In response to a set of appeals from Ghislaine Maxwell's legal team, U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan upheld her conviction a second time but concluded that three of the charges on which she was convicted should be consolidated into one charge.
Federal Judge Alison J. Nathan refused to order a new trial for Ghislaine Maxwell, convicting of child sex trafficking charges, despite the presence of a juror who told reporters after the trial that he had been a victim of child sexual abuse.
Ghislaine Maxwell's legal team argues that her verdict should be thrown out over the juror's failure to disclose his history of being a victim of sexual abuse.
The Maxwell case judge will hear evidence as to whether the juror was improperly seated after he didn't tell the court that he was the victim of child sexual abuse.
Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys have requested a new trial after a jury in her original case came forward to say that he had been a victim of sexual abuse in the past and that he shared that experience with other jurors during the deliberation process.
Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted last month on sex trafficking charges related to her time serving as sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's close friend and confidante.
Juror Scotty David told multiple media outlets after Ghislaine Maxwell's guilty verdict that sharing his own experience with sexual abuse helped other jurors "come around on the memory aspect" regarding her accuser's testimony.
