Ghislaine Maxwell drops fight to keep identities of “John Does” secret

Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has ended her legal efforts to keep sealed the names of eight individuals named in a 2015 defamation lawsuit filed against Epstein.

Now that Maxwell’s criminal trial has ended, her attorneys have officially ceased any effort to keep the identities of the persons named in the lawsuit, filed by Virginia Roberts Guiffre. In the lawsuit, Guiffre claims Epstein sexually abused her as a minor, and that Maxwell helped facilitate the abuse.

“After careful review of the detailed objections submitted by Non-Party Does 17, 53, 54, 55, 73, 93 and 151, counsel for Ghislaine Maxwell writes to inform the Court that she does not wish to further address those objections,” wrote Maxwell’s attorney Laura Menninger in a letter to the judge.

“Each of the listed Does has counsel who have ably asserted their own respective privacy rights. Ms. Maxwell therefore leaves it to this Court to conduct the appropriate review.”

Several of the “John Does” have previously filed to keep their names sealed amid concern their names would be connected to Maxwell and Epstein. Guiffre has fought for years to unseal the names.