Try our Advanced Search for more refined results

USA v. Maxwell

Track this case

Case Number:

1:20-cr-00330

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

Paul A. Engelmayer

Firms

Sectors & Industries:

  1. February 14, 2022

    Maxwell Says Feds' Proof Fell Short In Sex-Trafficking Trial

    Ghislaine Maxwell has asked a Manhattan federal court to vacate her conviction on sex-trafficking charges, arguing prosecutors failed to prove their case, waited too long to bring charges, brought redundant charges and focused the trial on allegations outside the indictment.

  2. February 09, 2022

    Maxwell Wants Secrecy For New Trial Bid Amid Juror Inquiry

    Ghislaine Maxwell asked a Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday to seal all court filings related to her bid for a new sex-trafficking trial, after a juror publicly revealed he was a sex-abuse survivor and said he didn't recall being asked about it during jury selection.

  3. January 14, 2022

    Maxwell Faces June Sentencing, Judge Ponders New Trial Bid

    A New York federal judge Friday set Ghislaine Maxwell's sentencing date for late June and said she continues to weigh the convicted sex-trafficker's bid for a new trial after a juror publicly revealed he was a sex-abuse survivor and said he didn't recall being asked about it during jury selection.

  4. January 05, 2022

    Maxwell Wants New Trial After Juror Reveals Past Sex Abuse

    Convicted sex-trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell demanded a new trial Wednesday after a juror publicly revealed he was a sex-abuse survivor and said he didn't recall being asked about it during jury selection.

  5. November 30, 2021

    'Jane' Tells Jury Maxwell Was Part Of Epstein's Sex Abuse

    An actress who says she was sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein starting at age 14 told a Manhattan federal jury on Tuesday that the deceased financier's associate Ghislaine Maxwell was often in the same room and sometimes took part in the misconduct.

  6. November 29, 2021

    Maxwell Is Being Blamed For Epstein's Conduct, Jury Hears

    An attorney for former Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell laid out the contours of the defense in her sex trafficking trial Monday, telling a Manhattan federal jury that Maxwell is being scapegoated for the late financier's purported misconduct and suggesting that accusers' memories are faulty.

  7. November 09, 2021

    Maxwell Denied Bail As 'Hannibal Lecter' Comparison Flops

    A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday again denied Ghislaine Maxwell's request to be released ahead of her sex-trafficking trial beginning in less than three weeks, unswayed by a letter likening her jail conditions to the movie "Silence of the Lambs."

  8. November 03, 2021

    Ghislaine Maxwell Atty Likens Jail To 'Silence Of The Lambs'

    An attorney representing Ghislaine Maxwell, former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, once again pressed a New York federal court for her release, writing in a letter Wednesday that her prison conditions "rival scenes of Dr. Hannibal Lecter's incarceration as portrayed in the movie, 'Silence of the Lambs.'"

  9. November 01, 2021

    Ghislaine Maxwell Accusers OK'd To Use Pseudonyms At Trial

    A Manhattan federal judge on Monday held that accusers of former Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell may testify anonymously at trial and be referred to as "minors" and "victims," just weeks ahead of the start of the high-profile trial.

  10. October 21, 2021

    Ghislaine Maxwell Judge To Screen Up To 600 People For Jury

    A Manhattan federal judge said Thursday that she is ready to vet as many as 600 people in search of a panel of 18 jurors to hear sex trafficking charges against former Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell at a late-November trial.