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Case 18-2868, Document 281, 08/09/2019, 2628234, Page59 of 66 DEFENDANT’S PURPORTED FACTS 51. Ms. Giuffre publicly peddled her story beginning in 2011. Ms. Giuffre granted journalist Sharon Churcher extensive interviews that resulted in seven (7) widely distributed articles from March 2011 through January 2015. Churcher regularly communicated with Ms. Giuffre and her “attorneys or other agents” from “early 2011” to “the present day.” Ms. Giuffre received approximately $160,000 for her stories and pictures that were published by many news organizations. MS. GIUFFRE’S STATEMENT CONTROVERTING DEFENDANT’S FACTS Defendant's statement misrepresents history. In 2011, Ms. Giuffre was still in hiding from Epstein and Maxwell in Australia. Ms. Giuffre was not looking to sell anything or even speak with anyone about what had happened to her in her previous life from which she dramatically escaped. Journalist, Sharon Churcher, located Ms. Giuffre and impressed the importance of Ms. Giuffre standing up to those who had harmed her and speak with Federal authorities, which Ms. Giuffre did in 2011. See McCawley Dec. at Exhibit 31, Redacted 302 GIUFFRE001235-01246. In addition, Churcher impressed the importance of bringing the abuse of Defendant and Epstein to public light to prevent their continued abuse of others. See McCawley Dec. at Exhibit 35, Giuffre003690. After much deliberation, Ms. Giuffre agreed to be interviewed by Churcher, and was compensated for sharing her story, which came at a heavy price of being publicly scrutinized. DEFENDANT’S PURPORTED FACTS 52. Ms. Giuffre drafted a 144-page purportedly autobiographical book manuscript in 2011 which she actively sought to publish. In 2011, contemporaneous with her Churcher interviews, Ms. Giuffre drafted a book manuscript which purported to document Ms. Giuffre’s experiences as a teenager in Florida, including her interactions with Epstein and Maxwell. Ms. Giuffre communicated with literary agents, ghost writers and potential independent publishers in an effort to get her book published. She generated marketing materials and circulated those along with book chapters to numerous individuals associated with publishing and the media. 59