# New Epstein-Maxwell Evidence Could Be Exposed 'Soon' *Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/source/f15b90be *Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/source/f15b90be.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1 Publisher: RadarOnline · published 2026-08-18 · read 2026-09-11 Original: https://radaronline.com/p/new-jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-evidence-judge-files-unsealed/ *A source is testimony, not proof. The document itself is never republished here.* ## Who is named (9) - [Epstein Files Transparency Act](https://truthscore.com/entity/17c50c23) - [Donald Trump](https://truthscore.com/entity/1d81dc68) - [Loretta Preska](https://truthscore.com/entity/23d623ba) - [Ghislaine Maxwell](https://truthscore.com/entity/2c3f51ca) - [Manhattan Federal Court](https://truthscore.com/entity/797241bd) - [Robert Sweet](https://truthscore.com/entity/85d18ea3) - [Virginia Giuffre](https://truthscore.com/entity/9e42aa0b) - [Julie K. Brown](https://truthscore.com/entity/c201ee88) - [Miami Herald](https://truthscore.com/entity/d0975fe6) ## What it added - [Volumes of previously unseen evidence against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell will soon be made public.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9f30f40a) > "Volumes" of previously unseen evidence against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell will reportedly soon see the light of day for the first time, RadarOnline.com can reveal. - [The documents were under seal.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4d120867) > The trove of documents from when Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre sued Maxwell for defamation in 2015 had been under seal, but Manhattan Federal Court Judge Loretta Preska has ordered the unsealing of previously subpoenaed material from the case. - [Judge Loretta Preska ordered the unsealing of the documents.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e3f6bf9d) > The trove of documents from when Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre sued Maxwell for defamation in 2015 had been under seal, but Manhattan Federal Court Judge Loretta Preska has ordered the unsealing of previously subpoenaed material from the case. - [Ghislaine Maxwell lodged numerous objections to the government's request to publish the sealed materials.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5d804bae) > "Maxwell has lodged a veritable kitchen sink of objections to the government’s request to publish the sealed materials in compliance with the Act," Preska noted in her ruling about how Epstein's jailed former girlfriend was fighting to keep the documents sealed. - [The court found Maxwell's objections meritless and ordered that remaining materials become part of the public record, subject to victim‑protecting redactions.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f71cf354) > The court finds that all of Maxwell’s objections are meritless and that, in light of the Act, any remaining materials in the Government’s possession should become part of the public record, subject to any victim‑protecting redactions authorized by the Act. - [Ghislaine Maxwell settled out of court with Virginia Giuffre in 2017.](https://truthscore.com/claim/31ebaa77) > While Maxwell settled out of court with Giuffre in 2017, the Miami Herald had continued to fight for the documents to be released. - [The Miami Herald continued to fight for the documents to be released.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d3ac77c7) > While Maxwell settled out of court with Giuffre in 2017, the Miami Herald had continued to fight for the documents to be released. - [Julie K. Brown hailed the decision in a Substack post on Tuesday, August 18.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b7811064) > The Herald's longtime investigative reporter Julie K. Brown, who broke the Epstein trafficking story nationally in 2016, hailed the decision in a Substack post on Tuesday, August 18. - [The lawsuit was settled in early 2017.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5f22411b) > "The lawsuit was settled in early 2017. I had been told the discovery contained d‑mning evidence against Epstein, Maxwell, and other men, and that it was worth trying to get the courts to unseal the documents on the grounds that they were never properly sealed in the first place." - [The discovery contained damning evidence against Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and other men.](https://truthscore.com/claim/adb3c824) > "The lawsuit was settled in early 2017. I had been told the discovery contained d‑mning evidence against Epstein, Maxwell, and other men, and that it was worth trying to get the courts to unseal the documents on the grounds that they were never properly sealed in the first place." - [It was worth trying to get the courts to unseal the documents because they were never properly sealed.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d990505a) > "The lawsuit was settled in early 2017. I had been told the discovery contained d‑mning evidence against Epstein, Maxwell, and other men, and that it was worth trying to get the courts to unseal the documents on the grounds that they were never properly sealed in the first place." - [Judge Robert Sweet issued a blanket sealing on all the documents because they contained sensitive and private information.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8d3ced09) > Former Judge Robert Sweet, who died in 2019 at the age of 96, "issued a blanket sealing on all the documents because they contained 'sensitive' and 'private' information." - [The sealing process was improper because each document was not examined and requestors did not provide legal justification.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e4ba04c5) > Brown claimed, "This is not the way sealing is supposed to happen, however. Each document that the lawyers want sealed has to be examined, and those requesting it be sealed must provide legal justification to the judge for doing so. This wasn’t done in this case.” - [Virginia Giuffre sued Ghislaine Maxwell for defamation after Jeffrey Epstein accused her of lying about helping him recruit, groom, and sexually traffic her as…](https://truthscore.com/claim/df1d1ad6) > Giuffre sued Maxwell for defamation after the now‑convicted felon accused her of lying about helping Epstein recruit, groom, and sexually traffic her as a teenager. - [The settlement occurred in May 2017, mere weeks before the trial.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d1521aca) > Mere weeks before the case was to go to trial, the pair settled out of court in May 2017 for an undisclosed sum. - [Judge Robert Sweet refused to toss the case and ruled disputed facts must be hashed out before a jury.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b916fbf6) > Shortly before the settlement deal was reached, Sweet dealt Maxwell a major legal blow by refusing to toss the case, ruling that disputed facts needed to be hashed out before a jury. - [Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April 2025.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8f68a174) > Giuffre died by suicide in April 2025, months ahead of the release of her bombshell memoir, Nobody's Girl. - [Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in 2019.](https://truthscore.com/claim/db29e4a4) > Maxwell was arrested in 2019 and convicted in 2021 of five out of six s-- trafficking related charges. - [Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of five out of six trafficking related charges.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4754fac2) > Maxwell was arrested in 2019 and convicted in 2021 of five out of six s-- trafficking related charges. - [Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced in 2022 to 20 years in federal prison.](https://truthscore.com/claim/957c4f92) > She was sentenced in 2022 to 20 years in federal prison. - [Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.](https://truthscore.com/claim/71be22f6) > Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act and President Donald Trump signed it into law in November 2025. - [President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law in November 2025.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2f293222) > Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act and President Donald Trump signed it into law in November 2025. ## What it cost Reading this document into the graph cost $0.01.