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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document675_ Filed 06/25/22 Page15of21 to attend the trial. Being given an opportunity to speak at Maxwell’s sentencing will further advance their recovery from the injuries caused by being sexually trafficked. [Sarah’s VIS (“Last year I travelled to New York from England...to attend Maxwell’s trial. It was therapeutic to hear the testimony of the four brave victim—witnesses, whose experience paralleled my own, to know that I was not alone and that our story was finally being told for the world to hear. I am grateful that the jury believed the victims and returned a guilty verdict. I look forward to attending the sentencing and watching Ms. Maxwell stand as her sentence is delivered in open court.”); Elizabeth’s VIS (“The arrests of Epstein and Maxwell in 2019 and 2020 respectively helped me immensely. For the first time, I was finally able to disclose their abuse to close friends and medical providers. Twenty-five years after meeting them, my experience was validated. I could finally see the possibility of closure. This past November and December, I commuted almost every day from my home in Philadelphia to attend Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial in Manhattan. For weeks I sat in the courtroom anonymously, only revealing my identity the day before the verdict. I had to see justice for myself. At the age of 48, I feel as if I’m just starting my life. All those things I assumed I would have in life, the things that my siblings and friends have achieved: a career, success, a partner, family, a home, a legacy to be proud of leaving behind were jeopardized for more than two and a half decades.”)]. B. Allowing Victims to Speak Is Particularly Important in this Case Where Many Mysteries Abound About the Breadth of Maxwell’s Conspiracy In addition to the benefits that will inure to the individual women who speak at Maxwell’s sentencing, a public airing of victim impact statements will serve the broader public interest of building confidence in the criminal justice system, especially in a case which remains shrouded in so much controversy. While the Court will be sentencing one defendant—Ghislaine Maxwell—for her 15 DOJ-OGR-00010706