Alan Dershowitz Seeks to Keep Media Out of New York Hearing on Unsealing Jeffrey Epstein Documents

Alan Dershowitz Seeks to Keep Media Out of New York Hearing on Unsealing Jeffrey Epstein Documents The passage reveals a concrete legal maneuver by a high‑profile attorney (Alan Dershowitz) to limit press access to a hearing that could unseal extensive sealed records on Jeffrey Epstein’s sex‑trafficking network. It names specific actors (Dershowitz, Ghislaine Maxwell, [REDACTED - Survivor] Giuffre, former Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta) and institutions (U.S. District Court, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Miami Herald, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press). While the claim of sealed documents is already known, the explicit request to close the hearing and the mention of a pending motion provide a clear investigative lead-obtain the filing, track the court’s response, and identify which documents are being protected. Key insights: Dershowitz filed a letter to the Second Circuit asking the media be excluded from the hearing.; The hearing concerns a 2015 case involving Epstein, Maxwell, and Giuffre that was settled in 2017.; The Miami Herald and a coalition of media outlets are seeking to unseal the sealed docket.