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This document is a court filing from March 11, 2022, containing an excerpt of an interview with Scotty David, a juror from the Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking trial. In his first media interview with The Independent, David expresses his belief in the victims' testimonies and explains how his own experience as a sexual abuse survivor informed his understanding of traumatic memory and the victims' credibility. He states the verdict is for all victims and shows that anyone can be held accountable regardless of status.
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| Name | Role | Context |
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| Scotty David | Juror |
A juror in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial who gave his first media interview about the experience.
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| Ghislaine Maxwell | Defendant |
The defendant in a sex-trafficking trial.
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| The Independent | media company |
The media outlet that conducted the first interview with juror Scotty David.
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Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-trafficking trial, which lasted four weeks.
lower Manhattan
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The location where the Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking trial took place.
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Scotty David served as a juror in the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell and stated he was 'proud to be part of holding Maxwell accountable for her crimes'.
Key Quotes (6)
"This verdict is for all the victims, For those who testified, for those who came forward and for those who haven’t come forward. I’m glad that Maxwell has been held accountable."Source
— Scotty David
(Speaking to The Independent about the outcome of the trial.)
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"This verdict shows that you can be found guilty no matter your status."Source
— Scotty David
(Commenting on the significance of the guilty verdict against Maxwell.)
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"They were all believable. Nothing they said felt to me like a lie,"Source
— Scotty David
(Expressing his belief in the credibility of the accusers who testified.)
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"I know what happened when I was sexually abused. I remember the colour of the carpet, the walls. Some of it can be replayed like a video,"Source
— Scotty David
(Relating his personal experience as a survivor of sexual abuse to explain the nature of traumatic memory.)
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"But I can’t remember all the details, there are some things that run together."Source
— Scotty David
(Further explaining why misremembering small details does not invalidate the core memory of a traumatic event.)
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"I didn’t disclose my abuse until I was in high school,"Source
— Scotty David
(Explaining from personal experience why victims might not come forward about their abuse immediately.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 643-1 Filed 03/11/22 Page 2 of 6
Scotty David, who wishes to be identified by his first and middle name, told The Independent in his first media interview that he believed all of the victims who testified against Ghislaine Maxwell in her sex-trafficking trial that took place in lower Manhattan over the past four weeks. All of the accusers corroborated each other and were backed up by other evidence, he said.
David said he is proud to be part of holding Maxwell accountable for her crimes.
“This verdict is for all the victims,” David told The Independent. “For those who testified, for those who came forward and for those who haven’t come forward. I’m glad that Maxwell has been held accountable.
“This verdict shows that you can be found guilty no matter your status.”
David told The Independent that he found all of the accusers who testified to be believable and credible, despite the defence’s many attacks on their credibility and their attempts to poke holes in their memory.
“They were all believable. Nothing they said felt to me like a lie,” he said.
David knows that sometimes you can misremember small details of traumatic memories without ever doubting the core of the memory. He knows that because he is himself a survivor of sexual abuse.
“I know what happened when I was sexually abused. I remember the colour of the carpet, the walls. Some of it can be replayed like a video,” he said. He explained this to the jury.
“But I can’t remember all the details, there are some things that run together.”
So he knew that some misremembered details doesn’t mean the memory itself didn’t happen.
There were also questions from the jury about why the girls didn’t come forward earlier.
But David said he knows what that’s like, too. “I didn’t disclose my abuse until I was in high school,” he said.
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