Ghislaine Maxwell

2022 - 4 - 2

Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Judge orders no new trial due to jury issue ... (CNN)

A federal judge upheld Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction on sex trafficking charges Friday, ruling that a juror's misstatements on a pretrial questionnaire ...

Ghislaine Maxwell's bid for new trial denied, judge rules (The Guardian)

Maxwell repeatedly requested a new trial after a juror on her case failed to disclose childhood sexual abuse during jury selection.

He listened to the evidence and was fair and impartial. “His failure to disclose his prior sexual abuse during the jury selection process was highly unfortunate, but not deliberate,” Nathan continued. The judge said that was not pertinent to weighing Maxwell’s push for a new trial. “After the thoughtful and thorough hearing held by this court, it is crystal clear that the defendant received a fair trial,” prosecutors said in court papers. David told Nathan his failure to mention childhood sexual abuse was an “honest mistake” and he was deeply remorseful. He appeared to testify frankly and honestly, even when the answers he gave were the cause of personal embarrassment and regret.

Ghislaine Maxwell denied a new trial in US sex trafficking case (Financial Times)

New York judge concludes juror's failure to disclose prior abuse did not taint British socialite's guilty verdict.

Juror's Error Did Not Affect Ghislaine Maxwell Verdict, Judge Rules (The New York Times)

The juror's statements to the media had clouded the sex-trafficking conviction of Ms. Maxwell, a longtime companion of Jeffrey Epstein.

Hours before Judge Nathan’s ruling, Ms. Maxwell’s lawyers wrote to the judge, asking that she delay her decision in light of what they called new information — yet another media interview with Juror 50, which was to be released on a streaming service. He listened to the evidence and was fair and impartial. Ms. Maxwell’s conviction was the culmination of a convoluted, yearslong case that entangled celebrities and politicians and spawned conspiracy theories centered around Mr. Epstein, who died by suicide while in custody awaiting his own trial.

US judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell's bid for new trial over juror's ... (ABC News)

A US judge has upheld Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking conviction, despite a juror falsely declaring before the trial he had not been sexually abused.

At a March 8 hearing, he said he rushed through the questionnaire, made a mistake in saying he had not been a sexual abuse victim and he did not deliberately lie to get on the panel. This is what justice requires, not more." When asked in a pre-trial screening questionnaire whether he had been a victim of sexual abuse, the juror checked "no".

No new trial for Ghislaine Maxwell despite juror's false statement (Reuters)

Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday lost her bid to overturn her U.S. sex trafficking conviction, even after a juror acknowledged having falsely stated before the ...

"He listened to the evidence and was fair and impartial. "His failure to disclose his prior sexual abuse during the jury selection process was highly unfortunate, but not deliberate," Nathan wrote. Her sentencing is scheduled for June 28. "Juror 50 does not consider himself a victim and does not let his past define him," Todd Spodek, the juror's lawyer, said in a statement. Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell sits as the guilty verdict in her sex abuse trial is read in a courtroom sketch in New York City, U. S., December 29, 2021. Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell sits as the guilty verdict in her sex abuse trial is read in a courtroom sketch in New York City, U. S., December 29, 2021.