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This document is a page from a court transcript (Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN, likely US v. Ghislaine Maxwell) filed on August 10, 2022. Defense attorney Ms. Sternheim argues that lawyers representing witnesses should be callable as witnesses themselves because they attended 'proffer sessions' and coordinated with the government to build civil cases and settlements. The Judge prohibits Sternheim from mentioning this potential testimony in her opening statement because the defense failed to file a specific brief requesting permission to call these lawyers as witnesses.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ms. Sternheim | Defense Attorney |
Arguing that lawyers for witnesses should be eligible to be called as witnesses themselves because they observed prof...
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| The Court | Judge |
Judge Alison J. Nathan (implied by AJN case code); ruling that Sternheim cannot refer to testimony from opposing lawy...
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| Lawyers for witnesses | Attorneys/Potential Witnesses |
Unnamed attorneys representing victims/witnesses who sat in on proffer sessions.
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| Name | Type | Context |
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| The Government |
The prosecution/DOJ; accused by Sternheim of helping witnesses' lawyers build civil cases and settlements.
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| Southern District Reporters, P.C. |
Court reporting agency.
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Timeline (2 events)
Prior to trial
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Implied jurisdiction based on reporter name and case number format.
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Relationships (1)
Sternheim states the government was 'helping them build their cases, their civil cases, and their cases for settlement.'
Key Quotes (4)
"the government, in turn, was helping them build their cases, their civil cases, and their cases for settlement."Source
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"If nothing else, they are witnesses to what went on in that room."Source
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"So you may not refer to that testimony that you somehow anticipate getting in... You may not."Source
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"I haven't seen any briefing, so you may not reference it."Source
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 741 Filed 08/10/22 Page 54 of 106 58
LBTVMAX3 Opening - Ms. Sternheim
LBTVMAX3 Opening - Ms. Sternheim
1 certainly their attorneys couldn't be called as witnesses to
2 talk about that. Beyond that, I can't imagine a good-faith
3 basis to proffer that evidence to come before this jury about
4 that.
5 MS. STERNHEIM: Judge, the government well knows that
6 the lawyers for these people sat in their offices through
7 proffer sessions. If nothing else, they are witnesses to what
8 went on in that room. They also separately were in
9 communication with the government providing information to the
10 government; and the government, in turn, was helping them build
11 their cases, their civil cases, and their cases for settlement.
12 So there is a good-faith basis to raise these things.
13 THE COURT: I had said clearly, since it's unclear,
14 how you can call lawyers for witnesses in this case as
15 witnesses themselves; that you wouldn't do so unless you
16 briefed it specifically. You have not done that. So you may
17 not refer to that testimony that you somehow anticipate getting
18 in, although I don't know how you will in your opening. You
19 may not. I was very clear that before that would happen, you
20 would have to brief it. I haven't seen any briefing, so you
21 may not reference it.
22 MS. STERNHEIM: But, Judge, may I just say there's no
23 dispute that if a witness to a proffer has information that may
24 be a conflict with the testimony here, there is no privilege to
25 that.
2 talk about that. Beyond that, I can't imagine a good-faith
3 basis to proffer that evidence to come before this jury about
4 that.
5 MS. STERNHEIM: Judge, the government well knows that
6 the lawyers for these people sat in their offices through
7 proffer sessions. If nothing else, they are witnesses to what
8 went on in that room. They also separately were in
9 communication with the government providing information to the
10 government; and the government, in turn, was helping them build
11 their cases, their civil cases, and their cases for settlement.
12 So there is a good-faith basis to raise these things.
13 THE COURT: I had said clearly, since it's unclear,
14 how you can call lawyers for witnesses in this case as
15 witnesses themselves; that you wouldn't do so unless you
16 briefed it specifically. You have not done that. So you may
17 not refer to that testimony that you somehow anticipate getting
18 in, although I don't know how you will in your opening. You
19 may not. I was very clear that before that would happen, you
20 would have to brief it. I haven't seen any briefing, so you
21 may not reference it.
22 MS. STERNHEIM: But, Judge, may I just say there's no
23 dispute that if a witness to a proffer has information that may
24 be a conflict with the testimony here, there is no privilege to
25 that.
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