“Ms. Maxwell was denied her right to be tried by a fair and impartial jury when a juror revealed that he gave made materially false statements in jury selection that concealed that he had exp…
Ghislaine Maxwell formally appealed her sex-trafficking conviction Tuesday, arguing prosecutors and the judge made a series of “fatal” errors during her case in Manhattan federal court.
He accused the government of working with Epstein accusers “to develop new allegations out of faded, distorted, and motivated memories.”, for helping pedophile financier Epstein groom girls and women for him to abuse. Ghislaine Maxwell will raise five points with the appeals court to argue her conviction should be overturned.
A juror said that they lied during jury selection about a history of sex abuse they experienced as a child.Following Maxwell’s conviction, a juror who identified himself as Scotty David revealed in a number of media interviews that he had been sexually abused as a child – and did not disclose that during pretrial jury selection. , but it was ultimately upheld by Judge Alison Nathan, who presided over the trial.
“Ms. Maxwell was denied her right to be tried by a fair and impartial jury when a juror revealed that he gave made materially false statements in jury selection that concealed that he had experienced the ‘exact same thing’ as the victims, namely, childhood sexual abuse,” Aidala wrote.
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