Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid for a new trial has come up short.
Maxwell sought to have her December conviction on five counts related to sex trafficking thrown out after one of the jurors revealed after the trial that he had failed to disclose that he had been a victim of childhood sexual abuse during the jury selection process.
But U.S. Circuit Court Judge Alison Nathan, who presided over the trial, denied Maxwell’s request, finding that the juror’s failure to disclose his abuse was “highly unfortunate, but not deliberate. “ She added further that she believed that the juror, referred to as “Scotty David” in several media interviews he gave after the trial, “harbored no bias toward the defendant and could serve as a fair and impartial juror.”
