Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers file formal request for a retrial after raising concerns over a juror's possible failure to disclose that he had been sexually abused as a child.
The questionnaire had specifically asked: “Have you or a friend or family member ever been the victim of sexual harassment, sexual abuse, or sexual assault?”
David acknowledged that he had shared his experience of past sexual abuse with his fellow jurors after some expressed doubts over the credibility of two women who testified that they had been groomed by Maxwell for sex with Epstein when they were teenagers.
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