Juror in Ghislaine Maxwell trial told judge he regrets not disclosing sex abuse

Lawyers for Maxwell say the verdict should be thrown out over the juror’s failure to disclose before the trial began that he had been a victim of childhood sexual abuse

Ghislaine Maxwell (Elizabeth Williams/PA)

A juror has told a judge that failing to disclose his child abuse history during jury selection for the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell was one of the “biggest mistakes” of his life, as a judge and lawyers try to decide whether the revelations will threaten Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction.

The juror, sitting in a courtroom witness box, repeatedly expressed regret as US District Judge Alison J Nathan asked him dozens of questions about why he failed to disclose he had been sexually abused. A written questionnaire he filled out had asked about that directly.