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Judge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking conviction
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge concluded Friday that there was enough evidence to convict British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, but she also gave Maxwell a legal victory by concluding that three conspiracy counts charged the same...
FACT FOCUS: Posts maligning Disney lack evidence
Online posts are using flawed logic and false information to malign The Walt Disney Co. as sympathetic to pedophiles or predatory toward young children after the company publicly opposed a Florida bill banning instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third...
Ghislaine Maxwell family 'shocked' by denial of new trial
NEW YORK (AP) — The siblings of Ghislaine Maxwell said Tuesday they are “profoundly shocked and troubled” that a judge rejected a new trial for the British socialite on sex trafficking charges despite revelations that a juror who helped to convict her failed to disclose he was sexually abused...
Judge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. judge refused to throw out Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction Friday, despite a juror’s failure to disclose before the trial began that he’d been a victim of childhood sexual abuse. Maxwell, a British socialite, was convicted in December...
Judge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction, despite juror’s failure to disclose past abuse
NEW YORK (AP) — Judge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction, despite juror’s failure to disclose past abuse.Prosecutors in Maxwell case say juror made 'honest mistake'
LONDON (AP) — A juror in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial made an “honest mistake” when he failed to disclose his own history as a victim of abuse and the error didn’t prevent her from receiving a fair trial, prosecutors said in a court filing. U.S. federal prosecutors...
Ghislaine Maxwell juror regrets not disclosing sex abuse
NEW YORK (AP) — A juror told a judge Tuesday that failing to disclose his child abuse history during jury selection at the trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was one of the biggest mistakes of his life — but an unintentional one. “I didn’t lie in order to get on...
Ghislaine Maxwell juror likely to get immunity for testimony
NEW YORK (AP) — A Ghislaine Maxwell trial juror whose post-verdict revelation that he suffered child sex abuse has jeopardized Maxwell's conviction may receive immunity to testify before the judge mulling whether the verdict will stand. Prosecutors said in a submission to U.S....
Judge limits inquiry into juror at Ghislaine Maxwell trial
NEW YORK (AP) — An inquiry into possible juror misconduct at British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial will be limited to his answers to two responses on a lengthy questionnaire during jury selection to prevent an “intrusive fishing expedition” by defense lawyers, a judge...
Ghislaine Maxwell juror to be questioned under oath by judge
NEW YORK (AP) — A Ghislaine Maxwell trial juror who indicated during jury selection that he'd never been a sexual abuse victim will be questioned by the trial judge in court, after demands for a new trial by defense attorneys sprouted from his public claims that he'd influenced fellow jurors by...
