Posted on 01/05/2022 4:10:54 PM PST by nickcarraway
The juror has granted multiple media interviews over the last two days.
Defense attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell want a new trial following post-verdict comments made by one of the jurors who helped convict Maxwell of sex trafficking crimes, according to a court filing Wednesday.
Earlier Wednesday, federal prosecutors in New York asked a judge to oversee an inquiry after the juror granted multiple media interviews in the last two days that have raised questions about the integrity of jury selection.
The juror, identified using his first and middle names, Scotty David, told Reuters, the Daily Mail and The Independent that during jury deliberations he shared a personal experience of being sexually abused as a child when some of his fellow jurors questioned the accuracy of victim accounts.
The 35-year-old Manhattan resident said it helped convince skeptical jurors that the women could be believed.
Maxwell, the longtime associate of serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was convicted last week on five of six counts related to the abuse and trafficking of underage girls between 1994 and 2004.
In response to the request, U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan late Wednesday set a deadline of Jan. 19 to hear the defense's motion for a new trial.
The judge, however, declined a request by the defense to pause all other post-trial briefings while the motion for a new trial is being argued.
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Ah, so the stink is beginning.
Much more stink to come.
But not to worry, leftists, all your politicians are safe.
A race between a mistrial and a hanging death in a 6ft jail cell with toilet paper.
We need a lottery for when Ghislaine Maxwell ends up dead.
If he’s said he liked the lunches they had the defense would use it as grounds for a new trial.
From the article it’s unclear if this juror filled out the questionnaire honestly.
If he didn’t answer honestly that’s a problem.
If he did answer honestly it’s on the defense for failing to catch it, and once on the jury I don’t think discussing his life experiences would be disqualifying.
That juror should have kept his mouth shut, at least until the sentencing phase had been passed. He wants to become some kind of “Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me!” celebrity, so it appears.
I read the ABC report. Each prospective juror was asked if they had been involved in any prior sexual abuse.
Assuming each prospective juror had to sign their affidavit, then this juror should now stand trial for perjury, if he did not disclose his prior sexual abuse.
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