Qevonshires solicitors Annette Witheridge Our Ref: PTIN_CL1014218705 The Mail on Sunday 5 March 2011 Dear Annette Ghislaine Maxwell I represent Ghislaine Maxwell. I am in receipt of an email you sent to Brett Jaffe late yesterday calling for a response by noon today. I have seen the article published in today's Daily Mail. The allegations made by against Ghislaine Maxwell (as at points 1 - 14 of your email) are all entirely baseless, utterly false and without merit. Ghislaine Maxwell has never been contacted by any police force or other law enforcement agency in connection with any allegations made against Jeffrey Epstein. She has absolutely no connection to the criminal prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein and was neither approached by the defence or prosecution in that matter. Ghislaine Maxwell has not been named as a party in any proceedings relating to Jeffrey Epstein. Further, no one has at any time even written to Ghislaine Maxwell making any claims against her. It is quite extraordinary that if what is saying is her genuine held belief, that she did not add Ghislaine Maxwell as a party to any claim or even write to Ghislaine Maxwell putting her on notice of any such claim. The only legal process that Ghislaine Maxwell has ever received is a subpoena which was served on her and which she was not required to answer. One of the lawyers primarily responsible for promoting allegations against Jeffrey Epstein was Scott Rothstein. In June 2010, Mr Rothstein was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment for his involvement in what is reported to have been the largest ever fraud in Florida, a US$1.2 billion ponzi scheme. He is also the primary defendant in a civil law suit based on his fraud in which the claim is US$100 billion. He is a man without any shred of credibility. He is a proven liar and someone who has sought to manipulate the law to his own advantage. He is reported as being connected with the making of false claims in relation to Jeffr