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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 682 Filed 06/24/22 Page1of4 USDC SDNY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DOCUMENT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #; oe DATE FILED: 6/24/22 United States of America, _y_ 20-CR-330 (AJN) Ghislaine Maxwell, ORDER Defendant. ALISON J. NATHAN, Circuit Judge, sitting by designation: The Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA) “guarantees to the victims of federal crimes an array of substantive and participatory rights, including the rights to be reasonably heard at any public proceeding in the district court involving release, plea, sentencing, or any parole proceeding, to confer with the attorney for the Government in the case, and to receive full and timely restitution as provided in law.” United States v. Murillo-Bejerano (In re Rendon Galvis), 564 F.3d 170, 174 (2d Cir. 2009) (per curiam) (cleaned up). “In any court proceeding involving an offense against a crime victim, the court shall ensure that the crime victim is afforded th[ose] rights.” 18 U.S.C. § 3771(b)(1). In accordance with the procedure required by this Court’s prior order, Dkt. No. 671, the Government has provided statements from seven individuals asserting they are crime victims under the CVRA. As explained below, the Court will permit all seven individuals to provide statements and the Defendant’s request for redactions is denied. As a preliminary matter, the Defendant does not object to the inclusion of statements from three of these individuals: Annie Farmer, Kate, and Virginia Giuffre. Accordingly, their written submissions are deemed part of the record and to the extent Annie Farmer, Kate, and/or Giuffre seek permission to make an oral statement at sentencing, that request is granted. 1 DOJ-OGR-00010744 Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 682 Filed 06/24/22 Page2of4 The Defendant contests whether the remaining four individuals—Maria Farmer, Sarah Ransome, Teresa Helm, and Juliette Bryant—are “crime victims” within the meaning of the CVRA. The Defendant […]