This page is a transcript from the trial United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE). It details a legal argument between attorney Ms. Pomerantz and the Judge regarding the admissibility of questions related to 'grooming' and 'sexual gratification.' The Judge references a 'Daubert context' (expert witness admissibility) and compares the testimony to a 'pimp-prostitute context.'
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ms. Pomerantz | Attorney/Prosecutor |
Arguing regarding the line of questioning about grooming and sexual gratification.
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| The Court | Judge |
Presiding over the case, ruling on the admissibility of testimony and interpretation of previous rulings.
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| Rocchio | Witness |
Name appearing in the header 'Rocchio - Direct'.
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| Unidentified Female Witness ("She") | Expert Witness (implied) |
Referenced by the Court as 'she's testifying', regarding expert testimony ('Daubert context') on grooming.
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| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Southern District Reporters, P.C. | ||
| DOJ |
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Implied location of the court (SDNY) based on the reporter's name.
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"Your Honor, there is a distinction between the presence of a third party and whose sexual gratification the grooming is for; that that is part and parcel of the larger topic of grooming and attachment."Source
"I understand you're saying you didn't intentionally -- the point you're making is you didn't intentionally violate my ruling."Source
"I continue to think the testimony regarding whether strategies that she's testifying about can be utilized for the sexual gratification of the person doing the grooming we explored in the Daubert context specifically with me asking whether she talked about -- whether there was literature comparable to the pimp-prostitute context in which grooming"Source
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