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This document is a page from a court filing, detailing the perspective of a juror named David. David explains to The Independent why he and the jury found the victims credible, despite defense arguments about their behavior and the fallibility of memory. He emphasizes that the jury's role was to judge the stories, not the victims' decisions, and notes that the defense's memory expert, Professor Elizabeth Loftus, did not sway their verdict.
People (5)
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| David | Juror |
A juror who is quoted throughout the document, sharing his perspective on the trial, the victims' credibility, and th...
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| Epstein |
Mentioned in the context of questions about why the victims kept going back to him and Maxwell.
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| Maxwell |
Mentioned alongside Epstein in the context of questions about why the victims kept going back to them.
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| Carolyn | Accuser |
An alias for an accuser who testified and became distressed during questioning.
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| Elizabeth Loftus | Professor / Memory expert |
A memory expert for the defence team who testified about experiments on implanting false memories.
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Organizations (1)
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| The Independent | Media |
A publication to which the juror, David, told his story.
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Timeline (3 events)
Professor Elizabeth Loftus, a memory expert for the defense, testified about experiments on implanting false memories.
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Mentioned as the place that went silent when David shared his story.
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Relationships (2)
Mentioned together in the context of victims returning to them for help, implying a partnership or close association.
Key Quotes (3)
"We are not here to judge these victims. We are here to judge whether we believe their stories, but we are not here to judge the decisions they made or didn't make."Source
— David
(Said to The Independent, explaining the jury's role in evaluating the victims' testimonies.)
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"We cannot judge what they did or didn't do afterward. It doesn't change that it happened."Source
— David
(Further explaining his view that the victims' subsequent actions did not invalidate their initial trauma.)
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"It just made me feel more compassion for her."Source
— David
(His reaction to seeing the accuser "Carolyn" become distressed on the stand during questioning.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 615-1 Filed 02/24/22 Page 3 of 6
The jury room went dead silent when he shared his story, he told The Independent.
David believes this helped the jury understand that it's possible that these women were telling the truth.
You might forget some things, he said, but the core of a traumatic memory stays with you.
There were also questions about why the girls kept going back to Epstein and Maxwell, why they accepted their help.
“We are not here to judge these victims,” David told The Independent. “We are here to judge whether we believe their stories, but we are not here to judge the decisions they made or didn't make.
“We cannot judge what they did or didn't do afterward,” he said. “It doesn't change that it happened.”
David felt that the defence were continually attacking the accusers on the stand, and he said these attempts did little to change his mind.
At one point, the accuser testifying under the name “Carolyn” threw her binder of evidence down beside her because she was so distressed by the questioning she was being subjected to.
“It just made me feel more compassion for her,” David said.
The juror said that, ultimately, the jury found that all the victims were credible.
The defence team focused strongly on its memory expert, Professor Elizabeth Loftus. Loftus testified about experiments that had been conducted in which researchers had successfully implanted a false memory into the mind of research subjects.
In one study, the researchers were able to change a detail of a memory about witnessing a car accident. They were able to convince participants that the scene featured a stop sign rather than a yield sign.
But that didn't sway the jury either, David said.
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