U.S. Seeks Inquiry Into Maxwell Juror’s Selection After He Reveals Abuse
The New York Times
A juror who voted to convict Ghislaine Maxwell on sex-trafficking charges told news outlets he disclosed during deliberations that he had been sexually abused.
Federal prosecutors have asked the judge who oversaw Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial to investigate the process by which one of the jurors was chosen after he told several news outlets he was a sexual abuse victim and had discussed his experience during deliberations.
The prosecutors’ request, in a letter filed on Wednesday, raises the possibility of additional inquiry into how jurors who voted to convict Ms. Maxwell were selected and the prospect of Ms. Maxwell’s lawyers moving to have a mistrial declared in the closely watched case.
Separately, in an interview with The New York Times, a second juror described having been sexually abused as a child and said that they, too, had discussed the experience during deliberations.
