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Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Ghislaine Maxwell’s right to a fair trial was ‘violated’, lawyers argue

Maxwell’s attorneys have implored Judge Alison Nathan to ‘right a grievous wrong’.
Maxwell’s attorneys have implored Judge Alison Nathan to ‘right a grievous wrong’. Photograph: Elizabeth Williams/AP

Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal team has argued in court papers that the juror who might not have disclosed prior sexual abuse during the jury selection process “violated” her right to a fair trial.

Maxwell’s attorneys have implored Alison Nathan, the judge, “to right a grievous wrong that deprived Ms Maxwell of a fundamental constitutional right – her right to be tried by a fair and impartial jury”. They are requesting a retrial.

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