Maxwell to seek new trial after reports of juror’s sex abuse

Ghislaine Maxwell (Elizabeth Williams/AP)

Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted of conspiring to recruit and groom teenage girls to be abused by Jeffrey Epstein, intends to request a new trial after revelations by one of the jurors in her case that he was a victim of sexual abuse.

Two defence lawyers — Jeffrey Pagliuca and Laura Menninger — said in a letter to US District Judge Alison J Nathan that “based on undisputed, publicly available information, the court can and should order a new trial without any evidentiary hearing”.