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RARE PHOTOS: Ghislaine maxwell juror s grilling by judge could cast verdict into disarray - The Real Truth

Judge Alison Nathan’s questioning is likely to focus on the juror’s negative response to the question: ‘Have you or a friend ever been the victim of sexual harassment, sexual abuse, or sexual assault?’
Judge Alison Nathan is likely to ask the juror about his negative response to a question about whether he had ever been the victim of sexual abuse. Photograph: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

When Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted last December of procuring minor teenagers for the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, their victims expressed joy and relief that long-delayed justice had finally been served.

Less than one week later, however, a juror’s comments revealed that he apparently did not disclose childhood sexual abuse during jury selection – sparking a chain of events that could now potentially undermine the trial’s outcome.

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