Maxwell’s laywers want judge to declare mistrial after Scotty David revealed in post-trial interviews he had been abused as a child
Epstein, a convicted sex offender who once counted global elites such as Britain’s Prince Andrew among his associates, was arrested in July 2019 for sex trafficking. He killed himself in aMaxwell’s conviction was thrown into potential disarray days after her trial concluded. David claimed in post-trial media interviews that he had been sexually abused as a child and said that he told other jurors about this abuse, which helped them see things from a victim’s perspective.
Following David’s comments in the media, prosecutors asked Nathan for an inquiry into his statements. Maxwell’s lawyers quickly joined in asking for such an inquiry and have since been pushing for a mistrial, arguing that David’s failure to disclose past abuse deprived her of a fair, impartial jury.