#US Virgin Islands wants access to secret Ghislaine Maxwell files

The US Virgin Islands asked for permission to view sealed documents in a civil case against Ghislaine Maxwell as part of their lawsuit against the estate of multi-millionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

In court papers filed Tuesday, a lawyer for the territory’s government argued the sealed documents in the defamation case brought by Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre are “very likely relevant” to their case against Epstein’s estate.

They argue the sealed material is of particular importance because Epstein himself cannot testify in their suit against him because of his suicide in 2019.

“In light of Epstein’s death in federal prison after the discovery in this action was taken, his direct testimony is unavailable to the USVI. Thus, any testimony by or about Epstein in this action may be critical to the USVI’s law enforcement action,” attorney William Narwold wrote in the court filing.

The sealed material in the Giuffre case has been at the center of a legal battle between herself and Maxwell, who is fighting to keep depositions and other evidence in the case secret.

A number of documents in the case were made public in July, including a deposition by Giuffre in which she detailed “constant orgies” on Epstein’s private island in the US Virgin Islands.

When asked where she saw Maxwell have sex with other women, Giuffre said “100 percent” the US Virgin Islands, where Epstein owned his private Little St. James Island.

“The island was a place where orgies were a constant thing that took place. And again, it’s impossible to know how many,” Giuffre said in the deposition.

In a civil suit filed in January, the US Virgin Islands alleged Epstein abused victims on the island as recently as 2019.

Maxwell is awaiting trial on charges she procured underage girls for Epstein to abuse and lied about it under oath.