Internal DOJ prosecution team email coordinating drafts of a Daubert motion to exclude defense expert witnesses Dr. Park Dietz and Dr. Elizabeth Loftus from testifying at Ghislaine Maxwell's federal sex trafficking trial.

This is an internal email chain from November 7-8, 2021, among Assistant United States Attorneys in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) as they prepared a Daubert motion—a legal filing to challenge the admissibility of expert testimony. The prosecutors were working to preclude testimony from Dr. Park Dietz (a forensic psychiatrist) and Dr. Elizabeth Loftus (a 'false memory' expert) who were set to testify for Maxwell's defense. The email shows the team collaborating late into the night, with one prosecutor completing the Dietz section while another worked on sections for Loftus and Dr. Lisa Rocchio, the government's own grooming expert whose testimony the defense had challenged.

Key Highlights

• •Documents the DOJ prosecution team's internal coordination on expert witness strategy days before the November 29, 2021 trial start
• •Shows prosecutors sought to exclude Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, a controversial 'false memory' expert who had previously testified for Harvey Weinstein and O.J. Simpson
• •References Dr. Park Dietz, a forensic psychiatrist who was hired by Maxwell's defense to challenge the concept of 'grooming'
• •Mentions Dr. Lisa Rocchio, the prosecution's expert on child sexual abuse grooming behavior

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