Why a Judge Wants a Closer Look at Ghislaine Maxwell’s Guilty Verdict

Shortly after a federal jury found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on five of six counts of facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse last month, one of the trial’s jurors spoke with several news outlets about the deliberations. His comments threw the finality of the verdict into question. Identifying himself only by his first and middle name, Scotty David told reporters that his own experience of being sexually abused as a child helped inform his discussions with fellow jurors. That presented a problem since, during jury selection in the case, potential jurors had been asked whether they or family members had ever been… Read Full Article