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This document is a transcript of a legal summation delivered by Ms. Menninger on August 10, 2022. She argues that the accusers' memories may be unreliable by explaining psychological concepts such as autosuggestion and memory contamination. Menninger suggests that factors like discussions with lawyers, media, other accusers, and the prospect of financial recovery from lawsuits or a victims' compensation fund could have distorted their recollections.
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| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ms. Menninger | Speaker (likely an attorney) |
Mentioned in the header as the person giving the summation.
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| Accusers | Victims/Plaintiffs |
Mentioned as individuals whose memories are being discussed, who talked to lawyers, media, and other accusers.
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| Name | Type | Context |
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| victims' compensation fund | Fund |
Mentioned as a means through which accusers planned to recover money.
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| news media | Industry |
Mentioned as a source of post-event information that can influence memories.
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | Company |
Listed in the footer, likely the court reporting agency that produced the transcript.
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2022-08-10
Ms. Menninger delivered a summation in court, as indicated by the document header.
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"And post-event information can impact a memory at any one of those stages."Source
— Ms. Menninger
(Explaining how memories can be altered during the stages of acquisition, retention, and retrieval.)
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"The older a memory gets, the more susceptible it is to post-event information."Source
— Ms. Menninger
(Arguing that the passage of time makes memories more vulnerable to external influence and contamination.)
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"Basically, when people suggest things to themselves, and then they start to remember things and they start to draw inferences, and then they start to feel as if those things are actual memories."Source
— Ms. Menninger
(Defining the concept of autosuggestion as it relates to memory formation.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 767 Filed 08/10/22 Page 146 of 257 2980
LCKVMAX6 Summation - Ms. Menninger
LCKVMAX6 Summation - Ms. Menninger
1 We know that the accusers talked to their lawyers; we
2 know that many talked to the media; we know that they saw the
3 media; we know that they talked to other accusers; we know that
4 they all had at least a plan of recovering money through their
5 lawsuits and the victims' compensation fund, and that works on
6 your memories.
7 She told you about the three different stages of
8 memories, and that one thing that can happen is what's called
9 autosuggestion. Basically, when people suggest things to
10 themselves, and then they start to remember things and they
11 start to draw inferences, and then they start to feel as if
12 those things are actual memories. But memories come from the
13 acquisition of the event, the retention of the information, and
14 the retrieval. And post-event information can impact a memory
15 at any one of those stages.
16 If you're under the influence of drugs or alcohol at
17 the time you acquire the memory, that affects the quality of
18 the formation of the memory in the first place. The older a
19 memory gets, the more susceptible it is to post-event
20 information. A little bit can come in, the older the memory
21 is, and it can cause a contamination or a distortion or a
22 supplementation. And news media in whatever form can include
23 re-dramatization.
24 Sometimes there's pressure to provide more and more
25 details about some particular subject. I don't know. Like the
2 know that many talked to the media; we know that they saw the
3 media; we know that they talked to other accusers; we know that
4 they all had at least a plan of recovering money through their
5 lawsuits and the victims' compensation fund, and that works on
6 your memories.
7 She told you about the three different stages of
8 memories, and that one thing that can happen is what's called
9 autosuggestion. Basically, when people suggest things to
10 themselves, and then they start to remember things and they
11 start to draw inferences, and then they start to feel as if
12 those things are actual memories. But memories come from the
13 acquisition of the event, the retention of the information, and
14 the retrieval. And post-event information can impact a memory
15 at any one of those stages.
16 If you're under the influence of drugs or alcohol at
17 the time you acquire the memory, that affects the quality of
18 the formation of the memory in the first place. The older a
19 memory gets, the more susceptible it is to post-event
20 information. A little bit can come in, the older the memory
21 is, and it can cause a contamination or a distortion or a
22 supplementation. And news media in whatever form can include
23 re-dramatization.
24 Sometimes there's pressure to provide more and more
25 details about some particular subject. I don't know. Like the
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
(212) 805-0300
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