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US Court Hearing Get Canceled to Protects Identities of Epstein Victims
(MENAFN) A federal judge called off a scheduled hearing after the US Justice Department reached a last-minute agreement to safeguard the identities of victims of Jeffrey Epstein, following widespread errors in a massive document release.
US District Judge Richard M. Berman said on Tuesday that attorneys for Epstein’s survivors and the Justice Department had resolved privacy concerns after what victims’ lawyer Brittany Henderson described as “extensive and constructive discussions.”
“We trust that the deficiencies will be corrected expeditiously and in a manner that protects victims from further harm,” Henderson wrote in a court filing.
Berman noted that he was “pleased but not surprised” that the issues had been addressed, and canceled the public hearing that had been scheduled for Wednesday in Manhattan federal court.
The agreement comes after more than three million Epstein-related documents were released last week, with victims’ attorneys reporting that thousands of files exposed names, photographs, email addresses, and banking information.
In a filing on Monday, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, said the Justice Department removed “several thousand documents and media” due to “technical or human error” and updated its redaction procedures.
Victims described the unredacted disclosures as devastating, with one calling the release “life-threatening” and another reporting receiving death threats after personal financial details were made public.
The records originated from federal sex trafficking investigations into Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial, and Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence following her 2021 conviction in New York.
US District Judge Richard M. Berman said on Tuesday that attorneys for Epstein’s survivors and the Justice Department had resolved privacy concerns after what victims’ lawyer Brittany Henderson described as “extensive and constructive discussions.”
“We trust that the deficiencies will be corrected expeditiously and in a manner that protects victims from further harm,” Henderson wrote in a court filing.
Berman noted that he was “pleased but not surprised” that the issues had been addressed, and canceled the public hearing that had been scheduled for Wednesday in Manhattan federal court.
The agreement comes after more than three million Epstein-related documents were released last week, with victims’ attorneys reporting that thousands of files exposed names, photographs, email addresses, and banking information.
In a filing on Monday, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, said the Justice Department removed “several thousand documents and media” due to “technical or human error” and updated its redaction procedures.
Victims described the unredacted disclosures as devastating, with one calling the release “life-threatening” and another reporting receiving death threats after personal financial details were made public.
The records originated from federal sex trafficking investigations into Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial, and Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence following her 2021 conviction in New York.
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