![]() Many of the people named in the book have said they have no idea how their names ended up in the book. ![]() The book, first published online by Gawker in 2015, includes the names and contact information of powerful people - including former President Donald Trump, Victoria's Secret founder Les Wexner, and Prince Andrew - believed to be friends with the sex offender. Maxwell requests that the government be precluded from discussing the book at trial prior to a proper evidentiary foundation being established," Maxwell's lawyers wrote in a court filing. In partially redacted court filings from the past several weeks, federal prosecutors and attorneys for Maxwell have duked it out over whether a copy of the book - referenced in the filings as "Exhibit 52" - can be entered into evidence so that portions of it may be shown to jurors at the British socialite's sex-trafficking trial, which is scheduled to begin with opening statements on Monday. Ghislaine Maxwell doesn't want jurors to see a copy of the "little black book" Jeffrey Epstein kept in his mansion that lists contact information for rich and powerful people. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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