Juror to Be Questioned as Ghislaine Maxwell Seeks New Trial
The New York Times
A federal judge is trying to see whether a juror lied during the selection process, casting doubt on the guilty verdict.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered a hearing into whether a juror who served in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial lied during the jury selection process, an issue that has clouded the jury’s guilty verdict and led Ms. Maxwell to seek a new trial.
The judge, Alison J. Nathan, said she would question the juror, who has been identified as Juror 50, under oath at the hearing on March 8.
Ms. Maxwell, 60, was convicted on Dec. 29 of sex trafficking and four other counts in Federal District Court in Manhattan. The jury heard three weeks of testimony that she had helped the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein entice, groom and sexually abuse teenage girls.
