VERDICT WATCH NY - Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein confidante, arrested on Sex Abuse charges, Jul 2020 #3

[acehard]

I think Ghislaine will walk. Not enough testimony against her versus Epstein. Shame the big witnesses did not testify. They will know their reasons.

Yeah, what a joke this was. It reeks of corruption. I feel like the prosecutions hands are tied and ending early is a way to hint to the public. IMO

 

[sds71]

If there is evidence their clients had sex with minors, why are they redacted or sealed? Why wont that be relevant to this case?

I don’t know why they were redacted.
The flight logs were ordered unsealed during the civil trial.

 

[sds71]

Victoria Bekiempis

@vicbekiempis

Good morning. Testimony resumes in #GhislaineMaxwell's Manhattan federal court trial. Prosecution said they expect to rest today or early tomorrow. Here is what we heard yesterday from Shawn, ex boyfriend of 3rd accuser who testified. Story via

https://mobile.twitter.com/vicbekiempis/status/1468913130961092616
Shawn's testimony backed much of what Carolyn said about #GhislaineMaxwell and #JeffreyEpstein-how she met them, how she'd routinely go to his house and leave with money, etc. He also said her educational and intellectual level at the time were childlike. Why is that is impt?

https://mobile.twitter.com/vicbekiempis/status/1468913681413115912
Prosecutors have alleged that #GhislaineMaxwell preyed on vulnerable girls. Not only was Carolyn from an unstable household, and had a history of abuse. By describing her intellect as childlike really speaks to claims of manipulation, how she was lured via trickery, etc.

 

[sds71]

Benjamin Weiser
@BenWeiserNYT

Annie Farmer, the next accuser to testify in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, will appear under her true name, a lawyer tells the judge

First witness of the day: Tracy Chapell, a senior paralegal at FedEx.


@MartaDhanis
AUSA Comey just asked for a discussion in the robing room. Judge Nathan asks if this is an extended discussion.. Jury is sent away and lawyers and judge now leave to robing room.


@KlasfeldReports

The witness is now being cross examined, and Maxwell's lawyer highlights one listing the name "S. Kellen," part of a clear defense strategy to distance their client and draw Kellen closer.

Note: Often, these establishing pieces of evidence pass by with little notice—before the prosecutors and defense attorneys put the pieces together in summations.
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1468962669428314116
Prosecutors want the parties to confer with the judge in the robing room. Instead, Judge Nathan sends the jury out for a brief break.

Now, both are happening. The jury has been sent out, and the parties confer with the judge in the robing room.
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1468965247461429250
Side note: The Ghislaine Maxwell trial has been getting wall-to-wall coverage from news organizations globally, and no one who actually has been here covering the case on the ground can honestly claim otherwise.

 

[sds71]

@vicbekiempis

so, things just got a lil interesting. #GhislaineMaxwell trial just ended for the day. Per judge: "I’ve been informed there’s an attorney in the case who’s ill and that attorney has to get care." "We have no reason to believe it’s COVID related..."


@kbriquelet
Shocker: the Ghislaine Maxwell trial wrapped up early because an attorney is sick. The only person to testify was a FedEx paralegal on Epstein's shipping invoices, which showed packages sent to the victim named Carolyn.

Fun fact: Before court broke for the day, the FedEx employee testified of Ghislaine Maxwell's shipping invoices. One person Maxwell sent a package to was... billionaire Ron Burkle

 

[Jealoushe]

Side note: The Ghislaine Maxwell trial has been getting wall-to-wall coverage from news organizations globally, and no one who actually has been here covering the case on the ground can honestly claim otherwise

I wonder why its not making it out to the public then?

 

[joe jones]

I represented 8 Epstein victims. At Maxwell’s trial, I admired this legal tactic

interesting article

 

[Chelly]

I've had a feeling someone would throw a monkey wrench into this trial, i.e. Maxwell, a juror or a witness. Never thought it would be one of the lawyers.

 

[Chelly]

I think Ghislaine will walk. Not enough testimony against her versus Epstein. Shame the big witnesses did not testify. They will know their reasons.

Who are the big witnesses that did not testify?

 

[sds71]

Who are the big witnesses that did not testify?

Annie Farmer was supposed to testify today.

The Sisters Who First Tried to Take Down Jeffrey Epstein (Published 2019)

 

[Chelly]

Annie Farmer was supposed to testify today.

The Sisters Who First Tried to Take Down Jeffrey Epstein (Published 2019)

Thanks. Annie Farmer's testimony is just postponed, right?

 

[sds71]

• French ex model boss Jean-Luc Brunel was pictured joking with Epstein, Maxwell
• Brunel seen on the Lolita Express jet in a yellow jumper, Paisley jogging bottoms
• Prosecution said the photos showed the pair had a 'close relationship over time'
• Brunel has been charged with rape, sexual assault and the trafficking of minors
• Like Maxwell, Brunel denies any wrongdoing and has pledged to clear his name
• Photo of Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein on Lolita Express with Jean-Luc Brunel could help cops | Daily Mail Online

 

[Chelly]

Anyone know if court in session tomorrow (Friday)? TIA

 

[tayaway]

Anyone know if court in session tomorrow (Friday)? TIA

It appears so:

BBC Dec 9

Judge Nathan expressed confidence that court proceedings would resume in New York on Friday morning.

She added there was no reason to believe the prosecutor's illness was Covid-related.

When the trial resumes, Annie Farmer - the fourth and only named accuser to take the stand - is expected to testify about abuse she suffered at the hands of Epstein at age 16, and Ms Maxwell's alleged role in involving her with the paedophile.

 

[sds71]

@MartaDhanis
After an abrupt interruption yesterday as “an attorney in this case” fell ill, testimony is expected to resume today per the court and the latest SDNY guidance that we just received this morning.


@kbriquelet

New exhibits in the Maxwell case include FedEx invoices, which appear to support Carolyn’s claims that Epstein sent packages to her home. (She said this included Victoria’s Secret lingerie.) "S. Kellen" arranged this delivery.

Speaking of Victoria’s Secret... Someone affiliated with Epstein's office sent packages to ex Limited Brands chairman Les Wexner and his wife Abigail:

The records indicate another person affiliated with Epstein's office sent a package to the daughter of his longtime buddy & lawyer Alan Dershowitz.


Here's the entry for the package Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly sent to Ron Burkle, whose name is misspelled.

Bill Clinton took TWO MORE trips with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell | Daily Mail Online

 

[BUF]

Ben Feuerherd
@benfeuerherd

Testimony in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial will resume at 9 a.m. today, the US Attorney's Office says

 

[BUF]

Court has finally started with ALL attorneys present. Here’s Adam Klasfeld’s Twitter feed:

https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1469315331776733188

Annie Farmer just got called to the stand

 

[Legally Bland]

Direct examination of Annie Farmer. It's unformatted so could be easier to read from the link.

AUSA: "The government calls Annie Farmer."

Judge Nathan: "Annie Farmer may come forward."
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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1h
The witness states and spells her name.

The judge gives a limiting instruction to the jury, saying that her allegations about "physical contact" between Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein in New Mexico were not illegal.

She was 16 at the time there.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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1h
Prosecutor: “Can you see anyone in this courtroom who has ever given you a massage?”

Farmer identifies Maxwell in the courtroom.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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1h
Asked about her career, Farmer replies.

Describing her family's financial situation growing up, she says: "Money was tight. It had often been a stressor since my parents were divorced."
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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1h
She describes her siblings, including Maria Farmer.

Their profile in the New York Times: "The Sisters Who First Tried to Take Down Jeffrey Epstein."
nytimes.com
The Sisters Who First Tried to Take Down Jeffrey Epstein (Published 2019)
Nine years before any police investigation, Maria and Annie Farmer reported the troubling behavior of Jeffrey Epstein and his companion, Ghislaine Maxwell. No one would act.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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1h
Annie Farmer says Jeffrey Epstein purchased a ticket for her to go to New York.

She says that she was excited to see her sister, and as she moves onto Epstein, defense makes a hearsay objection.

Sustained.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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1h
Annie Farmer says she met Epstein in New York but not Maxwell.

(Note: Corrected a typo.)
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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1h
The government introduces a photograph of herself from around the time she met Jeffrey Epstein.

She says she was 16 years old in the photograph.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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1h
Q: Where did you meet Epstein?
A: At his home.

"It was a very grand home. I was staying with my sister in her apartment."
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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1h
Flashback to Ghislaine Maxwell's bail hearing in July 2020:
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nina pullano
@NinaPullano
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Annie Farmer is on the stand. At a 2020 bail hearing, she called Maxwell a “sexual predator.”

“She has never showed any remorse for her heinous crimes or the devastating, lasting affects her actions caused.”
>Story via @jruss_jruss & @KlasfeldReports
https://courthousenews.com/ghislaine-maxwell-denied-bail-on-sex-trafficking-charges/
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Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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They saw the movie "Primal Fear," she says.

"He right away tried to hold my hand and caress and hold my foot and my arm," Annie Farmer says, referring to Epstein.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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31m
Annie Farmer says Ghislaine Maxwell "sat and held one of [Epstein's] feet" and instructed her to massage the other.

"I just watched what she was doing and she instructed me."

"And so I did what she told me."
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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"I felt very uncomfortable," Annie Farmer says of the massage. "I wanted to stop, and I was hoping it’d be over quickly."
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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30m
Q: Did Maxwell give you a massage?
A: Yes, she did.

Annie Farmer says she set up a table in the room where she was staying.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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29m
Q: What were you wearing during the massage?
A: Nothing.

Asked why, she responds: "She told me to get undressed."

Asked to clarify who, Farmer says Maxwell.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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28m
Q: What happened once you were laying on your back?

Annie Farmer says Maxwell "pulled the sheet down," "exposed her breasts," and touched her breasts.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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28m
Annie Farmer recalled having a "sense" that Epstein might be able to see her during the massage.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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25m
She recalled Epstein coming into the room and saying that he wanted to cuddle.

Q: Did you want to cuddle with Epstein?
A: No.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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24m
Annie Farmer describes moving home to Phoenix.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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23m
Asked if she wrote in her journal about her trip to New Mexico, Annie Farmer says no.

She says she didn't want to think about it.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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22m
Asked why she kept the boots, Annie Farmer says at first she shoved them in the back of her closet.

Agents then asked if she had them, she says.

Then, she says she found them and she wore the boots.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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14m
Asked what she told her mother after the trip, Annie Farmer said: "I told my mom I was not raped and I didn't want to talk about it."

Late summer of 1996.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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11m
Q: Did you tell the FBI that Maxwell had given you a massage?
A: Yes.

Asked why Annie Farmer said she wanted to "reclaim" the boots by wearing them again, she says: "It was a dark memory and I had felt so taken advantage of by them both."
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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9m
Annie Farmer said she struggled to step forward because it was a "shameful" memory but she found that she wanted "accountability" and "these people being stopped."
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
Asked if she has any financial stake in the outcome of this trial, the witness replies: "I do not."

Cross examination will begin.

https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1469318262777331724

 

[BUF]

kate briquelet
@kbriquelet

The prosecution did right by showing the jury photo of 16-year-old Annie before presenting an image of the much-older Epstein. The picture Annie painted was so disturbing. Two adults—Epstein and Maxwell—decided to spend time alone with a 16-year-old girl on a remote property.

 

[BUF]

kate briquelet
@kbriquelet

Here is a photo of Annie visiting her older sister Maria in New York in the 1990s. Maria shared it with me for a previous story on her artwork & her family's accusations against Epstein and Maxwell: https://thedailybeast.com/epstein-victim-is-painting-his-enablers-like-ghislaine-maxwell-and-alan-dershowitz-as-murderous-lizard-people