Court Inquiry Requested After Ghislaine Maxwell Juror Goes Public as Survivor of Sexual Abuse
Former federal prosecutor
Mitchell Epner, who led intake on sex trafficking cases in the District of New Jersey between 2003 and 2004, said of the development: “This is huge.”
“The question was asked and the government knows the answers that were given,” said Epner, who is now of counsel for Rottenberg Lipman Rich PC. “I assume that he did not reveal past sexual abuse, or else there would be nothing to investigate. This could easily result in a new trial.”
Ex-federal prosecutor
Moira Penza, who helped convict NXIVM cult member
Keith Raniere, wrote on Twitter that Maxwell’s legal team would have to prove “substantial prejudice” to disturb an otherwise “sacrosanct” jury verdict.
“Given juror’s admission, prosecutors are right to ask for an inquiry but if he says it was a mistake and is credited by [U.S. District] Judge
[Alison] Nathan, that’s prob[ably] the end of it,”
tweeted Penza, who is now a partner at Wilkinson Stekloff.