Epstein Case Shadowed by Anonymous Requests to Conceal Documents

Shortly before a federal appeals court in New York was set to open records that could illuminate the controversial sex trafficking case against hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein, a pair of anonymous people stepped in to ask the judges to keep some of the information sealed.

Lawyers for two unnamed people yesterday filed motions to intervene in the debate over whether to open records in a federal defamation lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s alleged victims. They also asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to redact any names and personal identifying information which concern Giuffre’s ...