Dr. Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco, a leading human trafficking expert witness, was contacted in October 2020 to serve as an expert witness in the Ghislaine Maxwell case, with email correspondence showing she provided her CV and fee schedule to prosecutors.

Mehlman-Orozco appears in professional correspondence with prosecutors preparing for the Maxwell trial, including emails exchanging her CV, publications list, and fee schedule. The documents show her credentials as a Ph.D. criminologist who has conducted over 2,000 interviews with trafficking victims and perpetrators, and authored publications on identifying human trafficking victims. While she was contacted as a potential expert witness, there's no evidence in the trial record that she ultimately testified.

Key Highlights

• •Contacted by federal prosecutors in October 2020 as potential expert witness on human trafficking for Maxwell trial
• •Submitted extensive CV showing expertise in human trafficking identification and research with thousands of victim/perpetrator interviews
• •Her publication 'Hidden in Plain Sight: America's Slaves of the New Millennium' was used to train law enforcement on trafficking identification
• •Did not appear on the final witness list for Maxwell's 2021 trial, suggesting prosecutors opted not to use her testimony

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