Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday lost her bid to overturn her U.S. sex trafficking conviction, even after a juror acknowledged having falsely stated before the…
U.S. Circuit Judge Alison Nathan said the juror, a man known in court papers as Juror 50, testified truthfully at a hearing last month, after Maxwell’s lawyers said his false answers on a pretrial questionnaire justified granting a new trial.
Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 at age 66 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Maxwell faces up to 65 years in prison after being found guilty on five of the six counts she faced. Her lawyers have vowed to appeal the verdict.Article contentNO DELIBERATE LIE Juror 50, who identified himself by his first and middle names Scotty David, said he did this to illustrate how Maxwell’s accusers’ memories may not have been perfect.
But Nathan said she had once overseen a murder trial where a juror who had a family member who was murdered was allowed on the panel.