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Ghislaine Maxwell: lawyers ask judge to stop accusers from posting evidence online

Lawyers don’t want women who claim Maxwell abused them to use evidence from criminal case to boost lawsuits by posting online

Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to stop her accusers from using evidence in the criminal case to boost civil lawsuits by posting materials to the internet.

The lawyers say attorneys for women who claim Maxwell recruited and abused them should be subject to the same secrecy rules as prosecutors and Maxwell’s defense lawyers.

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