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Ghislaine Maxwell case details too ‘sensational and impure’ for public, judge says

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A federal judge on Thursday agreed with Ghislaine Maxwell’s request to keep certain details in the criminal case against her under wraps, finding that information would be too “sensational and impure” to reveal to the public.

US District Judge Alison J. Nathan issued a ruling on redactions that Maxwell had asked for regarding transcripts the government filed under seal last month.

“Those portions of the transcript, which were redacted in the civil matter, concern privacy interests and their disclosure would merely serve to cater to a ‘craving for that which is sensational and impure,’” Nathan wrote in the order.

The judge also granted redactions that prosecutors made when filing the transcript. Prosecutors had argued the redactions were necessary to “protect the integrity” of the investigation into Maxwell and to protect the privacy of third parties.

“The interest in protecting the safety and privacy of those individuals outweighs the presumption of access that attaches to those documents,” Nathan wrote.

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The judge also rejected some objections Maxwell had to the prosecutor’s proposed redactions. “Though the Defendant contends that some of the information contained in the redactions is public, she furnishes no evidence to that effect,” the decision states.

Maxwell was arrested last July and has been held in jail on the grounds that she’s a flight risk. 

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Terry A. Hurlbut has been a student of politics, philosophy, and science for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of Yale College and has served as a physician-level laboratory administrator in a 250-bed community hospital. He also is a serious student of the Bible, is conversant in its two primary original languages, and has followed the creation-science movement closely since 1993.

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