Ghislaine Maxwell prosecutors can call accusers 'victims', judge rules

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Ghislaine Maxwell prosecutors can call accusers ‘victims’, judge rules

Defense team had requested word be banned during New York trial this month

Victoria Bekiempis in New York
Mon 1 Nov 2021 21.58 GMT

Prosecutors in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking case will be permitted to use the words “victim” and “minor” in referencing accusers during her forthcoming trial in federal court in New York, it was ruled on Monday.

Judge Alison Nathan’s decision permitting the use of “victim” stemmed from a challenge by Maxwell’s defense team, which had requested that the word be barred from the trial, due to begin in Manhattan this month.

Nathan said: “Precluding the word is both unnecessary and impractical.”

“It is appropriate to use the terms as representative of its litigation position,” Nathan said of the prosecution.

This proceeding is only the second time that Maxwell, the British media heiress and former girlfriend of the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has appeared in a courtroom in person for her case, amid restrictions relating to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/01/ghislaine-maxwell-trial-accusers-victims

[Takket]

1. So when is she going to cut a deal?

Surely her lawyers have explained to her there is no getting out of this. I can’t believe she hasn’t decided to take a deal in the hopes of possibly seeing the light of day before she dies.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. This is the appropriate ruling

That racist in Wisconsin is a racist idiot

[twin_ghost]

3. They are victims of Epstein and not of her.

She is an alleged co-conspirator. The Law is so hard!

[Sur Zobra]

4. Many of them are also victims of Jizzlane

I don’t know why you are claiming otherwise

[Eugene]

6. Ghislaine Maxwell is charged as a participant in Epstein's crimes.

She is charged with enticing and transporting the underage girls (grooming, procuring, trafficking) and then lying under oath in sworn depositions.

If someone materially contributes to a criminal act, they can held responsible or even be considered an equal participant.

Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), announced that GHISLANE MAXWELL was arrested this morning and charged with enticing a minor to travel to engage in criminal sexual activity, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, conspiracy to commit both of those offenses, and perjury in connection with a sworn deposition. The Indictment unsealed today alleges that between at least in or about 1994 through 1997, MAXWELL and co-conspirator Jeffrey Epstein exploited girls as young as 14, including by enticing them to travel and transporting them for the purpose of engaging in illegal sex acts. As alleged, knowing that Epstein had a preference for young girls, MAXWELL played a critical role in the grooming and abuse of minor victims that took place in locations including New York, Florida, and New Mexico. In addition, as alleged, MAXWELL made several false statements in sworn depositions in 2016. MAXWELL is expected to be presented this afternoon in the in federal court in New Hampshire. This case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ghislaine-maxwell-charged-manhattan-federal-court-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually

[Silent3]

5. I guess they can be called victims if they haven't been shot

Otherwise, they'd be rioters and looters.

[Sherman A1]

7. May the rest of her days be filled with lawyers

She is a stain upon the human condition.