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Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Postby Marionumber1 » Fri Jan 07, 2022 1:59 am

So now it appears that Ghislaine's conviction is at risk of being overturned because one juror didn't disclose his prior sexual abuse on a jury questionnaire and then openly told the media about how he used his personal experience to sway other jurors. And the juror worked as an executive assistant for none other than...the Carlyle Group.

Ghislaine Maxwell Juror Who Could Upend Conviction Works for Carlyle Group
By Gillian Tan and Katia Porzecanski
January 6, 2022, 5:07 PM EST

The juror in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial whose press comments may result in a new trial for the convicted socialite works as an executive assistant at private-equity giant Carlyle Group Inc.

In video and newspaper interviews since the Dec. 29 verdict, the juror said he was a victim of sex abuse as a child and that his story helped sway other members of the panel who questioned the credibility of some of Maxwell’s accusers. Maxwell, the former girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, was convicted on five of six counts related to a sex-trafficking scheme and faces as many as 65 years in prison.

The verdict was widely hailed as offering long-delayed justice to victims of Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting his own trial. Maxwell’s lawyers are now seeking a new trial on the grounds that the juror did not disclose his previous abuse when asked during the jury selection process. Judge Alison Nathan has asked both prosecutors and defense to submit briefs on whether a new trial is needed because Maxwell did not have an impartial jury.

Maxwell Judge to Consider New Trial Over Juror Comments

Todd Spodek, an attorney for the juror, didn’t respond to requests for comment, nor did the juror -- who identified himself in the press as Scotty David, his first and middle names.

“The individual is an executive assistant at Carlyle,” a spokesperson for the firm said in a statement. “We do not comment on employee personal matters.”

Scotty David said in an interview with Reuters that he “flew through” the selection process and didn’t remember being asked about past sexual abuse, though he said he would have answered honestly if asked. Prospective jurors had to fill out a questionnaire that specifically asked if they or anyone close to them had previously been victims of sexual abuse.

The identities of the Maxwell jurors were protected during the trial. Scotty David, who was known as Juror No. 50, described himself on his questionnaire as a 35-year-old Manhattan resident who worked as an executive assistant at a financial firm.

Separately, the New York Times reported Wednesday that it had interviewed another juror who said they had been a victim of sexual abuse and discussed it during the deliberations that led to Maxwell’s conviction.

Four women testified at Maxwell’s trial that they were abused as teenagers by Maxwell and Epstein. Scotty David told the Daily Mail that he approached the trial with an open mind about Maxwell but eventually decided she was as guilty as Epstein.

“I don’t want to call her a monster, but a predator is the right word,” he told the tabloid.
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Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Postby Wombaticus Rex » Fri Jan 07, 2022 12:31 pm

That is a tactical nuke of a plot twist.

Then again, everything about the Ghislaine arc has been a stark contrast to how The Last Days of Big Jeffrey were handled. Things are much more controlled, even to the point of that weird protracted and public negotiation with the tabloid photographs and the kayfabe manhunts.

Watching "legal commentators," online and onscreen, frothing at the mouth about Maxwell being "flipped" and implicating VIPs was pretty funny before, but in light of all this deft manipulation, it's downright hilarious.
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Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Postby Grizzly » Sat Jan 08, 2022 1:43 pm

Ghislaine Maxwell Juror Who Could Upend Conviction Works for Carlyle Group


I WISH I could say, 'unbelievable', but look at the sci-fi we live in... y do I even bother replying? Last vestiges of powerlessness?
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Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Postby Wombaticus Rex » Tue Jan 11, 2022 5:51 pm

From FT, another tactical nuke I'd missed.

After Ghislaine Maxwell verdict, focus shifts to others in Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit
Longtime associate of disgraced financier has ‘nothing to lose’ as she faces possibly lengthy prison sentence

...Maxwell’s lawyers said on Wednesday night they were working on an appeal. But, facing as much as 65 years in prison, she could soon conclude it is in her interest to co-operate with authorities after years of thwarting them. If so, that could lead to charges against other figures in the Epstein operation, such as other former assistants, who may have helped administer what US authorities alleged was a “pyramid scheme” to recruit dozens of underage girls for abuse.

Maxwell’s co-operation would also bring fresh scrutiny to the wealthy and powerful men who consorted with Epstein — who died by suicide in jail in 2019 — and to whom, his accusers allege, they were trafficked.

“I don’t think this is the end,” said David Boies, whose firm, Boies Schiller, represents Virginia Roberts Giuffre, one of the first Epstein accusers to go public — and who is now suing his former friend, Britain’s Prince Andrew, for sexual abuse. Prince Andrew has denied the allegations.

“She now has nothing to lose,” Boies said of Maxwell. “At one point she may have wanted to preserve her relationships with rich and powerful people. But those people are not going to do her any good in the penitentiary.”


David Fucking Boies? It's just the same small group of fixers covering every angle, once again.

I wonder how much this whole debacle just happened because Boies and Dersh hate each other?
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Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Postby liminalOyster » Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:41 pm

This reveal truly feels like an outright and open fuck you to anyone who's been following pretty much anything related to RI over the past decade or so.
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Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Postby PufPuf93 » Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:34 pm

May the fallout be wide on the assholes and perverts that friended Epstein and Maxwell.

Prince Andrew will defend himself against sexual-assault allegations as a private citizen, Buckingham Palace says

Prince Andrew will defend himself from sexual-assault allegations as a private citizen, not as a British royal, Buckingham Palace has said.

The duke has also been stripped of his military titles and royal patronages.

"With The Queen's approval and agreement, The Duke of York's military affiliations and Royal patronages have been returned to The Queen," a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace said in a statement sent to Insider on Thursday.

"The Duke of York will continue not to undertake any public duties and is defending this case as a private citizen. "

In August 2021, Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre Roberts filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew accusing him of sexual assault.

https://www.insider.com/prince-andrew-w ... ges-2022-1
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Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Postby Grizzly » Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:54 pm

MAXWELL Lawyers: NO MORE PROTECTION for JOHN DOE Non-Parties in GIUFFRE v. GHISLAINE Lawsuit
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Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Postby Belligerent Savant » Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:24 pm

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Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Postby Grizzly » Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:51 pm

^^

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Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Postby Luther Blissett » Tue Apr 26, 2022 9:41 am

Wombaticus Rex » Tue Jan 11, 2022 4:51 pm wrote:From FT, another tactical nuke I'd missed.

After Ghislaine Maxwell verdict, focus shifts to others in Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit
Longtime associate of disgraced financier has ‘nothing to lose’ as she faces possibly lengthy prison sentence

...Maxwell’s lawyers said on Wednesday night they were working on an appeal. But, facing as much as 65 years in prison, she could soon conclude it is in her interest to co-operate with authorities after years of thwarting them. If so, that could lead to charges against other figures in the Epstein operation, such as other former assistants, who may have helped administer what US authorities alleged was a “pyramid scheme” to recruit dozens of underage girls for abuse.

Maxwell’s co-operation would also bring fresh scrutiny to the wealthy and powerful men who consorted with Epstein — who died by suicide in jail in 2019 — and to whom, his accusers allege, they were trafficked.

“I don’t think this is the end,” said David Boies, whose firm, Boies Schiller, represents Virginia Roberts Giuffre, one of the first Epstein accusers to go public — and who is now suing his former friend, Britain’s Prince Andrew, for sexual abuse. Prince Andrew has denied the allegations.

“She now has nothing to lose,” Boies said of Maxwell. “At one point she may have wanted to preserve her relationships with rich and powerful people. But those people are not going to do her any good in the penitentiary.”


David Fucking Boies? It's just the same small group of fixers covering every angle, once again.

I wonder how much this whole debacle just happened because Boies and Dersh hate each other?


Great fucking find.

Mostly pleased with myself that I haven’t become so fucking cynical that something like this can still blow my hair back.
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Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Postby MacCruiskeen » Tue Apr 26, 2022 10:22 am

Someone on Twitler noted the contrast between the discretion surrounding her trial and the breathless wall-to-wall media coverage of Johnny Depp & his ex assassinating each other's character in court.
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Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Postby Grizzly » Tue May 10, 2022 12:17 am

Poor thing, she had 10 years reduced off her sentence; only to commit suicide mere hours before she was set to testify.
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Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Postby Grizzly » Tue Jul 26, 2022 2:10 am

https://globalnews.ca/news/9013559/ghislaine-maxwell-transferred-low-security-prison/

Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to low-security prison in Florida

Shocked./s

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/whoisghislainemaxwell/


They whisked her off to a low-security country club prison in the middle of the night. This appears to be a common theme in the US (see Subway Jared who also is serving a short sentence in a country club prison for similar crimes).
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/25/ghislaine-maxwell-moved-to-low-security-prison-in-florida-epstein

"Isn't it also quite nice of the media to always refer to her as a "disgraced socialite" and Epstein as a "disgraced financier" rather than pedophile child sex traffickers"?
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Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Postby Grizzly » Sat Nov 19, 2022 3:18 am

https://www.insider.com/judge-unseals-john-doe-identities-in-ghislaine-maxwell-litigation-2022-11
In a lawsuit between Ghislaine Maxwell and Virginia Giuffre, judge unseals names of anonymous 'John Does'
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Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Postby Grizzly » Mon Jan 23, 2023 8:45 pm


Ghislaine Maxwell interview with Jeremy Kyle

Weak sauce interview, ( but interesting still) hell could be fake, could be Pr, who knows.

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Give her a jingle, pip, pip.

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