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Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Ghislaine Maxwell juror’s grilling by judge could cast verdict into disarray

Judge Alison Nathan’s questioning is likely to focus on the juror’s negative response to the question: ‘Have you or a friend ever been the victim of sexual harassment, sexual abuse, or sexual assault?’
Judge Alison Nathan is likely to ask the juror about his negative response to a question about whether he had ever been the victim of sexual abuse. Photograph: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

When Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted last December of procuring minor teenagers for the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, their victims expressed joy and relief that long-delayed justice had finally been served.

Less than one week later, however, a juror’s comments revealed that he apparently did not disclose childhood sexual abuse during jury selection – sparking a chain of events that could now potentially undermine the trial’s outcome.

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