ABOVE VIDEO: 170 names to be revealed with alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein
(FOX NEWS) – A key deadline for the unsealing of the names of nearly 200 associates of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has passed, but it could still be days before the court records are made public, according to the legal team representing one of his most outspoken accusers.
The unsealing is scheduled to begin today, court officials told Fox News Digital, but a spokesperson for plaintiff Virginia Giuffre’s legal team said documents could be delayed until next week.
A court-ordered Jan. 1 deadline for John and Jane Does to appeal the looming unsealing of their names in a lawsuit against Epstein’s convicted sex-trafficking madam Ghislaine Maxwell expired at midnight Monday.
However, the judge’s order contained no specifics about the timing for the next step: the preparation and unsealing of documents expected to include the names of former associates, friends, employees, accusers and potential accomplices.
U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska issued a 51-page order last month giving anyone whose name was set to be released in connection with the 2015 lawsuit Giuffre, a prominent Epstein accuser, brought against Maxwell two weeks to appeal.
“After which, counsel are asked to confer, prepare the documents for unsealing pursuant to this order, and post the documents on the docket,” the judge ordered.
J. Doe 107 was not mentioned in the judge’s Dec. 18 order, but her attorney filed a request for a 30-day extension to raise arguments about why her identity should remain under seal.
The judge gave her until Jan. 22 to submit an affidavit, and only documents pertaining to Doe 107 will be held until then, court officials told Fox News Digital.
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