Ghislaine Maxwell had a secret email address linked to Jeffrey Epstein's household but refused to release messages from it, recently unsealed court documents revealed.
The documents were used as evidence in Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre's civil lawsuit against Maxwell – a case that was settled in 2017.
Maxwell had claimed that her Mindspring email address was a spam account that she used when signing up for marketing correspondence at retail stores.
But Meredith Schultz, an attorney for Giuffre, said evidence showed Maxwell “used it for her Tumblr account,” a social media site where “22 percent of the content is pornographic.”
Epstein used the now-defunct Mindspring messaging network to communicate with his friends and the associates at his various homes.
Ghislaine Maxwell, pictured with Jeffrey Epstein, had a secret MindSpring email account linked to Jeffrey Epstein's household but refused to release messages from it, recently unsealed court documents revealed
Maxwell, pictured on Jeffrey Epstein's Little St. James Island in 2006, had claimed her Mindspring email address was a spam account that she used when signing up for retail store marketing correspondence
Epstein used the now-defunct Mindspring messaging network to communicate with his friends and the associates at his various homes. Maxwell is pictured on Epstein's Little St. James Island in 2006
The nature of Maxwell's Mindspring account was discussed during a previously secret court hearing in which Schultz claimed the British celebrity had failed to turn over certain email records.
According to the transcript, Maxwell claimed that the email address was a “spam account that she uses To at retail stores.”
But Schultz claimed “publicly available information” showed that Maxwell used the account to log into certain content-sharing websites.
“We also found evidence that she used it for her Tumblr account,” the attorney said at the November 2016 hearing.
“This is a social media site that also has inbox and messages, with over 22 percent of the content on this social media site being pornographic and over 16 percent of the accounts created there containing exclusively pornographic material.”
Schultz also alleged that Maxwell used the account to sign up for LinkedIn and Dropbox accounts. Web was unable to independently verify Schultz's claim.
The hearing transcript was released Monday evening to comply with U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska's decision to unseal thousands of documents from the 2015 lawsuit between Giuffre and Maxwell.
The first evidence released Monday evening alleges that Maxwell and everyone who worked for Epstein used a secret server to communicate.
In a nearly unsealed court transcript (pictured), Meredith Schultz, an attorney for Giuffre, said evidence showed Maxwell “used it for her Tumblr account.”
The server – called MindSpring – was used by household staff to communicate about daily tasks and events.
One employee complained about how “ridiculous” it had become, explaining that Epstein had asked the waiter and several employees for “coffee” or “orange juice” when they were all in the same building.
Another newly uploaded piece of evidence is a previously sealed transcript of a hearing on whether Epstein should be forced to testify.
Both Maxwell and Giuffre wanted him to do this – but he refused, repeatedly saying he wouldn't answer questions for fear of prosecution.
All of the documents come from a 2015 defamation lawsuit that Giuffre filed against Maxwell.
At that time, Giuffre went public with her claims against Prince Andrew, Maxwell and Epstein. She said she was sexually sold to the royal family by Maxwell and Epstein, who she said abused countless other girls in similar ways.
Maxwell, Epstein and Prince Andrew denied their allegations.
Giuffre sued Maxwell for publicly calling her a liar. The case was settled in 2017 — two years before Epstein was charged and later died by suicide — and before Maxwell's arrest.
Giuffre sued Maxwell, who is pictured with Epstein, for publicly calling her a liar. The case was settled in 2017 — two years before Epstein was charged and later died by suicide — and before Maxwell's arrest
Giuffre, pictured with the Duke of York and Maxwell, had made her claims against Prince Andrew, Maxwell and Epstein public. She said she was sexually sold to the royal family by Maxwell and Epstein, who she said abused countless other girls in similar ways. Maxwell, Epstein and Prince Andrew denied their allegations
They have now become public after repeated inquiries from the media and some of those involved in the scandal, who asked the court for transparency.
Judge Preska ruled last month in favor of the media that it was in the public interest to no longer anonymize the names of Epstein associates, friends and victims.
Around 2,000 pages were unsealed by a court in 2019. Additional documents were published in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
The court unsealed 17 pieces of evidence on Monday, the latest in the flood of documents released in the last week. The final batch is expected to be released later today, sources familiar with the launch told Business Insider.