The potential witnesses believe they 'might get a lot of unwanted attention' testifying on Maxwell's behalf. 9News
's defence case wish to testify anonymously because they "might get a lot of unwanted attention" testifying on Maxwell's behalf, attorney Christian Everdell said in court on Friday after the government rested its case.
Maxwell's attorneys asked Judge Alison Nathan to rule on the issue because the parties couldn't come to an agreement.A courtroom sketch of Ghislaine Maxwell, left, conferring with her defense attorney Bobbi Sternheim before the start of her sex abuse trial on Thursday Dec. 9, 2021, in New York. The defence filings did not name the three witnesses or expand on why they wish to testify anonymously.
Over the weekend, the defence shared an alphabetical list of 35 witnesses with prosecutors "with no information about the order in which the witnesses would be called," a government letter says.
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