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The British socialite accused of recruiting Jeffrey Epstein’s “teen sex slave” was ordered to hand over any correspondence between her and the billionaire pedophile over the past 17 years, a Manhattan judge ruled Thursday.

Alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell will also have to produce any documents between 1999 and 2016 that mention the sex-trafficking ring she and Epstein allegedly operated.

Victim Virginia Roberts – who now goes by her married name Giuffre – sued Maxwell in Manhattan federal court for defamation.

Maxwell had denied Roberts’ claims that the older woman introduced the then-15-year-old to Epstein for sex in 1999.

Roberts, who is now 32, also claimed Maxwell pimped her out to Epstein’s wealthy pals, including Prince Andrew.

Maxwell’s lawyers argued in court Thursday that Roberts’ requests for documents was “overly broad” and called it a “fishing expedition.”

“What the heck does a communication with the Duke in 2013, any old communication, have to do with anything in this case? Nothing,” said attorney Jeffrey Pagliuca.

But Roberts’ lawyer Sigrid McCawley said the sweeping amount of evidence is critical to her lawsuit.

“The underlying issue in this case is whether or not Ms. Maxwell lied when she said my client was not subject to the abuse that she said she was subject to,” she said.

“So in order to prove that, for defamation with malice, we have to prove that my client was abused by these individuals, that these individuals did take advantage of her in the way that she expressed.”

Maxwell’s lawyers said they sought to obtain a copy of Roberts’ handwritten notes about the alleged sex abuse that were published on website Radar Online – but were told that the documents were “proprietary” and copyright-protected.

Roberts escaped from the sex ring in 2002 after fleeing to Australia when Epstein and Maxwell allegedly sent her to Thailand to study massage.

Maxwell is set to be deposed next Friday – but that could be postponed pending objections by her attorneys.

She is the daughter of the late British media mogul Robert Maxwell, who went overboard from his yacht in 1991 amid a massive financial scandal.

Epstein, 63, pleaded guilty in 2006 to soliciting an underage prostitute and served 13 months of an 18-month prison sentence.

The Post reported last week that Epstein continues to entertain a bevvy of beautiful women at his East 71st Street mansion – and that all of them appeared to be at least 17, the age of consent in New York, according to a source.

“When the Russian girls arrive in the city, they already have Jeffrey’s phone number,” the source said.