Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday lost her bid to overturn her US sex trafficking conviction, even after a juror acknowledged having falsely stated before the trial that he had not been sexually abused.
U.S. Circuit Judge Alison Nathan said the juror, a man known in court papers as Juror 50, testified truthfully at a hearing last month, after Maxwell's lawyers said his false answers on a pretrial questionnaire justified granting a new trial.
She had pleaded not guilty, saying she was being scapegoated for Epstein's crimes because he was no longer alive. Her sentencing is scheduled for June 28. It was also one of the highest-profile cases in the wake of the #MeToo movement, which encouraged women to speak out about sexual abuse by famous and powerful people.
Juror 50, who identified himself by his first and middle names Scotty David, said he did this to illustrate how Maxwell's accusers' memories may not have been perfect. But Nathan said she had once overseen a murder trial where a juror who had a family member who was murdered was allowed on the panel.
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