Ghislaine Maxwell Motion For 37 B And C Sanctions During The Virginia Roberts Lawsuit (Part 1) (10/4/26)

Ghislaine Maxwell’s motion for sanctions under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 37(b) and 37(c) accused Virginia Giuffre of repeatedly failing to comply with discovery requirements in the defamation lawsuit between them. Maxwell argued that an April 2016 court order required Giuffre to identify all health-care providers who had treated her since 1999 and produce the corresponding medical records because Giuffre was seeking damages for physical injuries, psychological harm and emotional distress. According to Maxwell’s filing, Giuffre initially identified only a limited number of providers, produced incomplete records and failed to supplement her disclosures even after additional doctors and therapists were revealed during depositions. Maxwell characterized those omissions as deliberate rather than accidental and argued that they prevented her defense team from independently examining Giuffre’s medical history and testing whether the damages she claimed were actually connected to Maxwell’s alleged conduct. The motion also contended that Giuffre had failed to provide the computation and supporting documentation for her claimed damages required by Rule 26(a).

Maxwell therefore asked the court to impose substantial discovery sanctions. Her primary request was to strike Giuffre’s claims for damages involving psychological pain, emotional distress, physical and psychiatric injuries, medical expenses, humiliation, embarrassment, loss of self-esteem, loss of dignity and invasion of privacy; alternatively, Maxwell sought an order preventing Giuffre from presenting evidence supporting those categories of damages. Maxwell also requested reimbursement of attorney’s fees and expenses incurred because of the alleged discovery failures and asked the judge to warn Giuffre that continued noncompliance could ultimately result in dismissal of the lawsuit. The motion was aggressive in both language and remedy, essentially arguing that Giuffre should not be permitted to seek significant physical and emotional damages while, in Maxwell’s view, withholding the very medical evidence Maxwell needed to challenge those claims. Those were Maxwell’s allegations and arguments in the sanctions motion, not findings by the court that Giuffre had actually engaged in deception or violated the discovery rules.



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