Emails between Ghislaine Maxwell and US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein surface as documents unsealed from lawsuit

The British socialite faces criminal charges that she aided the late sex offender’s sexual abuse of girls

Among the materials released were emails between the pair in 2015, in which Epstein told Maxwell she had ‘done nothing wrong’

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Ghislaine Maxwell pictured in New York in 2000. Photo: dpa

Published: 3:09pm, 31 Jul 2020Updated: 4:00pm, 31 Jul 2020

Documents about dealings between US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell were publicly released on Thursday by a US court, where the British socialite faces criminal charges she aided the late financier’s sexual abuse of girls.

Among the materials released were email correspondence between the pair in early 2015, including an email in which Epstein told Maxwell she had “done nothing wrong”.

US District Judge Loretta Preska had ordered the documents’ release by Thursday, saying the public’s right to see them outweighed Maxwell’s interests in keeping them under seal.

Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. File photo: AFP

However, two depositions remain under seal after Maxwell filed an emergency motion with the federal appeal court in Manhattan earlier on Thursday to keep them from becoming public.

That court has yet to rule, and the depositions will remain sealed until at least Monday.