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An attorney for the Ghislaine Maxwell juror who threw her guilty verdict into question with a series of press interviews has asked for copies of his juror questionnaire and a transcript of part of his jury selection process.

The formal request was made public in an order submitted by Manhattan federal Judge Alison Nathan on Wednesday morning. 

“Counsel for Juror Number 50 has submitted a motion to intervene and to be provided a copy of the juror’s completed questionnaire and voir dire,” Nathan wrote. 

Voir dire is a process during jury selection when the judge and attorneys ask potential jurors a series of questions to determine if they can be impartial during the process. 

Nathan ordered prosecutors and Maxwell’s defense attorneys to respond to the request by Jan. 20.

Nathan has yet to decide if she will conduct an inquiry into the juror’s selection — or if the juror will be allowed to weigh in on whether an inquiry should be conducted, according to Wednesday’s order. 


  Scotty David told Reuters that he “flew through” the questionnaire.
 Scotty David told Reuters that he “flew through” the questionnaire.

Juror Scotty David, who has been identified only by his first and middle names, may have upended Maxwell’s sex-trafficking conviction after he revealed in a number of interviews with reporters that he was sexually abused as a child. 

David told Reuters that he shared his experience with sex abuse during deliberations, which helped convince his fellow panelists to convict Maxwell on five of the six counts she faced.

“When I shared that, they were able to sort of come around on, they were able to come around on the memory aspect of the sexual abuse,” said David, a 35-year-old Manhattan resident.


  The juror may have upended Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking conviction. Scott Rudd/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images The juror may have upended Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking conviction. Scott Rudd/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

During the jury selection process, each potential panelist had to fill out a questionnaire, which included multiple queries on whether they or a close friend or relative had been the victim of sexual abuse. 

David told Reuters that he “flew through” the questionnaire but said he would have answered the questions truthfully. 

Jurors who responded that they had been sexually abused would have likely been struck from the process by the defense or been questioned about their response by Nathan during voir dire. Neither happened with David.  


  Alison Nathan, the Manhattan federal judge overseeing the sex abuse trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz Alison Nathan, the Manhattan federal judge overseeing the sex abuse trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

Maxwell’s attorneys have since requested a new trial and prosecutors have asked for an inquiry into David’s selection. 

Maxwell was convicted on five of the six counts against her on Dec. 29. If a new trial is not granted, she faces up to 65 years in prison at sentencing. 

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