NEW YORK, Jan 15 — The judge in British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial yesterday set a sentencing date of June 28 but said she is still weighing Maxwell’s request to overturn her conviction because of concerns about a juror’s conduct.
Maxwell’s lawyers said last week they would request a new trial after one of the jurors in the case told Reuters and other media that he shared his experience of being sexually abused as a child during deliberations, and that his account helped sway jurors who were skeptical of Maxwell’s accusers. The juror’s comments to media raised concerns he did not disclose his abuse when asked on a pre-trial screening questionnaire whether he or anyone in his family had been the victim of sexual abuse.
Maxwell would not be guaranteed a new trial even if the juror indicated on the form that he had not been sexually abused, legal experts told Reuters last week. Instances in which judges overturned verdicts for juror dishonesty tended to involve jurors who deliberately lied to get on the panel, the experts said.
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