1 H3VOGIU1 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 2 ------------------------------x 3 VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE, 4 Plaintiff, 5 v. 15 Civ. 7433 (RWS) 6 GHISLAINE MAXWELL, 7 Defendant. Oral Argument 8 ------------------------------x New York, N.Y. 9 March 31, 2017 10:10 a.m. 10 Before: 11 HON. ROBERT W. SWEET, 12 District Judge 13 APPEARANCES 14 BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP 15 Attorneys for Plaintiff BY: SIGRID S. McCAWLEY, ESQ. 16 MEREDITH L. SCHULTZ, ESQ. 17 S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH For Plaintiff 18 BY: PAUL G. CASSELL, ESQ. 19 HADDON, MORGAN AND FOREMAN, P.C. Attorneys for Defendant 20 BY: JEFFREY S. PAGLIUCA, ESQ. LAURA A. MENNINGER, ESQ. 21 22 23 24 25 SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 2 H3VOGIU1 1 (Case called) 2 THE COURT: Like all of you, you woke up in the middle 3 of the night thinking about this case. I would like to see if 4 I can clarify my understanding. 5 In the motion to dismiss, I concluded, I think, that 6 what was at issue was the truth or falsity of the plaintiff's 7 allegations concerning sexual abuse and the activities of the 8 defendant. I think that's my sense of my own opinion. 9 Yesterday, we were discussing the redactions of