Posted on 05/23/2020 9:27:55 AM PDT by knighthawk
Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged madam of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, won a critical request on Friday to delay questioning in a civil suit filed against her on the grounds that her sworn testimony could incriminate her should there be a criminal case against her in the future.
"I'm permitting her not to respond to (written questions) and not to have her deposition," Magistrate Judge Debra Freeman said during her ruling. "Not forever, but at least long enough to let us know whether the claims process is likely to go forward."
Though Maxwell faces multiple lawsuits against her for her role in Epstein's alleged nefarious activities, Friday's ruling specifically dealt with a lawsuit filed by Annie Farmer.
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This is odd in usually the civil suits come after the criminal trial, I think.
Maybe some folks who know the Constitution well have something to say.
I have no clue if this is right or wrong.
The whole story is a HORROR.
I’m just talking the legal aspect here
I thought Maxwell had disappeared. Or is she still on the lam and her lawyers are appearing for her?
justice denied for those raped and murdered.
again.
this magistrate blackrobe befriends the rapists again.
just like old uncle Tom Judge Sullivan
attacking Gen. Flynn for the deep state he serves. again.
delay. delay. until the witnesses are dead.
for the Clintons. again.
Mr. Foster, please pick up the white phone,
next to the 700 stolen FBI files from LAST CENTURY.
This sounds like a really good thing for her. I bet she’s really happy. It will be a real surprise when she kills herself.
Are Debra Freeman and Ghislaine Maxwell, both Jewesses, FRIENDS???
She can just clam up. It’s her right to do so.
What happens if she is suicided before she can be deposed?
Next thing you know, she'll turn up dead. Questioning cancelled for good.
I can think of a couple of reasons why a plaintiff would want the criminal trial to go first:
1. If the criminal trial has already happened, the defendant can't refuse to testify in the civil trial by pleading the fifth. That's what's going on here. Her attorneys are saying she can't be forced to testify in the civil case because in doing so she could incriminate herself.
2. The "beyond a reasonable doubt" burden of proof in a criminal trial is a much higher burden that the "preponderance of the evidence" burden of proof in a civil case. If the defendant is convicted in the criminal case, liability has been established in the civil case.
3. Much of the discovery and fact-finding will be done in the criminal case, thus making the civil case easier.
i think with respect to 1)
it proves guilt of criminal activity, clearly.
Anyone of us would be sentenced by now and living out our sentence
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