Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction has been upheld, despite a juror’s acknowledgment that he had falsely stated before the trial that he had not been sexually abused.
Highlights
- Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction has been upheld by a US judge.
- The 60-year-old Briton was convicted in December of helping Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse teenage girls.
- Maxwell requested a retrial after it emerged that one of the jurors had been sexually abused but had falsely stated before the trial that he had not been.
- The juror said he did not deliberately lie to get on the panel, insisting he would have answered honestly.
- Prosecutors said there was no proof the juror was biased and could serve as a fair and impartial juror.
- Maxwell’s lawyers have said they will appeal her conviction but have not commented on Friday’s decision.