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THE COURT: But how is that going to figure into
damages in our case?
MS. MENNINGER: Your Honor, I think the jury would be
instructed here not to hold Ms. Maxwell responsible for any harm to plaintiff's reputation caused by third parties or alternate sources, including stories that were generated by statements made by her own counsel, by Alan Dershowitz, by Prince Andrew, by anyone else.
THE COURT: Well, yes. But what I'm trying to figure
out, what about that case was damaging to Giuffre?
MS. MENNINGER: I can't tell you that, your Honor.
It's actually plaintiffs who are asking for $1.9 million in
reputational cleanup costs, and when you ask them what
reputational cleanup costs are you trying to clean up, they
point to stories having to do with the Dershowitz litigation.
They say her reputation was damaged by that litigation and by
the stories related to it, and they want to push all of those
stories down on the internet searches. Not stories that relate
to Ms. Maxwell, stories that relate to her litigation with --
her lawyer's litigation with Alan Dershowitz.
THE COURT: Okay.
MS. MENNINGER: I don't think that evidence should
come in because I don't think it's based on science, but I
realize that's not for today.
Likewise, your Honor, her failure to sue Alan
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