US judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell’s request for a new trial

the british Ghislaine Maxwellconvicted at the end of 2021 in New York for sex trafficking of minors on behalf of the late financier Jeffrey Epsteinwill not be tried again in a new trial as requested, a US judge decided on Friday.

“The defendant’s request for a new trial is denied”decided Judge Alison Nathan, of the federal court in Manhattan, according to a court order made public by the American justice.

The former international jet-set figure and her lawyers have been calling for a new trial since one of the jurors in the Manhattan federal court that found her guilty on December 29 revealed to British media that he himself had been a victim of sexual violence from child.

After the trial, this 35-year-old man, Scotty David, spoke to the press in January and admitted on March 8 in New York court that he had forgotten to mention, in his answers to a questionnaire to be a member of the jury in the trial. from Maxwellwho had been sexually abused in his childhood.

The man called “jury 50″ for justice, then admitted a “lack”, not a lie.

But the defense of Maxwell he believed that the jury might be suspected of bias in having to rule on sexual offenses against underage girls.

For the Manhattan court, “50 jurors testified credibly and truthfully during their post-trial hearing. It is unfortunate but not deliberate that he did not disclose his past sexual assaults during selection for trial,” Judge Nathan wrote in her ruling.

“The court determines that the jury 50 was not prejudiced against the defendant and could be a fair and impartial jury”according to the court document.

The daughter of the late British media mogul Robert Maxwell She was found guilty on December 29 of five of the six charges against her, the most serious of which was sex trafficking of underage girls for Epstein.

The American financier, with powerful economic and political networks in the United States and abroad, was accused of raping girls but committed suicide in prison in August 2019, before his trial.

Maxwell, his partner and accomplice of 30 years, a 60-year-old woman of British, French and American nationality, faces decades in prison. Her sentencing is expected on June 28.

Source: Elcomercio

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