lawsuit in 2015 were released. those court papers putting one of his former confidants under a new microscope. ghislaine maxwell. i made a statement, thank you. newly unsealed pages from a 2015 defamation suit against maxwell settled out of court alleged that epstein and maxwell were more than just friends. painting maxwell as a recruiter who found girls for epstein to prey on. in the court documents virginia roberts guffre says epstein and maxwell began grooming her as a teenager to become a sex slave, directing her to provide sexual services for high profile men. among them the suit claimed politicians, a modeling agent, a money manager, a foreign president and a well-known prime minister. prince andrew, the queen s second born son, also named in the court documents. buckingham palace releasing a statement that says in part any suggestion of impropriety with