{"id":1128725,"date":"2021-12-17T14:29:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T19:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128725"},"modified":"2021-12-17T14:29:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T19:29:19","slug":"ghislaine-maxwell-defense-witnesses-dont-show-up-judge-says-she-wont-delay-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ghislaine-maxwell-defense-witnesses-dont-show-up-judge-says-she-wont-delay-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghislaine Maxwell Defense Witnesses Don\u2019t Show Up, Judge Says She Won\u2019t Delay Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fghislaine-maxwell-defense-witnesses-dont-show-up-judge-says-she-wont-delay-trial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128725&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Friday, the second day of the defense in the trial against Jeffrey Epstein girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, one witness for the defense would not come to court despite being subpoenaed; one insisted they would cite the Fifth Amendment in order to avoid commenting on the case, and a third did not give any further evidence, with the defense team saying he was experiencing \u201ctechnical issues\u201d according to The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>A witness named Kelly would not respond to a subpoena; Maxwell\u2019s lawyer Laura Menninger said the subpoena had been issued two-and-a-half weeks ago and requested that the court force Kelly to testify. Judge Alison Nathan responded, \u201cWhy am I hearing about it for the first time now?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10321579\/Ghislaine-Maxwells-defense-disarray-plans-witnesses-fall-apart.html\">The Daily Mail<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Menninger protested, \u201cThere\u2019s been a lot going on. To be honest your honor, it\u2019s a lot of work.\u201d Nathan stated, \u201cA non-responsive witness is not a little thing.\u201d Menninger argued that Maxwell\u2019s \u201clife is on the line\u201d and complained that the defense had only a day and a half to present their case.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan said she did not want to delay the trial, adding, \u201cIf this case closes today \u2026 it closes today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProsecutors argued that Ms. Maxwell\u2019s defense had already had time to plan its case \u2014 Ms. Maxwell has been in custody since the summer of 2020 \u2014 and the judge appeared to agree,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/12\/17\/nyregion\/ghislaine-maxwell-trial\">The New York Times<\/a> noted, adding that Nathan asserted, \u201cYou have your witnesses, or you rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA British man named Alexander Hamilton had been due to give evidence for Maxwell via video link to claim that the accuser Kate told him that the Epstein case \u2018fell into my lap,\u201d The Daily Mail reported, \u201cMaxwell\u2019s lawyer Bobbi Sternheim said he would not be giving evidence anymore and blamed technical issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Thursday, Nathan rejected what she called an \u2018unprecedented\u2019 request by Maxwell\u2019s team to allow three of the witnesses the lawyers intended to call to testify using a pseudonym or only by their first name,\u201d the Miami Herald stated. \u201cShe also rejected their request to call lawyers who had represented two of her accusers, but allowed them to call a lawyer who had represented another of her accusers, on a limited basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/epstein-pal-ghislaine-maxwells-defense-team-says-her-accusers-have-contaminated-memories-and-are-after-money\/\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported, the defense argued that Maxwell\u2019s accusers have \u201ccontaminated\u201d and possibly \u201cfalse\u201d memories of their abuse. \u201cBesides casting doubt on their credibility, the defense also questioned the motivations of the women who say Maxwell groomed them, saying they are motivated by money in going after Maxwell decades after the alleged abuse occurred, The Daily Wire added.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell is standing trial in federal court in Manhattan on six counts related to the sex trafficking of minors including sex trafficking of a minor, enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, and transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. If convicted, Maxwell faces up to 80 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, the second day of the defense in the trial against Jeffrey Epstein girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, one witness for the defense would not come to court despite being subpoenaed; one insisted they would cite the Fifth Amendment in order to avoid commenting on the case, and a third did not give any further evidence, with the defense team saying he was experiencing \u201ctechnical issues\u201d according to The Daily Mail.A witness named Kelly would not respond to a subpoena; Maxwell\u2019s lawyer Laura Menninger said the subpoena had been issued two-and-a-half weeks ago and requested that the court force Kelly to testify. Judge Alison Nathan responded, \u201cWhy am I hearing about it for the first time now?\u201d The Daily Mail reported.Menninger protested, \u201cThere\u2019s been a lot going on. To be honest your honor, it\u2019s a lot of work.\u201d Nathan stated, \u201cA non-responsive witness is not a little thing.\u201d Menninger argued that Maxwell\u2019s \u201clife is on the line\u201d and complained that the defense had only a day and a half to present their case.Nathan said she did not want to delay the trial, adding, \u201cIf this case closes today \u2026 it closes today.\u201d\u201cProsecutors argued that Ms. Maxwell\u2019s defense had already had time to plan its case \u2014 Ms. Maxwell has been in custody since the summer of 2020 \u2014 and the judge appeared to agree,\u201d The New York Times noted, adding that Nathan asserted, \u201cYou have your witnesses, or you rest.\u201d\u201cA British man named Alexander Hamilton had been due to give evidence for Maxwell via video link to claim that the accuser Kate told him that the Epstein case \u2018fell into my lap,\u201d The Daily Mail reported, \u201cMaxwell\u2019s lawyer Bobbi Sternheim said he would not be giving evidence anymore and blamed technical issues.\u201d\u201cOn Thursday, Nathan rejected what she called an \u2018unprecedented\u2019 request by Maxwell\u2019s team to allow three of the witnesses the lawyers intended to call to testify using a pseudonym or only by their first name,\u201d the Miami Herald stated. \u201cShe also rejected their request to call lawyers who had represented two of her accusers, but allowed them to call a lawyer who had represented another of her accusers, on a limited basis.\u201dDuring the trial, The Daily Wire reported, the defense argued that Maxwell\u2019s accusers have \u201ccontaminated\u201d and possibly \u201cfalse\u201d memories of their abuse. \u201cBesides casting doubt on their credibility, the defense also questioned the motivations of the women who say Maxwell groomed them, saying they are motivated by money in going after Maxwell decades after the alleged abuse occurred, The Daily Wire added.Maxwell is standing trial in federal court in Manhattan on six counts related to the sex trafficking of minors including sex trafficking of a minor, enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, and transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. If convicted, Maxwell faces up to 80 years in prison.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1128725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1128725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1128725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1128725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1128725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}