{"id":1193512,"date":"2022-01-06T10:04:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T15:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1193512"},"modified":"2022-01-06T10:04:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T15:04:37","slug":"ghislaine-maxwell-lawyers-demand-retrial-over-juror-sexual-abuse-admissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ghislaine-maxwell-lawyers-demand-retrial-over-juror-sexual-abuse-admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghislaine Maxwell Lawyers Demand Retrial over Juror &#039;Sexual Abuse&#039; Admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-lawyers-demand-retrial-over-juror-sexual-abuse-admissions%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=1193512&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 class=\"subheading\">Lawyers for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell argued Wednesday she has grounds to call for a new trial after a juror confessed to media outlets he drew on his own experience of being sexually abused to persuade other jurors who doubted witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell was found guilty last week of grooming underage girls to be sexually abused by the late American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/29\/ghislaine-maxwell-found-guilty-in-sex-trafficking-trial\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The juror said he told his 11 fellow jurors that like some of Epstein\u2019s victims, he had suffered sexual abuse as a child.<\/p>\n<p>The man, who asked to be identified by his first and middle name, Scotty David, revealed he shared his experiences after others had questioned the recollections from two of Maxwell\u2019s accusers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oiuyWQNUmV\">https:\/\/t.co\/oiuyWQNUmV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1476316191694151681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI know what happened when I was sexually abused. I remember the colour of the carpet, the walls. Some of it can be replayed like a video,\u201d he said he told the jury, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/crime\/ghislaine-maxwell-juror-sextrafficking-verdict-b1987525.html\">according to<\/a> the <em>Independent<\/em>. \u201cBut I can\u2019t remember all the details, there are some things that run together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I shared that, they were able to sort of come around on, they were able to come around on the memory aspect of the sexual abuse,\u201d Scotty David said, referring to other jurors, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/ghislaine-maxwells-prosecutors-seek-inquiry-into-jurors-sexual-abuse-claim-2022-01-05\/\">according to<\/a> the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19382018\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1422912.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19382018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1422912-1024x751-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"726\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Ghislaine Maxwell (L) and Super Model Naomi Campbell (R) at the Rosa Cha Post-Show Celebration party hosted by Super Model Naomi Campbell and NC Connect at Man Ray in 2002. (Photo by Mark Mainz\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He also said he \u201cflew through\u201d the juror questionnaire used before trial to ascertain whether prospective jurors could judge Maxwell fairly, and did not recall being asked about his experiences with sexual abuse. He added he would have answered honestly.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan, who presided over Maxwell\u2019s trial, Maxwell attorney Christian Everdell, said there were \u201cincontrovertible grounds\u201d for his client to get a new trial, to serve the interest of justice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ghislaine Maxwell believes Jeffrey Epstein was murdered in prison and fears she will also be killed, a family friend says. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ohAcVtEQ1L\">https:\/\/t.co\/ohAcVtEQ1L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1285294396188110848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>He called the matter \u201can issue of pressing importance,\u201d arguing disclosures by the juror \u201cinfluenced the deliberations and convinced other members of the jury to convict Ms. Maxwell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter was filed shortly after prosecutors said the reports \u201cmerit attention by the Court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 60-year-old daughter of the late British press baron Robert Maxwell could potentially spend the rest of her life behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>Conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors carries a maximum 40-year sentence. The lesser charges have terms of five or 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>No date has been set for her sentencing.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyers for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell argued Wednesday she has grounds to call for a new trial after a juror confessed to media outlets he drew on his own experience &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"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-1193512","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\/1193512","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\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1193512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193512\/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=1193512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1193512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1193512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}