Loftus
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GHISLAINE MAXWELL
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| Date | Event Type | Description | Location | Actions |
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| N/A | N/A | Direct examination testimony of witness Loftus in United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell. | Courtroom | View |
| N/A | N/A | Consulting workshops conducted by the witness. | Unspecified | View |
| N/A | Psychological study | A study was conducted where subjects were presented with true memories from their childhood and o... | N/A | View |
| N/A | N/A | Lectures/Consulting by Loftus | Unknown | View |
| N/A | N/A | Direct examination of witness Loftus regarding false memory studies. | Courtroom | View |
| N/A | N/A | Direct examination testimony of expert witness Loftus. | Courtroom | View |
| N/A | Scientific experiment | Experiments conducted by Loftus involving videos of car crashes and people being lost in malls. | malls | View |
| N/A | Experiment | A memory experiment where people watched a short video of a blue car rushing towards a person. | science museum | View |
| N/A | Psychological experiment | A study was conducted to see if people could be made to believe they met Bugs Bunny at Disneyland... | N/A | View |
| N/A | N/A | Direct examination testimony of witness Loftus regarding memory and interviewing techniques. | Courtroom | View |
| N/A | N/A | Commencement ceremony delayed due to COVID | Unknown | View |
| N/A | Leadership role | Loftus served as president of the Western Psychological Association on two separate occasions. | N/A | View |
| N/A | Leadership role | Loftus served as president of divisions of the American Psychological Association, such as the Am... | N/A | View |
| N/A | Consultation | Witness Loftus consulted with various government agencies at different points in their career. | N/A | View |
| N/A | Research funding | Witness Loftus's research was supported by grants and funds from various organizations. | N/A | View |
| N/A | Psychological study | An experiment conducted by Loftus about planting a false memory of someone being lost in a mall. ... | mall | View |
| N/A | Leadership role | Loftus served as president of the Western Psychological Association twice. | N/A | View |
| N/A | Experiment | A memory experiment involving a simulated accident where the detail of a yield sign versus a stop... | N/A | View |
| N/A | Academic publication | Loftus published a paper titled 'Reactions to Blatantly Contradictory Information'. | N/A | View |
| N/A | Experiment | A study was conducted where participants viewed a simulated accident and were questioned about th... | N/A | View |
| N/A | N/A | Direct examination of expert witness Loftus regarding the stages of memory (acquisition, retentio... | Courtroom | View |
| N/A | N/A | Testimony at high-profile trials | Courts | View |
| N/A | Scientific study | Studies conducted by Loftus involving interviews with people who were sexually abused about their... | N/A | View |
| N/A | N/A | Classic psychology study regarding traffic signs (Stop vs Yield) | Academic/Laboratory setting | View |
| 2025-01-15 | N/A | Filing date of the transcript document. | Court | View |
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This document is page 129 of a court transcript from Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (the Ghislaine Maxwell trial), filed on August 10, 2022. The text features direct examination testimony from a witness named Loftus (likely memory expert Elizabeth Loftus) discussing the suggestiveness of psychotherapy, the creation of false memories through recovered memory therapy, and the psychological concept of 'labeling' altering perception of ambiguous stimuli.
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This document is a court transcript from August 10, 2022, detailing the direct examination of a witness named Loftus. Loftus, who holds a doctorate in psychology, explains how memory retrieval can be influenced by suggestive pressures, citing examples from law enforcement interviews and psychotherapy. She also clarifies for the jury that she is not a practicing therapist and does not conduct therapy, although she does study patients.
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This is a page from a court transcript (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE, United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell) featuring the direct examination of a witness named Loftus (likely memory expert Elizabeth Loftus). The testimony focuses on the mechanics of memory contamination, the difference between open-ended and leading questions, and the impact of stress on memory recall. The witness mentions previously consulting for the CIA regarding interviewing techniques.
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This document is a page from a court transcript dated August 10, 2022, detailing the direct examination of a witness named Loftus. Loftus, an apparent expert, explains the concept of "post-event suggestion," describing how external information received after an event—through conversations, biased interrogations, or media reports—can influence and contaminate a person's memory. The witness also mentions having consulted for government agencies like the FBI and Secret Service on these topics.
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This document is page 125 of a court transcript from Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell). It features the direct examination of a witness named Loftus (likely memory expert Elizabeth Loftus). The testimony focuses on the psychology of memory, specifically the 'retention stage,' and how 'post-event suggestion' and misinformation can contaminate, alter, or distort a witness's memory over time.
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This document is a court transcript from August 10, 2022, detailing the direct examination of a witness named Loftus. Loftus explains concepts related to memory, distinguishing between externally-supplied misinformation and internal 'autosuggestion' where an individual's own inferences become false memories. Loftus also identifies several factors that can affect the initial 'acquisition stage' of memory, including environmental conditions like lighting, personal states like distraction, and the influence of drugs such as marijuana.
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This document is page 123 of a court transcript filed on August 10, 2022, from the case United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE). It features the direct examination of an expert witness named Loftus (likely memory expert Elizabeth Loftus). The testimony focuses on the stages of memory, specifically describing the 'retention stage' and various 'acts of retrieval' such as discussing an event with others, police questioning, and identifications.
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This document is a court transcript from August 10, 2022, detailing the direct examination of a witness named Loftus. Loftus, likely an expert on memory, describes the retention and retrieval stages of memory and clarifies for the questioner that an 'event' in the acquisition stage can be something directly witnessed, heard, or even a memory of a past conversation.
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This document is a single page (page 119 of 246) from a court transcript filed on August 10, 2022. It features a brief snippet of direct examination testimony from a witness named 'Loftus' (likely memory expert Elizabeth Loftus). The witness confirms they have testified 'many times' regarding the impact of post-event information on memory. The testimony cuts off at line 5 to continue on the next page.
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This document is a page from a court transcript dated August 10, 2022, detailing the direct examination of an expert witness named Loftus. Loftus discusses her extensive experience testifying on the psychology of memory, clarifying that her expertise does not extend to neuroscience and the biological functions of the brain, for which she would defer to another expert.
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This document is page 116 of a court transcript from Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell). The witness, identified as Loftus (likely Elizabeth Loftus), is testifying during direct examination about the ethical limitations of human experimentation and the role of human subjects review committees. She discusses her work on 'false memories,' describing how she obtains approval to plant false traumatic memories in research participants, such as being attacked by an animal, while noting that more disturbing scenarios (e.g., forced animal sacrifice by a parent) might be rejected by ethics committees.
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This document is a page from a court transcript filed on August 10, 2022, detailing the testimony of a witness named Loftus. Loftus describes a widely-cited 1978 study on the malleability of memory, explaining how the use of different verbs ('smashed' versus 'hit') when questioning witnesses about a simulated car accident altered their estimation of speed and even caused them to falsely remember details like broken glass.
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This document is a page from a court transcript (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE, United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell) featuring the direct examination of an expert witness named Loftus (likely Dr. Elizabeth Loftus). The testimony focuses on the 'misinformation effect' in memory science, describing experiments where witnesses to simulated accidents incorporate false post-event information (such as a yield sign replacing a stop sign) into their memories, rendering them inaccurate.
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This document is a page from a court transcript (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE, United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell) featuring the direct examination of an expert witness named Loftus (likely Elizabeth Loftus). The testimony focuses on establishing her credentials as a psychologist in the field of memory science, detailing her career since receiving her Ph.D. in 1970, including publishing over 20 books and 600 scientific articles. The document is stamped with DOJ-OGR-00016595.
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This document is a page from a court transcript dated August 10, 2022, detailing the direct examination of a witness named Loftus. In the testimony, Loftus describes their professional affiliations with several major psychological organizations. They highlight their past leadership roles, including serving as president for the Association for Psychological Science, the Western Psychological Association (twice), and divisions of the American Psychological Association.
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This document is page 110 of a court transcript (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE) filed on August 10, 2022. It features the direct examination of a witness named Loftus, who is explaining the scientific peer-review process and confirming their experience serving on editorial boards for psychology journals. The document includes standard court headers, line numbers, and a Department of Justice Bates stamp.
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This document is a page from a court transcript dated August 10, 2022, detailing the direct examination of a witness named Loftus. Loftus testifies about the funding sources for their scientific research, identifying the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health as supporters. They also list several U.S. government agencies they have consulted for, including the Department of Justice, CIA, FBI, and IRS.
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This document is page 108 of a court transcript from Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (US v. Ghislaine Maxwell), filed on August 10, 2022. It features the direct examination of an expert witness named Loftus (likely memory expert Elizabeth Loftus), who testifies about her numerous academic awards from the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association. She further describes her career research, noting she has conducted hundreds of experiments specifically focused on human memory.
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This document is a page from a court transcript (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE) filed on August 10, 2022. It features the direct examination of a witness named Loftus, who is discussing their professional credentials. Loftus notes their CV is 47 pages long and highlights their election to the National Academy of Sciences in 2004 as a significant honor.
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This document is a court transcript from a legal case, filed on August 10, 2022. It captures the direct examination of a witness, Dr. Loftus, who details her educational background, including receiving a bachelor's degree from UCLA in 1966 and a Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford in 1970. Dr. Loftus also defines a curriculum vitae (CV) for the jury and confirms that hers covers her professional life since the 1960s.
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This document is a transcript from a legal proceeding filed on August 10, 2022, in which a witness, Professor Loftus, is questioned about her professional credentials. She states she is a distinguished professor at the University of California-Irvine, where she has worked for nearly 20 years, and previously worked at the University of Washington for 29 years and at the New School for Social Research. The questioning aims to establish her expertise on the subject of memory for the jury.
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This document contains excerpts from an interview with a juror named David following the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, filed as a court exhibit. David explains that while the jury could not convict based on accuser 'Kate's' testimony due to UK age of consent laws, her testimony was crucial in establishing Maxwell's grooming 'pattern' involving boundary confusion and massage. David also defends his own responses to the pre-trial questionnaire regarding sexual abuse history.
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This document is a court transcript from August 10, 2022, detailing a legal argument between attorneys Ms. Sternheim and Mr. Rohrbach before a judge. The discussion centers on whether extrinsic evidence can be used to impeach the testimony of a witness named Kate by showing bias, specifically in relation to her statement "it fell into my lap." The judge cites the Second Circuit case *United States v. Harvey* to clarify the applicable law on the matter.
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This document is a transcript page from the Ghislaine Maxwell trial (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE) dated August 10, 2022. Attorneys Menninger, Comey, and Pagliuca are discussing procedural matters with the Judge regarding the admission of prior inconsistent statements for a witness named 'Carolyn' (who is present from out of state) and future discussions regarding witnesses 'Jane' and 'Annie'. The attorneys reference specific transcript lines (1610 and 1611) and an FBI 302 report.
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This document is a court transcript from August 10, 2022, detailing a procedural discussion during a trial break. The judge instructs the attorneys (Pomerantz, Sternheim, Rohrbach, Everdell) to confer and narrow their disagreements regarding a witness's prior inconsistent statements. The judge states an intention to review these statements during the lunch break to help resolve the issues later that day.
Testimony as a defense witness
Loftus admits to participating in interviews with the press about her testimony if asked.
Memories of trauma
A questioner cross-examines witness Loftus about the nature of traumatic memories. Loftus confirms that core memories of trauma are stronger than peripheral details, that participants remember events better than observers, and that repetitive experiences enhance memory.
Memory formation, misinformation, and autosuggestion
This is a transcript of a direct examination of Loftus, who explains the difference between externally supplied misinformation and internal 'autosuggestion' in memory creation. Loftus also details factors that affect the initial acquisition of a memory, such as lighting, distance, distraction, and the influence of drugs like marijuana.
Professional affiliations and publications
An unnamed questioner asks the witness, Loftus, to describe their professional affiliations. Loftus details their membership and leadership roles in several psychological organizations.
Memory experiments
An unnamed questioner cross-examines the witness, Loftus, about the details and methodology of memory experiments she has conducted, specifically one involving a simulated accident with a stop/yield sign and another at a science museum.
Psychological studies on false memories and suggestion.
An unnamed questioner cross-examines Loftus about her research, focusing on the 'lost in the mall' study, its results, and other studies concerning resistance to blatantly false suggestions.
The effect of language on memory
A witness, Loftus, answers questions about studies concerning how language can influence memory, providing a specific example of an experiment involving a simulated car accident.
Suggestibility in memory retrieval and professional quali...
A questioner asks the witness, Loftus, about situations where information exchange can be suggestive. Loftus provides examples from law enforcement interviews and psychotherapy. The questioner then clarifies that Loftus has a doctorate in psychology but is not a practicing therapist.
The effect of labeling on memory
An unidentified questioner asks witness Loftus about how memory can be affected by labeling. Loftus explains that applying labels to ambiguous objects (e.g., eyeglasses vs. dumbbells) or events (e.g., incident vs. fight) can alter how they are later remembered and constructed.
Direct Examination regarding memory science
Discussion regarding whether post-event information can be intentional or inadvertent, and the impact of secondary gain, motive, or trusted sources on the formation of false memories.
Direct Examination
Questioning regarding CV detail and compensation.
Professional Honors and CV
Witness discusses their extensive CV (47 pages) and highlights their election to the National Academy of Sciences in 2004.
Direct Examination regarding credentials and research
Loftus describes her awards from psychological associations and explains her history of conducting hundreds of experiments on human memory.
Memory studies
Loftus admitted on cross-examination that core memories of trauma are stronger than other types of memory.
Direct Examination
Discussion regarding the reliability of memory involving trauma and the correlation between confidence and accuracy in memory retrieval.
Expertise in the science of memory
This is a transcript of a direct examination where a witness, Loftus, answers questions about her expertise. She discusses her history of testifying as an expert on memory, distinguishing her psychological expertise from the field of neuroscience.
Memory Retention and Contamination
Discussion regarding the stages of memory (acquisition, retention, retrieval) and the impact of post-event suggestion on memory accuracy.
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