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A second tranche of legal filings stemming from the now-settled defamation lawsuit between Jeffrey Epstein’s victim Virginia Giuffre and his fixer has been released on Thursday.

Among the documents unsealed was a motion by Maxwell’s attorneys to seek a subpoena for testimony from a journalist by the name of Sharon Churcher, who they accused of helping Ms Giuffre “fabricate stories” regarding high-profile figures including Alan Dershowitz and Prince Andrew.

The attorneys requested that Ms Churcher produce any interview notes and recordings from a 2011 Daily Mail article. Maxwell’s defence claimed that Ms Churcher did not act as an impartial third party, but that she was a “co-conspirator in Plaintiff’s publication of false statements.” They also accused Ms Churcher of instructing Ms Giuffre to write a “false diary” recounting alleged sexual abuse by Mr Dershowitz and Prince Andrew.

Mr Dershowitz and Prince Andrew have previously denied any knowledge of Epstein’s sex trafficking ring before it became public, or ever having sex with an underage Ms Giuffre. Following accusations by Ms Giuffre that she had been trafficked to have sex with Mr Dershowitz, contentious legal battles between the pair rumbled on for the next three years.

When asked by Ms Giuffre if she had “any information on [men]” Epstein sent Ms Giuffre to, Ms Churcher replied in a 2011 email: “Don’t forget Alan Dershowitz... JE’ s buddy and lawyer -good name for your pitch as he repped Claus von Bulow and a movie was made about that case ... title was Reversal of Fortune.”

The email continued: “We all suspect Alan is a pedo and tho no proof of that, you probably met him when he was hanging ... w JE.”

In November 2022, Ms Giuffre admitted that she may have made a mistake in identifying Mr Dershowitz as one of her abusers. Lawsuits were then dismissed on both sides.

After the first trove of documents was released on Thursday, Mr Dershowitz once again denied ever having sex with underage girls.

In a discussion about the way her story should be reported, Ms Giuffre said that the article had to be “carefully written” so as to not “give any notions about the upcoming book. Ms Giuffre went on to claim that President Bill Clinton had once walked in to the VF (Vanity Fair) office building threatening reporters against writing “sex trafficking stories” about Epstein.

Graydon Carter, a former longtime editor at the magazine, told The Telegraph that incident never took place. There are no other reports or evidence to substantiate the claims raised by Ms Giuffre in her email.

“This categorically did not happen,” Mr Carter said.

In another 2011 email, Ms Giuffre asked Ms Churcher how to proceed with a request by Vanity Fair to buy a picture of Ms Giuffre and “PA,” seemingly referencing Prince Andrew.

“l would let VF buy your picture via [Ms Giuffre’s attorney],” Ms Churcher answered in her email. “The big gamble would be to let him also give them a statement saying your interviews with us were accurately reported and you have no more to say at this time how you were “sex trafficked” to PA and other men including two of the world’s most respected politcians ([redacted] and [redacted])...”

Elsewhere in their motion, Maxwell’s attorneys claimed that Ms Churcher volunteered to be present while Ms Giuffre spoke to federal officials, and gave her advice on what literary agent Ms Giuffre should pick for her book deal.

Email chains between Ms Giuffre and federal investiagtors also showed that in 2014, she reached out to FBI agents inquiring about material sezied during the initial investigation that led to Epstein 2008 plea deal on charges of procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting.

“I am here to get this BS non- prosecution agreement thrown out and speaking w Judge Paul Cassal he suggested trying to get ahold of any photos and/or video recordings released by the FBI to assist our case further in proving how much pedophilia occurred by Jeffrey and the many other monsters he obliged w underage girls,” Ms Giuffre wrote.

Being identified through the court documents does not necessarily mean that the individual was involved in or aware of any wrongdoing by Epstein.

This is a developing story ... check again for updates.

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