Ghislaine Maxwell juror who falsely answered questionnaire to testify Tuesday

A Manhattan federal decide has agreed to grant the prosecution’s request to offer a Ghislaine Maxwell juror immunity to testify at a listening to Tuesday after he falsely answered a juror questionnaire, placing the British socialite’s conviction in jeopardy.

U.S. District Choose Alison Nathan issued the order late Monday after the Division of Justice signed off on the immunity deal.

The choice got here after the juror’s legal professional Todd Spodek knowledgeable the court docket final week that his consumer would invoke his Fifth Modification proper in opposition to self-incrimination when he was known as testify about failing to reveal that he was a sufferer of sexual abuse on the questionnaire.

The order will develop into efficient if the juror pleads the Fifth, the submitting states.

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Maxwell’s convictions on intercourse trafficking and different costs hangs within the stability after the juror instructed reporters that he had been a sufferer of sexual abuse in post-verdict interviews contradicting statements he made on the juror questionnaire. 

Sketch of Ghislaine Maxwell getting into the courtroom escorted by U.S. Marshalls initially of her trial, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, in New York. (AP Photograph/Elizabeth Williams)
(AP Photograph/Elizabeth Williams)

The juror stated that he had shared his expertise with the panel throughout deliberations and described persuading some jurors that an imperfect recollection of the abuse didn’t imply it did not occur. 

Maxwell’s protection legal professionals have requested for a brand new trial, arguing that had the juror answered honestly they may have struck him for trigger.

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All potential jurors had been requested on the prolonged questionnaire whether or not they or a member of the family had been a sufferer of sexual abuse. 

The juror checked a field that learn “No.”

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in undated proof photograph.
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Spodek beforehand wrote in a court docket submitting that his consumer didn’t recall answering this query. 

Maxwell was discovered responsible in December of recruiting and grooming teenage ladies to be abused by Jeffrey Epstein. She has been locked up since her arrest.

Epstein was discovered hanged in a Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 whereas awaiting trial on severe intercourse crimes costs.