Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys search to cover nude photographs forward of trial

Protection attorneys for alleged Jeffrey Epstein madam Ghislaine Maxwell wish to conceal from the general public delicate proof forward of her trial — together with any nude photographs and sexualized movies that can be marked “extremely confidential,” in response to court docket paperwork.

In a proposed protecting order filed Monday, Maxwell’s attorneys detailed the invention supplies they consider needs to be stored out of public view and filed beneath seal within the Manhattan federal court docket case.

This included the “extremely confidential” data, which they mentioned shouldn’t be “disseminated, transmitted, or in any other case copied.”

“Extremely Confidential Info comprises nude, partially-nude, or in any other case sexualized pictures, movies, or different depictions of people,” the court docket papers state.

Maxwell’s attorneys and prosecutors had been working collectively to find out what discovery supplies needs to be made public — and solely disagreed on two particulars, in response to the submitting.

One level they couldn’t agree on is whether or not Maxwell’s protection attorneys needs to be allowed to reveal the identities of victims talked about within the discovery materials who’ve already spoken on the file or to the media.

“The federal government’s proposed restriction is subsequently ‘broader than mandatory’ to guard the privateness pursuits of those people who’ve already chosen to self-identify, and can hinder the protection’s potential to conduct additional factual investigation, put together witnesses for trial, and advocate on Ms. Maxwell’s behalf,” her attorneys wrote.

The decide might want to approve which paperwork are stored from public eyes.

Maxwell was arrested earlier this month on a on a six-count indictment for allegedly procuring ladies for Epstein to abuse after which mendacity about it beneath oath.

She’d been hiding out in a sprawling New Hampshire mansion for a yr after Epstein killed himself in a Decrease Manhattan jail cell whereas awaiting trial on intercourse trafficking costs.