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Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 97 Filed 12/14/20 Page 25 of 45 named in 97 articles in the month of July 2019 alone. The level of press coverage spiked again in November 2019 when the British tabloid The Sun ran an advertisement offering a £10,000 bounty for information about Ms. Maxwell’s whereabouts and it continued at a heightened level over the next several months. NOVEMBER 2019 GHISLAINE MAXWELL MEDIA MENTIONS: The un offers 2015-2020 £10, 000reward AUGUST 10, 2019 Epstein’s death 300 JULY 6, 2019 Epstein arrested NOV 28, 2018 200 Miami Herald Article Series “Perversion of Justice” 150 100 NUMBER OF ARTICLES 50 2 2 ge © se se a De Bu & < of oS 2 =< 2 2 ee 2 2 ae f P AP ae] Ps Cy < S a Pg Pag eal Po & oe ss S oo oe & eo s a oo & & ye ss SP ac & & ae Sy rom & & cy as 4, "| Nexis Newsdesk by LexisNexis - https This graph depicts in stark visual terms the sea change in media attention that upended Ms. Maxwell’s life at the time of Epstein’s arrest. But it was not only harassment from the press that Ms. Maxwell suddenly encountered at this time. She also faced a deluge of threatening messages on social media in the days immediately following Epstein’s arrest and death. (See Ex. Q). The hatred directed towards Ms. Maxwell in these posts is palpable and unsettling. Despite the fact that Ms. Maxwell was not charged—indeed, not even mentioned—in the Epstein indictment, and had not been charged with any crimes, the authors referred to her as a “crazy, pedophile, pimp, bitch” and a “subhuman c*nt,” and called for her to “rot in jail.” These people also encouraged all manner of violent acts 19 DOJ-OGR-00001997