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  1. Maxwell’s false statements were reasonably understood by many persons who
    read those statements as making specific factual claims that Giuffre was lying about specific
    facts.
  2. Maxwell specifically directed her false statements at Giuffre’s true public
    description of factual events, and many persons who read Maxwell’s statements reasonably
    understood that those statements referred directly to Giuffre’s account of her life as a young
    teenager with Maxwell and Epstein.
  3. Maxwell intended her false statements to be widely published and disseminated
    on television, through newspapers, by word of mouth and on the internet. As intended by
    Maxwell, her statements were published and disseminated around the world.
  4. Maxwell coordinated her false statements with other media efforts made by
    Epstein and other powerful persons acting as Epstein’s representatives and surrogates. Maxwell
    made and coordinated her statements in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere with
    the specific intent to amplify the defamatory effect those statements would have on Giuffre’s
    reputation and credibility.
  5. Maxwell made her false statements both directly and through agents who, with
    her general and specific authorization, adopted, distributed, and published the false statements on
    Maxwell’s behalf. In addition, Maxwell and her authorized agents made false statements in
    reckless disregard of their truth or falsity and with malicious intent to destroy Giuffre’s
    reputation and credibility; to prevent her from further disseminating her life story; and to cause
    persons hearing or reading Giuffre’s descriptions of truthful facts to disbelieve her entirely.
    Maxwell made her false statements wantonly and with the specific intent to maliciously damage
    Giuffre’s good name and reputation in a way that would destroy her efforts to administer her
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non-profit foundation, or share her life story, and thereby help others who have suffered from
sexual abuse.

  1. As a result of Maxwell’s campaign to spread false, discrediting and defamatory
    statements about Giuffre, Giuffre suffered substantial damages in an amount to be proven at trial.
  2. Maxwell’s false statements have caused, and continue to cause, Giuffre economic
    damage, psychological pain and suffering, mental anguish and emotional distress, and other
    direct and consequential damages and losses.
  3. Maxwell’s campaign to spread her false statements internationally was unusual
    and particularly egregious conduct. Maxwell sexually abused Giuffre and helped Epstein to
    sexually abuse Giuffre, and then, in order to avoid having these crimes discovered, Maxwell
    wantonly and maliciously set out to falsely accuse, defame, and discredit Giuffre. In so doing,
    Maxwell’s efforts constituted a public wrong by deterring, damaging, and setting back Giuffre’s
    efforts to help victims of sex trafficking. Accordingly, this is a case in which exemplary and
    punitive damages are appropriate.
  4. Punitive and exemplary damages are necessary in this case to deter Maxwell and
    others from wantonly and maliciously using a campaign of lies to discredit Giuffre and other
    victims of sex trafficking.
    PRAYER FOR RELIEF
    WHEREFORE, Plaintiff Giuffre respectfully requests judgment against Defendant
    Maxwell, awarding compensatory, consequential, exemplary, and punitive damages in an
    amount to be determined at trial, but in excess of the $75,000 jurisdictional requirement; costs of
    suit; attorneys’ fees; and such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.
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JURY DEMAND
Plaintiff hereby demands a trial by jury on all causes of action asserted within this
pleading.
Dated September 21, 2015.
/s/ David Boies
David Boies
Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP
333 Main Street
Armonk, NY 10504
/s/ Sigrid McCawley
Sigrid McCawley
(Pro Hac Vice Pending)
Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP
401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1200
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
(954) 356-0011
/s/ Ellen Brockman
Ellen Brockman
Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP
575 Lexington Ave
New York, New York 10022
(212) 446-2300
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