Ghislaine Maxwell Trial | The Jury Deliberations Day 1
The jury deliberated for about 50 minutes after hearing the closing arguments from both sides. Today marks the first full day of deliberations.
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The Ghislaine Maxwell Trial has come to an halt. The jury has started deliberating for about fifty minutes on Monday after hearing the closing arguments from the prosecution and the defense.
Tuesday Dec 22 marked the first full day of deliberations.
The jury deliberated for about 50 minutes Monday after hearing closing statements from prosecutors and Maxwell’s defense team.
The panel did not reach a verdict in their first, brief stint mulling the case over together. The jury will reconvene Tuesday at 9 a.m. and restart their deliberations.
The jury was sent out on Monday afternoon after Judge Alison Nathan read out 80 pages of instructions for considering each charge Ms Maxwell faces.
By Jessica Cardiny
Jury begins 1st full day of deliberations : Jurors were set to begin their first full day of deliberations on Tuesday morning.
Judge Nathan called prosecutors and Ms Maxwell’s attorneys into the courtroom on Tuesday morning to hear a note from the jury.
It read: “We would like the transcripts/testimony of ‘Jane,’ Annie and Carolyn.”
The note referred to three of the four accusers who testified about alleged abuse. The first testified under the pseudonym “Jane Doe”, Annie Farmer went by her full name and Carolyn went only by her first name.
The note did not ask for a transcript from a fourth accuser under the pseudonym “Kate”, who is not considered a victim of Ms Maxwell under the judge’s instructions because she was not a minor at the time of their alleged interactions.
Judge Nathan said the transcripts requested were being prepared to send to the jury room.
By Jessica Cardiny
The jury in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial asked on Tuesday to review transcripts of testimony from three accusers.
Jurors in Manhattan federal court sent the judge a note around 10.10am, saying: “We would like the transcripts, testimony of Jane, Annie and Carolyn.”
Jane, who testified under a pseudonym, said Epstein started to sexually abuse her when she was 14. She told jurors Maxwell was sometimes present for, and participated in, such abuse.
By Jessica Cardiny
Here’s a look at the length of time juries took to return a verdict in other high profile cases:
Kyle Rittenhouse – It took a Wisconsin jury about 24 hours to acquit Mr Rittenhouse of five charges including first-degree intentional homicide for shooting three people at during racial unrest in Kenosha in November 2021.
Derek Chauvin – It took a Minnesota jury just over 10 hours to find Mr Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in May 2021
Harvey Weinstein – A New York jury deliberated for about 26 hours before finding Mr Weinstein on two of five criminal charges in February 2020
Casey Anthony – Florida jurors deliberated for less than 11 hours before acquitting Ms Anthony in the death of her two-year-old daughter Caylee in July 2011
OJ Simpson – A California jury deliberated for less than four hours before acquitting Mr Simpson of murder charges in the death of his estranged wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1995
Ted Bundy – A jury in Utah deliberated for less than seven hours before finding him guilty on two counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and two counts of burglary
Charles Manson – Jurors in California deliberated for nearly 43 hours before finding Mr Manson and his followers guilty on 27 counts – including murder and conspiracy – in 1971.
By Jessica Cardiny
Ms Maxwell entered the courtroom for the first time on Tuesday at around 1.30pm EST.
She took a seat at the defense table to talk one-on-one with her longtime attorney Leah Saffian.
By Jessica Cardiny
The courtroom came alive just after 4pm on Tuesday as the jury submitted a note regarding the deliberation timeline.
Jurors asked to finish today at 5pm, and deliberate from 9am to 4.30pm on Wednesday.
Judge Alison Nathan said deliberations will continue on Thursday if necessary.
It is unclear what will happen should they fail to reach a verdict by the end of Thursday with Christmas coming up.
By Jessica Cardiny
The jury concluded its second day of deliberations at 5pm on Tuesday after submitting one final question.
They asked whether testimony from accuser Annie Farmer can be considered in counts one and three – which cover conspiracy to commit a crime. Judge Nathan said yes, jurors can do that.
So far, the jury has spent about nine hours mulling Ms Maxwell’s fate.
Deliberations will resume on Wednesday morning at 9am.
By Jessica Cardiny
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