Epstein Secrets

ized? : Yes, your Honor. The government has been informed through the victim's counsel that the victim wishes to speak in her true name, which is Annie Farmer. THE COURT: All right. I will ask my staff to please unmute Ms. Farmer. MS. FARMER: Can you hear me, your Honor? THE COURT: I can, Ms. Farmer. Yo

ictim wishes to speak in her true name, which is Annie Farmer. THE COURT: All right. I will ask my staf

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 law of the statute, by its structure, favors release. The Supreme Court has and the Second Circuit has advised us that a very limited number of people should be detained prior to trial because of the statute's structure, and the government nowher

further supports a finding of implied bias. The juror in Ashfar communicated with a victim of sexual assault; here, Juror No. 50 communicated with Annie Famer. The juror in Ashfar viewed himself as "advocate for people;" here, Juror No. 50 proclaimed that the verdict against Ms. Maxwell was a verdict "for

al assault; here, Juror No. 50 communicated with Annie Famer. The juror in Ashfar viewed himself as "adv

lse answer is just as 23 EFTA00155930 invidious as an intentionally false answer. United States v. Langford, 990 F.2d 65, 68 (2d Cir. 1993)." As the Second Circuit held in Langford: We read [McDonough] multi-part test as governing not only inadvertent nondisclosures but also nondisclosures or misstatements tha

me playbook."). Carolyn was the only witness who testified regarding Count Five. The Government argued that her testimony "was corroborated by what Annie an old [the jury] about Maxwell and how she operated for years." Id. at 2880; see also id. at 2895-96 ("Maxwell groomed both as part of a broader

assessed on its own terms . . . based on the entire record." United States v. Maslin, 356 F.3d 191, 196 (2d Cir. 2004). In assessing the evidence, the Second Circuit applies a burden-shifting framework. The defendant carries the initial burden of making a non-frivolous showing that the two counts in fact charge