Nov 27, 2021The list is insane because someone insane made it lol
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The list of defendants is from a since-dismissed civil lawsuit that is separate from Maxwell’s upcoming criminal trial. The civil suit was filed against the estate of late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and dozens of additional defendants in August 2020 by a plaintiff who alleged a group of celebrities, corporations and others were involved with Epstein in a human trafficking enterprise. The suit was dismissed as frivolous in September 2020, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Some social media users began circulating excerpts from the court documents, erroneously asserting that they were recently unsealed documents from Maxwell’s criminal case.
One person posted a screenshot of the civil suit on a conservative chat forum in September and wrote: “Ghislaine Maxwell court case documents were just unsealed!!! The list of defendants is insane.”
The false claim has continued to circulate, with a Twitter user on Sunday sharing screenshots containing the list of defendants from the civil suit alongside the claim that the “Ghislaine Maxwell co-conspirator list” had been released.
But two different cases — the civil lawsuit and Maxwell’s criminal case — are being conflated.
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-905013809500
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Nov 30, 2021
Fake because Em was with Epstein diddling little kids on Sex Island. #IslandBoysOrdinary Joel, hargydon and jankland like this.