Judge orders documents naming Jeffrey Epstein associates to be unsealed

• The civil lawsuit in question, settled in 2017, was brought by Virginia Giuffre. She accused Maxwell of facilitating her sexual abuse. Terms of the settlement were not made public.

Driving the news: Judge Loretta Preska of the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York set a Jan. 1 release date for more than 150 names associated with the lawsuit, per the order.

Where it stands: The court is allowing anyone who may be named in the documents to file an appeal before the documents are released.

• The judge noted, however, some have given media interviews, making the information public.

Read the order, via DocumentCloud:

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Editor's note: This article has been updated to include a copy of the judge's order.