Maxwell to seek new trial after reports of juror's sex abuse
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January 5, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted last week of conspiring to recruit and groom teenage girls to be abused by Jeffrey Epstein, plans to request a new trial after a juror in her case revealed he was a victim of sexual abuse, her defense lawyers said Wednesday.
The lawyers said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan that "based on undisputed, publicly available information, the Court can and should order a new trial without any evidentiary hearing."
The judge late Wednesday set a schedule for the defense to ask for a new trial, saying it should make the request by Jan. 19,...
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