Ghislaine Maxwell Case Updates Dec 17 (Day 12) - The Great Awakening

Ghislaine Maxwell Case Updates Dec 17 (Day 12) 🚔 Crime & Corruption 💸

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[c/o Inner City Press]

Previous Updates

1412GMT

Defense is arguing to keep their case open until Monday for a final, 81-year old witness.

Judge Nathan: I'm letting in the documents about residence versus ownership. If I weren't, you might have a point. Is this deposition transcript new to you?

Maxwell's lawyer: She was deposed in a slip and fall case.

Judge Nathan: You'll provide the transcript.

Judge Nathan: I have a rule, you have your next witness or you rest. If otherwise the case closes today, it closes today. [Couldn't Maxwell's lawyers just do super-long direct examination? And what about the 3 day hiatus?]

Maxwell's lawyer: Also if the Marshals can produce another witness we've subpoenaed... The other witness, from the UK, if they will stipulate to it, there'd be no review.

Assistant US Attorney: The subpoenaed witness Kelly, we have no idea what she'd say. No stip.

Maxwell's lawyer Menninger: I understand your Honor wants to run this quickly, but it's a lot of work.

Judge Nathan (laughs) I understand that, Ms. Menninger. Give me a written application and a proposed order in half an hour.

Judge Nathan: There are also some 40 prior inconsistent statements. My colleague Judge Kaplan has helpfully set forth the standard. [He's the judge with Giuffre v. Prince Andrew before him, which Inner City Press is also reporting on]

Judge Nathan: Annie said she didn't remember a chef being there [on the Zorro ranch] but that it made sense to her, so not inconsistency. And the amount of horseback riding is a collateral issue.

Maxwell's lawyer: I think impeachment is for the truth [of the matter asserted]

Judge Nathan: That's way too metaphysical for me to handle right now. (Laughs).

Maxwell's lawyer: We'll have a law enforcement witness and we'd like to ask leading questions.

Judge Nathan: Truth comes out on direct. Start with that.

Maxwell's lawyer: I want to get to the absence of evidence, the lack of GPS given the age of the allegations.

Maxwell's lawyer Everdell: I wanted to ask the agent, that the complaint was first on one time frame then more recent, with Carolyn. I think that's relevant.

AUSA: The court has already ruled on this - the path of the investigation. Let's them raise it in closing.

Judge Nathan: Who's the first [defense] witness today?

Maxwell's lawyer: First Special Agent Jason Richards. Then we would have had Agent Young. Then [drumroll] Eva Dubin. [Former Epstein girlfriend who later married a(nother) hedge funder. She was asked to come at 11 am (1600GMT) but seems it'll be before.]

Well, Eva is a defense witness, testifying for and in favor of Ghislaine Maxwell (whose lawyers did not preview her as a hostile witness).

1530GMT

Jury enters [an hour late]

All rise!

Witness is Agent Jason Richards.

Maxwell's Pagliuca: Where are you based?

Richards: Miami. Before, Palm Beach.

Pagliuca: Let's turn to 2006.

Richards: I was in Unit PV-2. We investigated Epstein.

Pagliuca: Did you interview Carolyn - don't say her last name?

Agent Richards: I did.

Pagluca: Did you recall Carolyn saying she obtained Epstein's number from a phone book and that Epstein returned her call?

Richards: If that's what's in the 302 report.

Pagliuca: No further questions.

Cross examination.

AUSA: Do you show your 302s to those you speak to?

Richards: No.

Judge Nathan: Defense may call it's next witness.

Maxwell's lawyer: We call Agent Amanda Young.

Maxwell's lawyer: Agent Young, was your partner Detective Burns?

Young: Yes. We both check the 302.

Maxwell's lawyer: You just heard Ms. Comey's questions to Agent Richards. 302s are not transcripts, right?

Young: They are not.

Maxwell's lawyer: You interviewed Annie Farmer. About the boots, right?

Young: Yes. The boots were obtained by law enforcement this year. I don't remember which month.

Maxwell's lawyer: Read this.

Young: "In the beginning, Jane would be with her mother and brothers at the Epstein house."

Maxwell's lawyer (Menninger) - I want to turn to page 7. You wrote, Jane did not recall specific abuse that may have occurred in New Mexico

Maxwell's lawyer: Just to emphasize, the boots were discussed recently?

Young: Yes.

Cross examination.

AUSA: What did you do before?

Young; I interviewed children about child abuse.

1614GMT

Sidebar

[Agent Amanda Young sits in the plexi-glass witness box, in dark blue shirt, black jacket. They're back]

Judge Nathan: Jurors will disregard the statement about Agent Young's previous job interviewing children.

AUSA: Did Jane need more than one meeting to say what happened?

Maxwell's lawyer: Objection! Beyond the scope!

AUSA: I'll try another way. Who was there for the inverviews?

Maxwell's lawyer: Objection! Beyond the scope - I didn't ask about this.

Redirect:

Maxwell's Menninger: You used these notes with the grand jury, right? Young: Some of them.

Maxwell's Menninger: Did you show her the 302s?

Young. No. It's not ethical. It's not appropriate.

Maxwell's Menninger: You don't record them?

Young: Only those in custody. Not victim / witnesses.

Maxwell's Menninger: Are you familiar with the DOJ Obtaining Evidence protocols?

AUSA: Objection.

Judge Nathan: Overruled.

Menninger: I have a document, I can show it

Sidebar

1623GMT

Witness: I am Eva Andersson. I also go by Eva Andersson-Dubin. I live in NYC. I am 60.

Maxwell's lawyer: You are married to Glenn Dubin?

Eva: Yes. 28 years. We have 3 children: 27, 25 & 20

Maxwell's lawyer: Gender?

Eva: Female, male, female.

Maxwell's lawyer: What does Mr. Dubin do for employment?

Eva: He is self-employed. I was previously employed as a medical doctor.

Eva: I went to medical school in Stockholm, then UCLA. Then Lenox Hill Hospital in NYC.

Maxwell's lawyer: Did you know Mr. Epstein?

Eva: We dated off and on from 1983 until 1991.

[Note: it's reported that Virginia Robert Giuffre gave Eva a non-sexual massage then after Eva fell asleep, had intercourse with Glenn. Cross-examination?]

Maxwell's lawyer: Did you ever witness any sexual contact between Mr Epstein and --

AUSA Moe: Objection!

Sidebar

Maxwell's lawyer: Let me show you some photographs under seal. Is one person Mr. Epstein and the other one of your children?

Eva: Yes it's the 20. I've never seen this picture before.

Maxwell's lawyer: Let me ask you about flight records.

[These remain largely redacted and Inner City Press' challenge still not docketed - apparently under the theory that if it's denied, it's not a judicial document]

Judge Nathan: I'll give the jurors their mid-morning break.

Jurors exit and witness steps out

Judge Nathan: If there's something inaccurate in the media writ-large, like a blog post...

Judge Nathan: I sustain the government's objection [to asking about published flight logs] under 401 and 403. Now we'll take our break.

1648GMT

Recess

1711GMT

Jury returns

Maxwell's lawyer: Let's look at GX662r, the redacted flight logs of Dave Roberts. Can you see it Doctor Dubin?

Judge Nathan: Can we make sure it is redacted? If so it may be published

On the screen, flight with "JE, Eva Andersson" and Ms. Francis Jardine.

Maxwell's lawyer: Do you remember Francis Jardine?

Eva: I remember Francis, I didn't know her last name.

Maxwell's lawyer: You knew Mr. Epstein was dating her?

Eva: Yes.

Maxwell's lawyer: I'll show you sealed exhibit GX12... and now, only for the witness and court, unredacted Exhibit 662.

[Nothing shown on screen]

Eva: I recognize Sophie Biddle, a massage therapist... And I see my husband's name.

Maxwell's lawyer: Without saying the name that we are not saying, do you see it on the list?

Eva: Yes.

Maxwell's lawyer: Have you ever been in a group sexual encounter with Jane?

Eva: I have not.

Maxwell's lawyer: That's all I have.

Judge Nathan: Ms. Moe.

Cross examination.

AUSA Moe: Are you the only Eva in the whole wide world?

Maxwell's lawyer: Objection on relevance.

Judge Nathan: Overruled.

AUSA Moe: Did you ever discuss with Mr. Epstein his relationship with Ms Maxwell?

Maxwell's lawyer: Hearsay.

Judge Nathan: Sustained.

AUSA Moe: With respect, do you have issues with your memory?

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 sister 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.

1803GMT

Cross examination.

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.

Recess

(Jury's 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.

1942GMT

Jury still not back. Judge Nathan said she intends to ask Ghislaine Maxwell whether she intends to testify. Now Maxwell is talking at length with her lawyer Bobbi Sternheim and others.

2014GMT

There was talk of a prosecution expert in rebuttal but that seems to have been let go. The only remaining issues before closing arguments: 1) asking Maxwell if she'll testify. 2) maybe subpoena-ed witness Kelly or 3) pub-man from UK. 4) charging conference.

Judge Nathan has returned, and AUSA Comey says, we have reached stipulations and we can wrap up the case today.

Judge Nathan: How long to read the stips?

AUSA Comey: 10 to 15 minutes.

Menninger: We ask you to take a notice of a 1996 case before 2nd Circuit Judge Chen