had given a flurry of media interviews which revealed he was a survivor of childhood sexual abuse but hadn’t disclosed the experience during jury selection. Scotty also told reporters that he used his experience to help sway fellow jurors who were skeptical of certain victims’ testimony.
The judge also stated that Scotty “was not biased” and “would not have been stricken” from the jury pool even if he had answered questions truthfully; the questions he failed to answer accurately include whether he experienced sexual abuse, assault, or harassment, whether a friend or family member was accused of such sexual misconduct, and whether he’d ever been the victim of any crime at all.
Before Nathan’s ruling, Maxwell’s lawyer Bobbi Sternheim wrote to the court, asking her to delay her ruling on whether the British socialite will be granted a new criminal trial because of a pending TV interview with Juror 50. “We have been unable to access the series in order to review the content of Juror’s 50 statements nor have we learned whether the interview was recorded before he testified at [a previous] hearing,” Sternheim continued. “The series was scheduled to air on March 29, but we have learned that Paramount is holding off airing the series pending the Court’s ruling concerning Juror 50.”
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