A U.S. judge is set to question one of the jurors who convicted the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of helping the millionaire Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.
FILE - This courtroom sketch shows Judge Alison Nathan reading the guilty verdict against Ghislaine Maxwell in her sex trafficking trial, Wednesday Dec. 29, 2021, in New York.
All potential jurors in the case had been asked to fill out a screening form in early November that asked, “Have you or a friend or family member ever been the victim of sexual harassment, sexual abuse, or sexual assault? ”The juror said in the interviews he flew through the questionnaire and didn’t remember being asked that question, which was No. 48 on the form.in return for his testimony. His lawyer said the juror would have invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege without it.