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This document is a page from the court transcript of the summation (closing argument) by defense attorney Ms. Menninger in the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. Menninger argues that Maxwell is innocent and that the prosecution's case relies on stories manipulated by personal injury lawyers and motivated by money. She asserts that the government successfully proved Jeffrey Epstein was a manipulator and abuser, but failed to connect those actions to Maxwell.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ms. Menninger | Defense Attorney |
Delivering the summation (closing argument) defending Ghislaine Maxwell.
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| Ghislaine Maxwell | Defendant |
Described by counsel as an innocent woman wrongfully accused.
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Associate of Defendant |
Described as a master manipulator who abused money and power; defense argues the government focused on him rather tha...
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| Accusers | Witnesses/Victims |
Unnamed women whose stories are challenged by the defense as products of erroneous memories, manipulation, and money.
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| Name | Type | Context |
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| The Government |
Prosecution team attempting to prove charges.
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| FBI |
Agency that interviewed the accusers.
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| Southern District Reporters, P.C. |
Court reporting service.
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2022-08-10
Summation by Ms. Menninger in Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE
Courtroom (Southern District)
Ms. Menninger
Jury (implied audience)
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Menninger is delivering the defense summation for Maxwell.
Text states accusers were brought to FBI with their personal injury lawyers sitting next to them.
Defense claims government spent time focusing on Epstein's character and flaws.
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"Ghislaine Maxwell is an innocent woman wrongfully accused of crimes she did not commit."Source
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"The money brought the accusers to the FBI with their personal injury lawyers sitting right there next to them."Source
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"The lawyers manipulated their stories and the government accepted those stories at face value without ever testing them..."Source
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"That has nothing to do with Ghislaine and everything to do with Jeffrey Epstein."Source
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 767 Filed 08/10/22 Page 81 of 257 2915
LCKCmax5 Summation - Ms. Menninger
LCKCmax5 Summation - Ms. Menninger
1 MS. MENNINGER: Good afternoon. Ghislaine Maxwell is
2 an innocent woman wrongfully accused of crimes she did not
3 commit. The government has failed to prove any charges beyond
4 a reasonable doubt, and the just and only correct verdict in
5 this case is not guilty on each and every count.
6 The evidence presented at trial has established
7 exactly what we told you it would during openings, that the
8 stories relied on by the government are the product of
9 erroneous memories, manipulation, and money. But, in this
10 case, the order is reversed. The money brought the accusers to
11 the FBI with their personal injury lawyers sitting right there
12 next to them. The lawyers manipulated their stories and the
13 government accepted those stories at face value without ever
14 testing them or corroborating them or checking with other
15 witnesses to see if they were accurate. And suddenly, the
16 women recovered memories years later, they recovered memories
17 that Ghislaine was involved, that Ghislaine was there, that
18 Ghislaine is the culprit.
19 Just as we predicted in our opening statement, the
20 government spent a lot of time focusing you on Epstein, on his
21 character, on his lifestyle, on his flaws, and they certainly
22 proved to you that Epstein had abused his money and his power.
23 They proved to you that he was a master manipulator. That has
24 nothing to do with Ghislaine and everything to do with Jeffrey
25 Epstein.
2 an innocent woman wrongfully accused of crimes she did not
3 commit. The government has failed to prove any charges beyond
4 a reasonable doubt, and the just and only correct verdict in
5 this case is not guilty on each and every count.
6 The evidence presented at trial has established
7 exactly what we told you it would during openings, that the
8 stories relied on by the government are the product of
9 erroneous memories, manipulation, and money. But, in this
10 case, the order is reversed. The money brought the accusers to
11 the FBI with their personal injury lawyers sitting right there
12 next to them. The lawyers manipulated their stories and the
13 government accepted those stories at face value without ever
14 testing them or corroborating them or checking with other
15 witnesses to see if they were accurate. And suddenly, the
16 women recovered memories years later, they recovered memories
17 that Ghislaine was involved, that Ghislaine was there, that
18 Ghislaine is the culprit.
19 Just as we predicted in our opening statement, the
20 government spent a lot of time focusing you on Epstein, on his
21 character, on his lifestyle, on his flaws, and they certainly
22 proved to you that Epstein had abused his money and his power.
23 They proved to you that he was a master manipulator. That has
24 nothing to do with Ghislaine and everything to do with Jeffrey
25 Epstein.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
(212) 805-0300
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