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the commencement of trial, prospective jurors completed
a lengthy questionnaire, with several questions rais-
ing issues relevant to the trial. Based on the completed
questionnaires, the parties selected prospective jurors to
proceed to in-person voir dire. The District Court
ultimately empaneled a jury.
During the four-and-a-half-week jury trial, the
Government presented evidence of the repeated sexual
abuse of six girls. At the conclusion of trial, on
December 29, 2021, the jury found Maxwell guilty on
all but one count.6
Following the verdict, Juror 50 gave press interviews
during which he stated that he was a survivor of child
sexual abuse." In his answers to the written jury
questionnaire, however, Juror 50 answered "no" to
three questions asking whether he or a friend or
family member had ever been the victim of a crime;
whether he or a friend or family member had ever been
the victim of sexual harassment, sexual abuse, or
sexual assault; and whether he or a friend or family
member had ever been accused of sexual harassment,
minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, in
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. Count Four charged Maxwell with
transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual
activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2423(a) and 2. Count Five
charged Maxwell with sex trafficking conspiracy, in violation of
18 U.S.C. § 371. Count Six charged Maxwell with sex trafficking
of a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591(a), (b)(2), and 2.
Counts Seven and Eight charged Maxwell with perjury, in
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623. The perjury charges were severed
from the remaining charges and ultimately dismissed at sentencing.
6 The jury found Maxwell guilty on Counts One, Three, Four,
Five, and Six. Maxwell was acquitted on Count Two.
7 Consistent with a juror anonymity order entered for trial, the
parties and the District Court referred to the jurors by pseudonym.
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