BREAKING: Ghislaine Maxwell has been denied a new trial on sex trafficking charges, after a juror in her case failed to disclose that he had been sexually abused.
A New York judge denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s request for a new trial in the Jeffrey Epstein sex crime case after a juror referred to as Scotty David failed to disclose he was sexually abused as a child has been denied a new trial on sex trafficking charges, after a juror in her case failed to disclose that he had been sexually abused as a child.
Maxwell, 60, was convicted in December of trafficking and grooming underage girls for her then-boyfriend, the lateHer lawyer requested a retrial days after she was convicted in December because Juror 50, referred to as Scotty David, said he has been sexually abused but did not admit it in the jury selection process.The juror told the media that he used his traumatic childhood experience to try to sway fellow jurors who were skeptical about some victim testimony.
But Nathan said that Maxwell’s attorneys failed to meet the requirements for a retrial. The judge wrote that the juror testified with credibility that he ‘skimmed way too fast’ over a questionnaire before Maxwell’s trial. The questionnaire asked prospective jurors if there had been subject to sexual abuse.
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