Ghislaine Maxwell prosecutors ask judge for inquiry into juror [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Ghislaine Maxwell prosecutors ask judge for inquiry into juror
Maxwell’s legal team says they believe a new trial is warranted following revelations about juror
Victoria Bekiempis in New York
Wed 5 Jan 2022 22.29 GMT
Prosecutors in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial on Wednesday asked the judge for an “inquiry” after a juror said in recent post-trial media interviews that he was a victim of sexual abuse.
Maxwell’s legal team said they believe a new trial is warranted following revelations about this juror.
Maxwell was found guilty on 29 December of five counts for facilitating the late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of girls, some as young as 14.
“While the court instructed jurors that they were free to discuss their jury service with anyone of their choosing, some of the statements, as related in the media, merit attention by the court. In particular, the juror has described being a victim of sexual abuse,” prosecutors wrote.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/05/ghislaine-maxwell-trial-prosecutors-judge-inquiry-juror
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