Epstein Trial Will Have a Million Pages of Evidence, Lawyers Tell Court
"Also present in the courtroom was famed attorney Gloria Allred, who confirmed for The Daily Beast that she's representing "a number of accusers."
"Allred is representing an undisclosed number of alleged victims, none of whom were involved in the previous Florida case, she said. Some of the victims came to her before Epstein's July arrest, while others have reached out since then."
"Weinberg told the court that the defense would also need sealed files from other courts, likely referring to confidential documents in a lawsuit Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre filed against his alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell.
Many of those documents may soon be unsealed by order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit."
"A Florida judge is also set to rule any day on whether to uphold the 2007 NPA, after determining that it violated the Crime Victims' Rights Act. The agreement gave Epstein—and any alleged co-conspirators—broad protections and is sure to be central to Epstein's defense strategy. But
New York prosecutors argue that it does not bind them and that they are free to pursue their own case."
"Since Epstein’s latest arrest,
at least one woman has come forward to claim Epstein sexually assaulted her during those work-release privileges. And as a result, the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office announced it was opening a criminal probe into how deputies handled Epstein’s work release back in 2008 and 2009."
"In a court filing last week,
prosecutors said they were investigating “uncharged individuals” in Epstein’s case.
They requested a protective order, which Judge Berman signed, for highly-sensitive materials they planned to turn over to Epstein."
"Those documents could “affect the privacy and confidentiality of individuals,” prosecutors said, and “would impede, if prematurely disclosed, the Government’s ongoing investigation of uncharged individuals.”
