Judge orders Ghislaine Maxwell/Jeffrey Epstein documents released.

Ghislaine Maxwell. CNBC/Reuters.

A judge has ordered the release of civil documents relating to Ghislaine Maxwell. CNBC. The judge will give Maxwell's lawyers a chance to appeal the ruling. The judge said that the public's interest in seeing the documents far outweighed Maxwell's interest in not being embarrassed by the contents of the documents. Maxwell's lawyers argued that she would not be able to have a fair trial for her recent arrest for human trafficking if the information to come out. The documents are part of a civil case that was settle with Virginia Giuffrie, who was a 17 year old who accused Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of having sex with her while underage. 

My Comment:

I am guessing we won't see these documents in a week. Maxwell's lawyers are going to appeal this ruling and that will, at the very least, delay the release of these materials. Whether they win on appeal is another question but I would be very surprised if a week passes and we see these documents. 

Does Maxwell have a point about her not getting a fair trial if these documents are released? I don't think so. She's already world famous for her actions and pretty much everyone knows about her relationship and work with Jeffrey Epstein. These documents probably won't help her case but I can't imagine there is anything in these files that wouldn't be as damaging as what's going to come out in her criminal case. 

There are other interests here as well. There are many people that are expected to be named in this document, most notably Prince Andrew. Though the accusations against him are  well known more details could be released. Also, Bill Clinton could be implicated as well. 

Of course the big fear is that Maxwell won't make it to trial. Jeffrey Epstein famously "committed suicide" in his cell. Most people believe that he was murdered and there is a great fear that the same thing will happen to Maxwell as well. If that happens then it is feared that we will never get any justice in any of these cases and all the rich and famous people guilty here will run free. 

Regardless, I think that Maxwell is probably screwed. I can't see her winning this case on appeals and her criminal case is likely to end in conviction. It's very clear to me that she's guilty of being Epstein's pimp and helped him abuse underage girls. She deserves a long, healthy live behind bars. Let's hope she lives long enough to get that.