Manhattan federal prosecutors on Tuesday said there was “no legal basis” to Ghislaine Maxwell’s request to identify the women who have come forward as victims of deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein in her criminal sex-trafficking case.

The response came amid a dispute between Maxwell’s defense attorneys and the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office over a protective order governing dispute in the case, which accused Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime confidante and former romantic interest, of enabling his abuses.

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