SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 17 – Ghislaine
Maxwell,
charged with
sex
trafficking
and other
charges, is amid a
trial that
started on
November 29,
after the
November 23
final-final
pre trial conference,
vlog here.
On October 29
and again on November 12
Maxell
and the US
Attorney's
Office for the
Southern
District of
New York filed
a flurry of
motions in
limine,
heavily
redacted; the
Government
argued that
trial exhibits
are not public
and will be
withheld.
Inner City
Press opposed
and opposes
the continued
secrecy. And
see DC op-ed
here.
On
December 16,
after a three
day hiatus as
Judge Nathan
went to DC
seeking
2d Circuit seat,
Maxwell's
defense began,
with her executive
assistant
Cimerly Espinosa.
Inner City Press
live tweeted
here,
8:45 am live
stream here,
podcast here
On
the afternoon
of December
17, the
defense rested,
and Ghislaine
Maxwell said
there was no
reason for her to
testify
because, she
said, the
government had
not proved its
case beyond
a reasonable
doubt,
after Eva
Dubin. Inner
City Press
live
tweeted here,
podcast here,
midday live
stream here
Eva: I can't remember things from last
month. Maxwell's lawyer: This does not
need to be discussed. AUSA Moe: Nothing
further. No redirect.
Judge Nathan: Defense may call its next
witness.
It's Michelle Healy. She says: I'm 47, live in
Dallas, as a housewife. My husband is an
architect. My system Shannon lives in
Albuqueque. I grew up on Long Island. NY from
1974 to 1999. Menninger: Where did you work in
1996? Healy: J. Epstein and company.
Healy: I went to Zorro ranch, my sister
was working there. Maxwell's lawyer:
Were you ever involved in any group sexualized
massages with Jane? Healy: Absolutely not.
Cross. AUSA Comey: Are you the only Michelle
in the world? Michelle Healy: I hope not.
AUSA: Never flew on Epstein's plane? Healy:
No. AUSA: Nothing further.
In
court with jury out, Maxwell's lawyer pushing
to have Nag's Head Pub witness testify on
Monday.
Judge Nathan: I always say, I
have so many bridges to cross. I cross the
bridge that is in front of me. Maxwell's
lawyer: We want to put in property records
about Stanhope Mews, too. They are
self-authenticating.
Judge Nathan: What do we have after
lunch? Maxwell's lawyer: We'll try to work out
the other stips. Judge Nathan: So, no more
defense witnesses? I'm going to spend my
remaining lunch hour reviewing Kelly. AUSA: If
not Monday morning, it's too late.
Judge Nathan: It'll be a long break for
the jury - try to confer. Now out to Foley
Square Here's the case being cited
Judge Nathan: I'm sustaining the objection,
given the posture of that case at the time [it
was on summary judgment] AUSA: In the old
deposition of Epstein, the government's goal
wasn't what it is here, to determine where he
was living, there or on 9 East 71st St
Now: allocution. Judge Nathan: Ms.
Maxwell, please rise. The decision to testify
or not is your decision. Do you understand?
Maxwell: Your Honor, the government had not
proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt. So
there is no need for me to testify.
Now stipulations being read into the
record including... Annie Farmer's boots were
seized by the FBI on June 29, 2021. Also, when
the Lion King opened. and that Dominique
Hyppotite would testify that the Palm Beach
school maintains records (Roberts)
Maxwell's lawyer: At this time the defense
rests. AUSA: The US has no further case. Judge
Nathan: Jurors, you'll hear closing arguments
then I'll instruct you on the law and you'll
begin deliberations. Monday, I ask we start 9
am. And it's possible he'll go to 6
Judge Nathan: Continue following my
instructions. No communications with each
other any anyone else about the case. Keep an
open mind until summations and my
instructions. Be cautious out there. I want to
see everyone back here Monday at 9. All rise!
Jury leaves. Judge Nathan: I'll get your a
draft of the charge by 6 pm. And we'll meet
here at 9 am for the charging conference.
AUSA: Who should be reach out to about
logistics?
Judge Nathan: We'll have some staff here over
the weekend for the charging conference.
Judge Nathan: See you tomorrow morning
[Saturday]. Adjourned
On
December 10,
leading up to
the US resting
of its case,
Annie Farmer
was cross
examined, then
her
ex-boyfriend
and mother
testified.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted it here,
podcast here,
stand-up,
GMax
sister -
and circus
Again,
where is the
Press
opposition to
all this
sealing, and
the
decision-maker?
On October 18 the US
Attorney's Office opposed the
request, saying the the voir
dire questions should be asked
by Judge Nathan, and that
there should only be sidebars
on "sensitive questions such
as those that relate to sexual
abuse and media exposure."
Full letter on Patreon here.
In a
conference on October 21 on
that as scheduling issues,
Judge Nathan denied the
request to seal. Inner City
Press live tweeted it
here (podcast here)
On October 22 the
draft jury questionnaire was
unsealed and Inner City Press
has immediately published it
on its DocumentCloud here,
including "Have you or a
family member ever supported,
lobbied, petitioned,
protested, or worked in
any other manner for or
against any laws, regulations,
or organizations relating to
sex trafficking, sex crimes
against minors, sex abuse or
sexual harassment?" Photo here.
After the death of Jeffrey
Epstein in the MCC prison, on
July 2 Acting US Attorney for
the SDNY Audrey Strauss
announced and unsealed in
indictment of Maxwell on
charges including sex
trafficking and perjury.
Inner City Press went to her
press conference at the US
Attorney's Office and asked,
Doesn't charging Maxwell with
perjury undercut any ability
to use testimony from her
against other, bigger
wrong-doers? Periscope here
at 23:07.
Strauss
replied that it is not
impossible to use a perjurer's
testimony. But how often does
it work?
At 3:30 pm
on July 2 Maxwell appeared in
the U.S. District Court for
the District of New Hampsire,
before Magistriate Judge Andrea
K. Johnstone.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted it
here.
(Also
live tweeted
bail denial of
July 14, here.)
In
the July 3 media coverage of
Maxwell, media all of the
world used a video and stills
from it of Maxwell speaking in
front of a blue curtain, like
here.
What they
did not mention is something
Inner City Press has been
asking the UN about, as under
UNSG Antonio Guterres with his
own sexual exploitation issues
(exclusive video
and audio)
it got roughed up and banned
from the UN: Ghislaine Maxwell
had a ghoulish United Nations
press conference, under the
banner of the "Terramar
Project," here.
On July 5,
after some crowd-sourcing,
Inner City Press reported on
another Ghislaine Maxwell use
of the United Nations,
facilitated by Italy's
Permanent Representative to
the UN, UN official Nikhil
Seth and Amir Dossal,
who also let into the UN and
in one case took money from
convicted UN briber Ng Lap
Seng, and Patrick Ho of CEFC
China Energy, also linked to
UN Secretary General Antonio
Guterres.
At the
Ghislaine Maxwell UN event,
the UN Deputy Secretary
General was directly involved.
List of (some of)
the participants on Patreon here.
Inner City
Press has published a phone of
Maxwell in the UN with Dossal,
here. But the connection runs
deeper: Dossal with "25 years
of UN involvement" was on
Terrarmar's board of
directors, one of only five
directors, only three not
related to Maxwell by blood
and name.
The directors:
Ghislaine Maxwell, Christine
Malina-Maxwell, Steven Haft,
Christine Dennison and... Amir
Dossal. Inner City Press is
publishing this full 990 on
Patreon here.
Dossal has
operated through the UN Office
of Partnership, with Antonio
Guterres and his deputy Amina
J. Mohammed, here.
And the links to
the world of UN bribery,
including Antonio Guterres
through the Gulbenkian
Foundation, runs deeper. More
to follow.
Antonio Guterres
claims he has zero tolerance
for sexual exploitation, but
covers it up and even
participate in it. He should
be forced to resign - and/or
have immunity waived.
Terramar
has been dissolved, even
though Maxwell's former
fundraiser / director of
development Brian Yurasits
still lists the URL on his
(protected) Twitter profile,
also here.
But now
Inner City Press has begun to
inquire into Ghislaine
Maxwell's other United Nations
connections, starting with
this photograph of another
day's (or at least another
outfit's) presentation in the
UN, here.
While co-conspirator Antonio
Guterres has had Inner City
Press banned from any entry
into the UN for two years and
a day, this appears to be in
the UN Economic and Social
Council (ECOSOC) chamber.
We'll have more on this, and
on Epstein and the UN. Watch
this site.
The case
is US v. Maxwell, 20-cr-330
(Nathan).
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