Defendant’s Opposition cites alleged meetings with Bill Clinton on Jeffrey Epstein’s island and references to Dershowitz, foreign presidents, and P...

Case PROT2-RWS Document 749 Filed 03/17/17 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE, Plaintiff, v. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant. 15-cv-07433-RWS Defendant's Response in Opposition to Plaintiff's Omnibus Motion in Limine Laura A. Menninger Jeffrey S. Pagliuca Ty Gee HADDON, MORGAN AND FOREMAN, P.C. 150 East 10 th Avenue Denver, CO 80203 303.831.7364 Case PROT3-RWS Document 749 Filed 03/17/17 Page 2 of 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. FED. R. EVID. 405(B) REQUIRES ADMISSION OF ALL SPECIFIC INCIDENTS OF PLAINTIFF LYING OR ENGAGING IN DECEITFUL OR FRAUDULENT CONDUCT 1 A. All allegations or comments made by Plaintiff are "connected to" the alleged defamatory B. Responses to Enumerated Motions In Limine ..................................................................... 6 1. Stories and allegations concerning Dershowitz, foreign presidents, and world leaders are highly relevant and admissible (Motion in Limine 1) ............................................... 6 2. Meeting Bill Clinton at Jeffrey Epstein's private island twice (Motion in Limine 2) ..... 8 3. FOIA responses and related materials are admissible (Motion in Limine 3)................... 8 4. Louis Freeh's testimony and report are admissible evidence (Motion in Limine 4) ....... 9 5. Prince Andrew and Buckingham Palace's denials of Plaintiff's claims are not offered for the truth of the matter asserted (Motion in Limine 5).............................................. 11 6. Evidence Regarding Plaintiff's Sexual History and Reputation is Admissible (Motion in 7. Plaintiff cannot prohibit use of words such as "prostitute," which she used to describe herself, or any other "derogatory" terms that describe her reputation (Motion in Limine 8. Plaintiff's drug use is relevant to her memory and lack of damages (Motion in Limine 9. Information regarding Plaintiff's criminal history is relevant and admissible evidence when character is an essential element of the claim (Motion in Limine 9)................... 18 10. Evidence concerning school attendance is relevant to Plaintiff's allegations of how she spent her time in 1999 to 2002 (Motion in Limine 10) ................................................. 19 11. Plaintiff put her full childhood history and character at issue (Motion in Limine 11) .. 20 12. Victims Refuse Silence is a sham not-for-profit established to create a claim for defamation per se (Motion in Limine 12)...................................................................... 20 i Case PROT4-RWS Document 749 Filed 03/17/17 Page 3 of 9 13. Plaintiff's failure to pay her personal tax obligations is relevant to her character for truthfulness (Motion in Limine 13) ............................................................................... 22 14. Plaintiff's husband's domestic violence against her in March 2015 is probative of other intervening causes of emotional distress and related damages (Motion in Limine 14) 23 15. Plaintiff's lies about her age and the year she met Mr. Epstein must be exposed to the jury (Motion in Limine 15)............................................................................................ 24 16. All of Plaintiff's medical records are relevant to Plaintiff's damages claims (Motion in 17. The Parties agree to preclusion of all documents and discussion of the Jane Doe 102 case, including the settlement of those claims (Motion in Limine 17) ......................... 26 18. The Cassell/Edwards v. Dershowitz litigation is relevant and admissible (Motion in 19. Judge Marra's ruling is relevant and admissible (Motion in Limine 19)....................... 29 20. The transcript of the tape recording of Mr. Dershowitz's conversation with Rebecca Boylan is admissible (Motion in Limine 20)................................................................. 31 C. Plaintiff's Remaining Motions In Limine Are Premature and Request an Unnecessary Advisory Opinion (Motions in Limine 21-29).................................................................. 32 1. "Bad Acts" by Plaintiff's counsel .................................................................................. 34 2. Discussion of missing witnesses and absence of evidence is appropriate, and missing witness instruction may be requested ............................................................................ 35 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ..................................................................................................... 38 ii Case PROT5-RWS Document 749 Filed 03/17/17 Page 4 of 9 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Cases Brady v. Chemical Construction Corp., 740 PROT13 195 (2d Cir. 1984).......................................... 10 Cannistraci v. Kirsopp, No. PROT6 MAD/DRH, 2012 WL 2089687, at *1-2 (N.D.N.Y. Cardillo v. Doubleday & Co., Inc., 518 PROT14 638, 639-40 (2d Cir.1975).................................... 13 Chamblee v. Harris & Harris, Inc., 154 PROT15. 2d 670, 681 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)......................... 22 Chnapkova v. Koh, 985 PROT16 79, 82 (2d Cir. 1993)...................................................................... 22 Daniels by Glass v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 634 So.2d 88, 93 (Miss. 1993)................................... 4 DeVaul v Carvigo Inc., 526 N.Y.S.2d 483 (2d Dept. 1988)......................................................... 35 Doddy v. Oxy USA, Inc., 101 PROT17 448, 459-60 (5th Cir. 1996)................................................... 10 Donnelly v. DeChristoforo, 416 U.S. 637, 646-47, 94 S.Ct. 1868, 40 L.Ed.2d 431 (1974). ....... 33 Edwards v. City of N.Y., No. 08-2199 TLM, 2011 WL 2748665, at *4 (E.D.N.Y. July 13, 2011) EEOC v. Grief Brothers Corp., 218 F.R.D. 59, 61-62 (W.D.N.Y. 2003).................................... 25 Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Reed Pierce's Sportsman's Grille, LLC, No. 3:10- CV-541-WHB-LRA, 2013 WL 12123370, at *1 (S.D. Miss. Jan. 11, 2013)........................... 24 Gaillard v. Jim's Water Service, Inc., 535 PROT18 771, 778-779 (8th Cir. 2008)............................ 22 Gallo v. Ricci, 814 N.Y.S.2d 422, 423 (2006).............................................................................. 36 Geraty v. Vill. of Antioch, No. 09 C 6992, 2015 WL 127917, at *7 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 8, 2015) ......... 9 Gordy Co. v. Mary Jane Girls, Inc., No. PROT0 (RWS), 1989 WL 28477, at *6 (S.D.N.Y. Gov't of Virgin Islands v. Grant, 775 PROT19 508, 511 & n. 4 (3d Cir. 1985) ................................... 3 Grasso v. Mathew, 564 N.Y.S.2d 576, 578 (3d Dep't 1991) ...................................................... 30 Guccione v. Hustler Magazine, Inc., 800 PROT20 298, 303 (2d Cir. 1986)....................................... 13 iii Case PROT7-RWS Document 749 Filed 03/17/17 Page 5 of 9 Jaffee v. Redmond, 518 U.S. 1, 116 S.Ct. 1923, 135 L.Ed.2d 337 (1996) ................................... 22 Kadant Johnson Inc. v. D'Amico, No. CIV.A. 10-2869, 2012 WL 2190897, at *1 (E.D. La. June Kevorkian v. Am. Med. Ass'n, 237 Mich. App. 1, 12, 602 N.W.2d 233, 239 (1999).................... 13 Longmire v. Ala. State Univ., 151 F.R.D. 414, 419 (M.D.Ala. 1992)..................................3 Minemyer v. R-Boc Representatives, Inc., No. 07 C 1763, 2012 WL 379904, at *4 (N.D. Ill. Feb. O'Brien v. Alexander, 898 PROT21. 162, 171 (S.D.N.Y. 1995) .................................................... 30 Palmieri v. Defaria, 88 PROT22 136, 141 (2d Cir. 1996) .................................................................. 33 People v Thomas, 21 N.Y.3d 226 (2013)...................................................................................... 35 People v. Williams, 5 N.Y.3d 732, 734 (2005)............................................................................. 35 Preferred Properties, Inc. v. Indian River Estates, Inc., 276 PROT23 790, 799 n.5 (6th Cir. 2002) . 13 Rowe v. DPI Specialty Foods, Inc., No. PROT8-DN, 2015 WL 3533844, at *5 (D. Utah S.E.C. v. Collins & Aikman Corp., 256 F.R.D. 403, 412 (S.D.N.Y. 2009) .................................. 19 Schafer v. Time, Inc., 142 PROT24 1361, 1364-75 (11th Cir. 1998) ................................................... 3 Seligson, Morris & Neuburger v Fairbanks Whitney Corp., 257 N.Y.S.2d 706 (1st Dept. 1965)35 Sidor v. Reno, PROT1 (KMW), 1998 WL 164823, *2 (S.D.N.Y. April 7, 1998).............. 25 United States v. Dukes, 727 PROT25 34, 37 (2d Cir. 1984) ............................................................... 17 United States v. Hatchett, 918 PROT26 631, 641 (6th Cir. 1990) ...................................................... 22 United States v. Lujan, No. 05-CR-924 (RB) (D.N.M. Mar. 25, 2011) ...................................... 32 United States v. Piche, 981 PROT27 706, 713 (4th Cir. 1992) ............................................................. 3 United States v. Rabbani, 382 F. App'x 39, 42 (2d Cir. 2010)..................................................... 35 United States v. Robinson, 583 PROT28 1265, 1272 (10th Cir. 2009) ............................................... 17 United States v. Van Meerbeke, 548 PROT29 415, 417-18 (2d Cir. 1976) ........................................ 17 iv Case PROT9-RWS Document 749 Filed 03/17/17 Page 6 of 9 United States v. West, 58 PROT30 133, 141 (5th Cir. 1995) .............................................................. 22 United States v. Wexler, 79 PROT31 526, 529-30 (2d Cir. 1935)...................................................... 33 United States v. Wilson, No. 04-CR-1016 NGG, 2013 WL 2948034, at *4-6 (E.D.N.Y. June 14, World Wide Ass'n of Specialty Programs v. Pure, Inc., 450 PROT32 1132, 1138 (10th Cir. 2006).... 3 Zamora v. GC Servs., L.P., 647 F. App'x 330 (5th Cir. 2016)....................................................... 9 Rules Fed. R. Evid. 405 and 608............................................................................................... 4, 6, 15, 20 Fed. R. Evid. 902(4) and 902(11) ................................................................................................. 19 v Case PROT10-RWS Document 749 Filed 03/17/17 Page 7 of 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS and PAGES 1-36 REDACTED Case PROT11-RWS Document 749 Filed 03/17/17 Page 8 of 9 Dated: March 17, 2017 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Laura A. Menninger Laura A. Menninger (LM-1374) Jeffrey S. Pagliuca (pro hac vice) Ty Gee (pro hac vice) HADDON, MORGAN AND FOREMAN, P.C. 150 East 10 th Avenue Denver, CO 80203 Phone: 303.831.7364 Fax: 303.832.2628 lmenninger@hmflaw.com Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell 37 Case PROT12-RWS Document 749 Filed 03/17/17 Page 9 of 9 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on March 17, 2017, I electronically served this Defendant's Response in Opposition to Plaintiff's Omnibus Motion In Limine via ECF on the following: Sigrid S. McCawley Meredith Schultz BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER, LLP 401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Ste. 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 smccawley@bsfllp.com mschultz@bsfllp.com Bradley J. Edwards FARMER, JAFFE, WEISSING, EDWARDS, FISTOS & LEHRMAN, P.L. 425 North Andrews Ave., Ste. 2 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 brad@pathtojustice.com Paul G. Cassell 383 S. University Street Salt Lake City, UT 84112 cassellp@law.utah.edu J. Stanley Pottinger 49 Twin Lakes Rd. South Salem, NY 10590 StanPottinger@aol.com /s/ Nicole Simmons Nicole Simmons 38