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This Reuters news article, dated January 5, 2022, reports on the jury deliberations in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex abuse trial. A juror, Scotty David, revealed that some jurors initially doubted the credibility of two accusers, Jane and Carolyn. David explained that he shared his own experience of childhood sexual abuse to help the other jurors understand the nature of memory and trauma, which ultimately swayed them and led to a unanimous guilty verdict on December 29, 2021.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ghislaine Maxwell | British socialite, defendant |
The subject of the sex abuse trial, convicted of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein.
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Financier |
Mentioned as the "late financier" for whom Ghislaine Maxwell recruited and groomed teenage girls.
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| Jane Rosenberg | Artist |
Credited for the courtroom sketch accompanying the article.
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| Jane | Witness, accuser |
One of the four women who testified that Maxwell set them up with Jeffrey Epstein. Her credibility was initially doub...
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| Carolyn | Witness, accuser |
One of the four women who testified that Maxwell set them up with Jeffrey Epstein. Her credibility was initially doub...
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| Scotty David | Juror |
A juror in the Maxwell trial who spoke to the media about the deliberations, revealing he shared his own story of abu...
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Reuters | News agency |
The publisher of the article and conducted a phone interview with juror Scotty David.
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| The Independent | News agency |
Mentioned as having conducted an earlier interview with juror Scotty David.
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Timeline (3 events)
2021-12
The jury deliberated for five full days in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial. During this time, some jurors initially doubted two accusers until juror Scotty David shared his personal story.
New York City, U.S.
Scotty David
Other jurors
2021-12-29
Ghislaine Maxwell's guilty verdict was read in her sex abuse trial.
New York City, U.S.
Ghislaine Maxwell
Jury
2021-12-29
Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual encounters with Epstein.
New York City, U.S.
Locations (2)
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The location of Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial.
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The residence of juror Scotty David.
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Relationships (4)
Maxwell was convicted of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual encounters with Epstein.
Jane testified that Maxwell set her up with Jeffrey Epstein when she was a teenager.
Carolyn testified that Maxwell set her up with Jeffrey Epstein when she was a teenager.
Scotty David was a member of the jury and influenced their decision-making process by sharing a personal story, leading to a unanimous verdict.
Key Quotes (3)
"When I shared that, they were able to sort of come around on, they were able to come around on the memory aspect of the sexual abuse,"Source
— Scotty David
(Explaining to Reuters how sharing his own experience of abuse helped sway fellow jurors.)
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"wasn't easy, to be honest."Source
— Scotty David
(Describing the process of coming to a unanimous verdict.)
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"There's a room of 12 people and we all have to be on the same page and we all have to understand what's going on. And then we have to agree. So that's partly why it took so long."Source
— Scotty David
(Explaining the difficulty and length of the jury's deliberations.)
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1/26/22, 8:52 PM Case 1:20-cr-00330-RAE Ghislaine Maxwell juror says Page 2 of 4
1/3 Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell sits as the guilty verdict in her sex abuse trial is read in a courtroom sketch in New York City, U.S., December 29, 2021. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
NEW YORK, Jan 5 (Reuters) - During jury deliberations after the trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, some jurors initially doubted the accounts of two of her accusers, one member of the jury said on Tuesday night.
This juror, who asked to be identified only by his first and middle names, said some of the jurors had issues with the credibility of witnesses known as Jane and Carolyn, two of the four women who testified that Maxwell set them up with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein as teenagers.
He said that after some of the jurors questioned the accuracy of the two women's memories, he decided to share his own experience of being sexually abused as a child. He said that he remembered most important elements of what happened to him, but not every single detail. That swayed some jurors, he said.
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"When I shared that, they were able to sort of come around on, they were able to come around on the memory aspect of the sexual abuse," Scotty David, a 35-year-old Manhattan resident, told Reuters in a phone interview. He gave an earlier interview to The Independent.
He added that coming to a unanimous verdict "wasn't easy, to be honest."
"There's a room of 12 people and we all have to be on the same page and we all have to understand what's going on," he said. "And then we have to agree. So that's partly why it took so long."
Maxwell, 60, was convicted on Dec. 29 of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual encounters with Epstein. The conviction followed five full days of deliberations.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/some-ghislaine-maxwell-jurors-initially-doubted-accusers-juror-says-2022-01-05/
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