Fact Focus: Misinformation persists after Ghislaine Maxwell trial ends

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The sex-trafficking trial of Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, ended with a guilty verdict, but that hasn't stopped the flow of false news that has swirled around the case.

On Thursday, posts emerged falsely claiming that trial documents were sealed to protect Epstein -- who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex crimes -- and his influential friends. At the same time, previously debunked claims reemerged on social media, including assertions that there was no media coverage of the high-profile trial.

The judge in the Maxwell case ordered details of Epstein's network sealed after the jury found Maxwell guilty.Posts online are claiming that U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan ordered details of Epstein's network sealed and that prosecutors made a deal to protect Maxwell's contacts. But that doesn't track with what actually happened.

Almost every exhibit in the Maxwell trial was released publicly, including pictures of Epstein and Maxwell together. However, the judge did find at the outset of the trial that only certain pages from Maxwell's address book identifying victims with the word "massage" next to them could be marked into evidence.The judge in the Ghislaine Maxwell case issued a media-wide gag order over the trial with no livestream to keep scandalous details from leaking out to the public.

Reporters for The Associated Press were among those who attended the trial and journalists could be seen waiting in line to enter the courthouse. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York confirmed in a statement that the press would be allowed to attend the trial, and that there would be no live feeds except those within the courthouse.

 

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Epstein and Maxwell dated for years - proves nothing - the pic the FBI points out is them dating but the implication is she is rounding up women for him to screw - and they got paid for it. It’s a big stretch. But a pic of someone with Epstein proves nothing. Show proof.

when all the names in the documents r blacked out, there are no facts. wake up

Why don't you talk about the guards slept through Epstein 'killing him self' charges being silently dropped, and we are only finding out about it after this trial that they just used to seal all the records, and evidence, of Epsteins network.

Are the dozen or more pictures of him partying with Trump fake news ? Only if you’re a Nazi !

Why aren't ALL the pedophile men being charged?

Make her name names

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