Edit: Donate to VRG's charity https://victimsrefusesilence.org

Bed time for now, back at it tmr

Hi all,

In September 2015 Virginia Roberts Giuffre sued Ghislaine Maxwell for defamation in New York federal court. A total of 167 documents in the case were filed under seal. An effort to unseal these documents has been led by the Miami Herlad since 2018.

Over the next few days we will receive the second release of these documents, the first being the day before Epstein's death (you can read those here). In January Judge Preska ruled the documents would stay under seal but I guess Maxwell's arrest changed things.

In this thread I'll summarize by document, make everything easily accessible, and share thoughts to discuss. The main idea is to be able to point people to a comprensive resource about these releases for fact checking etc. Also I'm sure many people wanna see this stuff themselves.

This particular release pertains to the discovery process of the defamation suit and includes, at the least, a deposition of Maxwell and Giuffre. The release of those depositions has already has been delayed until Monday (not to speak of Maxwell's tactics today).

I am not sure what we'll find out over the coming days -- count on heavy redactions. At any rate in the original unsealing order Preska warned:

We therefore urge the media to exercise restraint in covering potentially defamatory allegations, and we caution the public to read such accounts with discernment.

While she doesn't explicitly mention r/Epstein in that statement I urge ya'll to take heed too.

Summaries

• Attachment 32: VRG's full deposition by Maxwell's lawyer Menninger https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/i0ylwa/giuffre_v_maxwell_unsealed_documents_megathread/fztens3/

• Attachment 26: The Billionaire's Playboy Club https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/i0ylwa/giuffre_v_maxwell_unsealed_documents_megathread/fztemc8/

• Attachment 16: The famous phone call between VRG, Scarola and Edwards https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/i0ylwa/giuffre_v_maxwell_unsealed_documents_megathread/fzub5dc/

• Attachment 12: The motion for VRG (Jane Doe #3) and Jane Doe #4 to join the Crime Victims' Rights Act suit in late 2014 https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/i0ylwa/giuffre_v_maxwell_unsealed_documents_megathread/fztelfh/

• Attachment 6: Same as Attachment 12 but with different (more) redactions https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/i0ylwa/giuffre_v_maxwell_unsealed_documents_megathread/fztej3s/

• Attachment 8: Emails between VRG, journalist Sharon Churcher and attorney Bradley Edwards about a possible leak of the phone call in Attachment 16 (I think) https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/i0ylwa/giuffre_v_maxwell_unsealed_documents_megathread/fztek3b/

• Attachment 14: Affidavit of VRG stating she did not give permission for Edwards or Cassell to disclose the leaked information https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/i0ylwa/giuffre_v_maxwell_unsealed_documents_megathread/fzu9vm3/

• Attachment 15: Deposition of Attorney Paul Cassell, again about the leak https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/i0ylwa/giuffre_v_maxwell_unsealed_documents_megathread/fzuaedj/

• Attachment 7: VRG cross-examined about whether her lawyers had ever instructed her to misrepresent the truth https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/i0ylwa/giuffre_v_maxwell_unsealed_documents_megathread/fztejmt/

• Attachment 28: Emails between Epstein and Maxwell drafting denials https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/i0ylwa/giuffre_v_maxwell_unsealed_documents_megathread/fzten8q/

• Attachment 45: VRG's medical records https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/i0ylwa/giuffre_v_maxwell_unsealed_documents_megathread/fzu9evk/

Riot’s Internal Meeting Took Place Today

Here are some of the Reactions from Rioters:

https://twitter.com/quachwatch/status/1289012773649670145?s=21

Today has yesterday beat. I am ashamed to work at Riot today. Today REALLY sucked.

https://twitter.com/riotballerina/status/1289007811951652865?s=21

Disappointed

https://twitter.com/h4xdefender/status/1289005660852510725?s=21

sometimes you think things can't get worse and the world manages to find a way to surprise you

https://twitter.com/quachwatch/status/1289026452722036738?s=21

Listening ≠ Hearing

https://twitter.com/riotsunkern/status/1289024777449922569?s=21

Today was...pretty horrible honestly 😔

https://twitter.com/riotsunkern/status/1289025317865000960?s=21

Just when you think you can't feel more let down dude. Bleh.

https://twitter.com/xylese/status/1289015376265715713?s=21

Shower cries are good cries in the middle of all the shame and disappointment I feel today.

https://twitter.com/riotjag/status/1289008139841368065?s=21

When stuff keeps getting more messed up beyond what you could ever expect, you can either cry about it, or you can find the humor in it. I'm currently laughing my fucking ass off atm.

https://twitter.com/riotashekandi/status/1289014363588661248?s=21

Yesterday was hard. Today was harder. Disappointment, anger, and shame are just a few words of what I'm feeling right now. I've never been one to feel ashamed of what I do, but it feels much closer now than ever before

https://twitter.com/riotve1vet/status/1289042645050785792?s=21

Some of us working offsite today coming back into slack [gif]

https://twitter.com/glmarsi/status/1289044634803429378?s=21

I've finally stopped shaking. Now I'm just deeply, deeply tired.

https://twitter.com/riotnyanbun/status/1289022371332931584?s=21

I had this draft written in my TL about how I felt my pride in Riot restored, fully expecting to post it. Today isn't one of those days. My faith in Riot as a company has taken a severe hit. I'm so sorry, my fellow Rioters

https://twitter.com/itslowbo/status/1289018516151009280?s=21

Really, really depressing day today.

https://twitter.com/riotaredherring/status/1289037862319554561?s=21

things are gonna get worse before they get better

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The vast majority of my social circle lean the same way when it comes to politics and political discussion tends to be them all agreeing with each other. I've made the mistake before of arguing with them and it's led to some rather heated debates. In one case a girl didn't like my stance and poured her beer over my head and walked out.

Since then I've learnt it's best to not get involved in political discussions at all even when I'm goaded. Every time someone has mentioned me in a group chat and asked for my view I've replied with "Sorry, don't want to get beer thrown on me again" and ignored it.

This week we were all sitting in the park and chatting away and of course politics came up, I ignored it all even when they goaded me into replying. My GF was with me and even sent me a text telling me thanks for not getting involved.

The discussion continued and I couldn't help my self and said something that turned into an argument again. The same girl was there and this time she had a glass of wine and chucked it over me. I reacted instinctively and slapped her, pretty hard, and she fell over and started to cry. This caused somewhat on an uproar with people arguing I shouldn't have hit her, others saying she shouldn't have thrown her drink at me.

I end up leaving with my GF who now won't speak to me because I shouldn't have resorted to violence and definitely shouldn't have hit a girl. I jokingly said "these hands are rated E for everyone" to try and lighten the mood but it seems to have had the opposite effect.

I don't really know what to do, I don't like being attacked and defended myself but I feel she's treating me unfairly here. We've been together for 4 years and I've never hit her at all, though I know she had an ex who did.

Edit: As I'm getting some rather aggressive PMs. My social group and I differ a lot on politics. I'm rather conservative whereas they're rather heavily left. As I've already been accused of being a Nazi and been told that "I hope you and your kind soon die out" I should point out that I'm Arab and Muslim, my only racist view is that others Arabs tend to swim in perfume rather than gently spritz themselves.

As for what my "racist beliefs" are. I voted for Brexit, which is what got the beer dumped on my head and the second argument was me disagreeing with the BLM movement in the UK and saying statues shouldn't be destroyed.

Edit 2: I think I've got all the advice I need so thanks for that, I'll have a discussion with the missus and apologise for making her feel unsafe but also point out she doesn't have my back. What comes next though is replying to all these lovely PMs.

I'm actually from Egypt, and a different type of Muslim to the Iranians.

Why was I worried in might be acid? Because these are the types of comments I get.

But hey, no better than telling someone they don't deserve to live