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© Reuters. Ghislaine Maxwell and her attorneys Bobbie Sternheim & Laura Menninger sit with Judge Alison Nathan as they question potential jurors in jury selection at the trial against Maxwell. Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice in sex trading, is sketched in courtroom.

By Luc Cohen

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A Federal Judge in Manhattan began interviewing possible jurors Tuesday for the sex abuse case against Ghislaine Maxill. He asked individuals questions about everything from how they view people living lavish lifestyles to their views on what TV shows they enjoy.

Prosecutors claim that Maxwell, 59 was responsible for recruiting and training underage girls to be used by Jeffrey Epstein (deceased financier). Six counts of sextrafficking were pleaded guilty by Maxwell. Her lawyers have said extensive media coverage https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/epsteins-shadow-looms-over-jury-selection-maxwell-sex-crimes-trial-2021-11-04 of her July 2020 arrest has tainted the jury pool.

U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan plans to question 231 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-question-more-than-230-potential-jurors-ghislaine-maxwell-trial-2021-11-15potential jurors about what they have previously heard about Epstein and Maxwell, as well as about their own experiences with sexual assault and abuse.

“It would have been difficult to not hear something about this case,” one potential juror stated during Nathan’s questioning, also known as voir dire.

One of the Manhattan residents, a female, 69-year old woman said that even though she’d heard about Maxwell and Epstein in the past and experienced some sexual harassment, she felt she wasn’t biased.

She stated, “As an adult woman, if someone asks me whether I’ve ever experienced sexual harassment in my lifetime…as we know it now, then I’d have to answer ‘yes’.”

Publicity is being kept off the names of potential jurors. Voir dire should conclude by Friday.

While Maxwell is a name that some people didn’t know, others knew of Epstein. He was an American investor and he had many businesspeople as his clients.

Epstein committed suicide in Manhattan’s jail cells while waiting for his trial in 2019. He was 66 and had been accused of sexual crimes.

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