler)

Millions of sexual violent survivors will not live a day longer with this torturous injusticeIt began as I finished Nobody’s Girl, the torturous and devastating account of Virginia Giuffre’s life. It was what I can only describe as a kind of corporeal attack, an existential clutch followed by days of such powerful anxiety my body was taken in bouts of uncontrollable shaking. A sense of not mattering, a virulent dread and dissolving into an all-encompassing nothingness impossible to shake. How many times as a child, after being abused by my father, had I experienced this sense of erasure and disappearance?Feeling that no matter what I did, what I accomplished, how hard I tried to lift my head above the parapet I would be cast out forever. This attack lasted days. Perhaps it was Virginia’s story, parts of which felt much like my own. Raped as a child by her father, then raped by her father’s good friend, then raped when she ran away, then the years of being raped by Ghislaine Maxwell ...

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1 week ago Judge gives Justice Department a day to detail Ghislaine Maxwell trial materials to be released

A federal judge has given the Justice Department a day to say what materials it plans to make publicly available from the file it built to prosecute Ghislaine Maxwell in the sex trafficking case brought against her after financier Jeffrey Epstein died

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1 week ago Epstein file dam bursts as Trump demands full dump of grand jury documents

The Justice Department has asked New York judges to unseal documents related to the grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

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2 w. ago Why is Ghislaine Maxwell getting the Club Fed treatment? | Arwa Mahdawi

Her privileges in America’s two-tiered legal system reportedly range from from unlimited toilet paper to puppy playtimeI don’t know what, if anything, keeps Ghislaine Maxwell up at night. But it’s certainly not the prospect of running out of toilet paper in the minimum-security prison where she’s residing. Maxwell is serving a 20-year-sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation. Rather than doing hard time, however, it seems Maxwell is having a relatively easy go of it. While most inmates get an allocation of two rolls of toilet paper per week, for example, CNN reports that Maxwell gets an unlimited supply.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Paris Hilton's traumatic childhood: How star was groomed by her teacher at 14 and force

Hailed as the original reality star who made it possible to be famous for doing nothing, Paris Hilton looked like she had the life many of us could only dream of.

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2 w. ago Ghislaine Maxwell will plead the Fifth in House probe on Epstein case, lawmaker says

‘She’s not going to answer any questions,’ Rep. James Comer, the House Oversight Committee chair, said.

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2 w. ago Ghislaine Maxwell will plead the Fifth in House probe on Epstein case, lawmaker confirms

‘She’s not going to answer any questions,’ Rep. James Comer, the House Oversight Committee chair, said.

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2 w. ago Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah granted early release from ‘Club Fed’ prison

Shah has been serving time since February 2023

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2 w. ago Larry Summers honeymooned with wife on Epstein’s island with Maxwell decades ago: report

Ghislaine Maxwell was also aboard the couple’s flight, logs show

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2 w. ago Influencer goes viral after listing 10 hobbies that could mean someone is a narcissist... including spending AGES in the bathroom

An influencer has gone viral after sharing ten hobbies typically enjoyed by narcissists-and if you spend hours in the bathroom, it might make for uncomfortable viewing.

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2 w. ago House overwhelmingly clears release of explosive Epstein files in risky brushback of Trump

The House has passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, paving the way for the release of tens of thousands of documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

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2 w. ago Top magazine editor's hilarious response after receiving invite to Jeffrey Epstein's post

Tina Brown, who served as editor in chief of Vanity Fair in the 1980s and 1990s said when she first began reporting on Epstein's crimes, he was just 'some guy on the rich circuit nobody really knew.'

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