097-01.pdf

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Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 97-1 Filed 12/14/20 Page 1 of 4 Exhibit A DOJ-OGR- 00002018

Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 97-1 Filed 12/14/20 Page 2 of 4 CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED/SEALED November 19, 2020 Dear Judge Nathan, I respectfully submit this letter in support of Ghislaine Maxwell’s bail application. History 4. The person described in the criminal charges is not the person we know. I have never witnessed anything close to inappropriate with Ghislaine; quite to the contrary, the Ghislaine I know is a wonderful and loving person. 5. Until the explosion of media interest that followed the arrest and subsequent death in custody of Jeffrey Epstein in July thru August 2019, Privacy 1 | DOJ-OGR-00002019

7. lwas, of course, aware of Ghislaine’s previous relationship with Epstein, a person I have never met nor had any communication. The media coverage of Epstein is very different than it was 8. The “reporting” of Ghislaine over the past year has exploded exponentially. From the time of Epstein’s arrest and death in custody in the summer of 2019 until Ghislaine’s own airest in July of this year, huge and increasingly frightening levels of media interest meant whose seeds were born in conspiracy theories, and the experiences of QAnon, Pizzagate, and the recent Judge Salas attack are terrifying. Twitter comments been particularly calling, There are many other gross and disgusting posts like this on the web that a simple search will bring up. I have also received threatening messages through social media, which I have reported and blocked. on and trapped by It is hard to communicate in words the feeling of being stalked, spied wu constant, 24/7 media intrusion At one point, 7he Sun even put a “bounty” on her head. 2 | DOJ-OGR-00002020

Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 97-1 Filed 12/14/20 Page 4 of 4 Despite our best efforts, there have still been life altering consequences as a result of the media’s harassment. There …

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