#EPSTEIN BLACK BOOK TRIAL#
"Employee-1 has examined Government Exhibit 52 in preparation for trial and recognizes it to be the defendant's contact book, copies of which were maintained in Epstein's Palm Beach residence, among other locations," prosecutors wrote.
They also said they wanted to bring "a witness with personal knowledge of the physical book" who worked for Epstein to testify about its authenticity. Prosecutors said they planned to show excerpts from the book itself, not just a photocopy. Rodriguez in an effort to get a $50,000 payday." "It is entirely probable that whatever the documents are they were manipulated or manufactured by Mr. "There is no evidence to suggest that these documents were created or maintained by anyone," her attorneys wrote. They said the photocopy prosecutors submitted under seal had "unexplained faded marks" and "photocopies of tabs" that "suggest that pages have been added, omitted or altered." Maxwell's attorneys said the copy of the book that prosecutors seek to enter into evidence could have been tampered with. She's pleaded not guilty to the charges.Įpstein and Ghislaine Maxwell on June 13, 1995, in New York City. Maxwell's trial will address charges from federal prosecutors in Manhattan, who allege she sex-trafficked and sexually abused young girls in concert with Epstein. Rodriguez died in 2015.Ī digital copy was made public through litigation from Virginia Giuffre, a woman who's accused Epstein and Maxwell of misconduct.Īttorneys for Maxwell sought to exclude the book as "unauthenticated hearsay" in a motion filed on November 12. The book has been in FBI custody ever since, prosecutors said in court filings. Others - including Trump, Wexner, and Andrew - said they regretted their association with Epstein or had limited interaction with him.Īlfredo Rodriguez, who worked as a house manager at Epstein's Palm Beach, Florida, mansion between 20, was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2010 for trying to sell the book for $50,000 to Brad Edwards, an attorney representing dozens of women who have accused Epstein and Maxwell of sexual misconduct. Many of the people named in the book have said they have no idea how their names ended up in the book.
The book, first published online by Gawker in 2015, includes the names and contact information of powerful people - including former President Donald Trump, Victoria's Secret founder Les Wexner, and Prince Andrew - believed to be friends with the sex offender.
Maxwell requests that the government be precluded from discussing the book at trial prior to a proper evidentiary foundation being established," Maxwell's lawyers wrote in a court filing. In partially redacted court filings from the past several weeks, federal prosecutors and attorneys for Maxwell have duked it out over whether a copy of the book - referenced in the filings as "Exhibit 52" - can be entered into evidence so that portions of it may be shown to jurors at the British socialite's sex-trafficking trial, which is scheduled to begin with opening statements on Monday. Ghislaine Maxwell doesn't want jurors to see a copy of the "little black book" Jeffrey Epstein kept in his mansion that lists contact information for rich and powerful people.
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