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A letter from Ghislaine Maxwell's defense attorney Christian Everdell to Judge Alison Nathan requesting permission to bring electronic equipment into the courthouse for a two-week evidence review session in April 2021.
This is a routine procedural court filing from April 8, 2021, during the pre-trial phase of the criminal case against Ghislaine Maxwell (Case No. 20 Cr. 330). Defense attorney Christian Everdell of Cohen & Gresser LLP requests court permission for the defense team to bring personal electronic devices into the courthouse, as well as specialized equipment including VCR players, cassette players, CD players, and digital cameras to review evidence stored on older media formats. The letter indicates Maxwell would be present during evidence review sessions scheduled at 500 Pearl Street (the federal courthouse) during the weeks of April 12-23, 2021.
Key Highlights
- •Defense team needed VCR, cassette, and CD players to review evidence in older media formats
- •Evidence review was scheduled with defendant Ghislaine Maxwell present at 500 Pearl Street
- •This filing occurred months before Maxwell's trial began in November 2021
- •The need for legacy media players suggests evidence included recordings from the 1990s-2000s era
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a COHEN & GRESSER LLP Christian R. Everdell +1 (212) 957-7600 ccvcrdclikz;cohcngresscr.com April 8, 2021 BY ECF The Honorable Alison J. Nathan United States District Court Southern District of New York Re: United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, 20 Cr. 330 (MN) Dear Judge Nathan: Enclosed with this cover letter is a form requesting permission for defense counsel to bring their personal electronic devices and computing devices to in-person court appearances in the above-captioned case. We respectfully request that the Court grant wi-fi access and so order the form. In addition, the parties have arranged for an evidence view to take place, with the defendant present, at 500 Pearl Street the weeks of April 12-16, 2021 and April 19-23, 2021. Because much of the evidence is in electronic format, defense counsel will need to bring into the courthouse the following equipment to view and photograph the evidence: I. VCR player 2. Cassette player 3. CD player 4. Adapter for a micro-VHS tape 5. Microcassette player 6. Digital camera Accordingly, we respectfully request that the Court grant defense counsel permission to bring these items, as well as their personal electronic devices, into the courthouse for the weeks of April 12-16, 2021 and April 19-23, 2021. EFTA00029241
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The Honorable Alison J. Nathan April 8, 2021 Page 2 Thank you for your attention to these matters. Sincerely, /s/ Christian Everdell Christian R. Everdell COHEN & GRESSER LLP cc: All Counsel of Record (By ECF) EFTA00029242
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