Robert W. Sweet
A federal judge who issued an order regarding the destruction of Jeffrey Epstein-related files and restricted access to certain parties
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Mutual Connections
Entities connected to Robert W. Sweet through shared intermediaries, but not directly linked.
Connected via: 2024 Unsealed Documents - Batch 1 (January 3), Giuffre v. Maxwell defamation case, Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) +4 more
Connected via: 2024 Unsealed Documents - Batch 1 (January 3), Giuffre v. Maxwell defamation case, Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) +4 more
Connected via: 2024 Unsealed Documents - Batch 1 (January 3), Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts), Virginia Giuffre +3 more
Connected via: 2024 Unsealed Documents - Batch 1 (January 3), Steven Hoffenberg, Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) +3 more
Connected via: Giuffre v. Maxwell defamation case, Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts), Virginia Giuffre +2 more
Key Relationships
Part Of
- Document 2024 Unsealed Documents - Batch 1 (January 3) - Judge Robert Sweet presided over the district court proceedings in case 1:15-cv-07433 Court Record
- Document Roberts v. Maxwell (2015) - Judge Sweet presided over the defamation case and issued sealing orders that are being appealed Court Record
Mentioned In
- Document 2024 Unsealed Documents - Batch 1 (January 3) - Judge Robert W. Sweet presided over the Maxwell-Giuffre case and entered sealing orders Court Record
- Document Roberts v. Maxwell (2015) - Judge Sweet issued the sealing orders in the defamation case that were appealed. Court Record
- Document Roberts v. Maxwell (2015) - Judge Sweet presided over the Giuffre v. Maxwell case and denied motions to unseal documents Court Record
Located At
- Document Giuffre v. Maxwell defamation case - Judge Sweet presided over the defamation case in the Southern District of New York and issued multiple sealing orders. Court Record
Represented By
- Person Steven Hoffenberg - Federal Judge Robert W. Sweet sentenced Hoffenberg in 1997 to 20 years in prison, $462 million in restitution, and a ... Court Record
- Person Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) - Judge Sweet presided over Giuffre's defamation case against Maxwell and denied Maxwell's motion for summary judgment Court Record
- Person Virginia Giuffre - Judge Sweet issued orders regarding the legal representation and file management of Virginia Giuffre Credible Reporting
- Document Roberts v. Maxwell (2015) - Judge Sweet presided over the district court proceedings and issued sealing orders Court Record
- Person Ghislaine Maxwell - Sweet denied Maxwell's motion for summary judgment in defamation case Court Record
Charged With
- Person Steven Hoffenberg - Judge Sweet sentenced Hoffenberg to 20 years in prison in 1997 for the Towers Financial fraud Court Record
Connected To
- Person Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) - Judge Sweet presided over the defamation lawsuit filed by Giuffre against Maxwell and denied Maxwell's motion for sum... Court Record
- Document Roberts v. Maxwell (2015) - Judge Sweet entered sealing orders in the Maxwell-Giuffre case that were later vacated on appeal. Court Record
- Person Alan Dershowitz - Judge Sweet barred Alan Dershowitz from accessing Epstein-related files Credible Reporting
Testified In
- Person Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) - Judge Sweet presided over the defamation case where Giuffre was plaintiff and denied Maxwell's motion for summary jud... Court Record
Source Documents & Evidence
“He was sentenced in 1997 by federal judge Robert W. Sweet to 20 years in prison”Accessed: 2026-02-28
“appeal from certain orders of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Robert W. Sweet, Judge) denying their respective motions to unseal filings.”
“United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Robert W. Sweet, Judge) denying their respective motions to unseal filings”Accessed: 2026-03-04
“Judge Orders Virginia Giuffre's Lawyers to 'Destroy' Their Jeffrey Epstein Files, Bars Dershowitz from Accessing Them”Accessed: 2026-03-21
- 📄https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6250270-Sweet-Opinion-Unsealed/
- 📖https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Sweet
- 📖https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hoffenberg
- 📰https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiekFVX3lxTE1kRUxNZjI5VlpBaGtIYnk5ejdrU1Z...
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