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The Honorable Alison J. Nathan
July 21, 2020
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So to cooperate in the way that that kind of rumors out there would mean that she's cooperating downwards. She'd be cooperating with people who are much less culpable than her. Will she name names to try to shave years off of what would be a lengthy prison sentence maybe, I think you should probably expect that if she's going to share information that's going to actually help her, it's probably gonna be about unrelated crimes that she may be aware about because with respect to this particular operation, in terms of living people, she's as high as it gets. ... I think like most of my clients would really hope that she does cooperate, at least shares the information that she has. I mean I know that it would only be to help herself but the public deserves to know who was involved besides her and Jeffrey Epstein, and only she knows that.
The violations of Rule 23.1 did not stop after Ms. Maxwell's arrest and detention. Following the detention hearing on July 14, 2020, Mr. Boies, counsel for one of the accusers who spoke at the hearing, commented on the content of the hearing. As reported by Bloomberg, Mr. Boies offered his gratuitous critique of defense counsel, commented on the credibility of Ms. Maxwell and his client, and commented on what Mr. Boies considers "evidence" in this case, all in violation of subsections (1), (4), (6), and (7) of the Rule:
That's a dangerous tactic that might backfire at trial, said David Boies, who represents Farmer and several other women who say they were sexually abused by Epstein and Maxwell. ... It's a "tone-deaf argument" that cost Maxwell her credibility, said Boies, who listened to the hearing remotely.
'To mount a 'blame the victim' defense, particularly in today's world and trying to blame these girls for what happened is so contrary to the evidence, is so contrary to people's normal sense of morality,' Boies said. 'I think that's just going to enrage a jury if she goes to trial -- which I would not do if I were representing her.'
Boies said he was confident Farmer would stand up to cross-examination if there's a trial. Farmer, who addressed the court by telephone, urged the judge not to grant Maxwell bail, calling her a 'sexual predator who groomed and abused me.' Maxwell 'lied under oath and tormented her survivors,' Farmer said. Boies said that Farmer was a 16-year-old who 'wanted to go to college' when she met Maxwell. 'Maxwell and Epstein tell Annie and her mother 'we're having a group of high school students to this ranch to help them get into college,' Boies said. 'But when Annie gets there, there are no high school students, all these claims are fraudulent and she's in this isolated place in New Mexico.'6
6 https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/ghislaine-maxwell-may-play-the-victim-card-in-trial-defense-1.1465631
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