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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 438 Filed 11/12/21 Page1of54 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - S2 20 Cr. 330 (AJN) GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant.   THE GOVERNMENT’S MOTIONS IN LIMINE DAMIAN WILLIAMS United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York One St. Andrew’s Plaza New York, New York 10007 Alison Moe Lara Pomerantz Andrew Rohrbach Assistant United States Attorneys Of Counsel DOJ-OGR- 00006361 

Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 438 Filed 11/12/21 Page 2 of54 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRELIMINARY STATEMENT 1... eccccssssccesssecscsssssscsssccsscsesscssecscseesecssesecsecsecsesseceeseeseaseesecsacseseasseseeses 2 ARGUMENT... ccccsesscccecssscsssssssscsssccscssecscssacscsscsscssssscsssecsesseceessececsessecscsccsassecscssececseececsecsecsacsecsasseceesease 3 I. The Court Should Permit Certain Witnesses to Testify Under Pseudonyms or Using First Names, and Permit the Sealing of Related Exhibits... ccccscessseceseceeceeceeeeeeeeeeneeeneeeneenaees 3 A. Applicable Law .0......cescecssccssecssecesecesecesecesceeceesceeeneeeseecaeecsuecsaecsaecsaecseceseeeeneeeeeeeaeeeaeesseesaeeaeees 4 B. Discussion ..........:ccesccesscesseeeecesseeeseecscecseecsaecsaecsaecesecsscesceeeceeeaeeeacecseecsaeceaeceaeceseeeseeeeneeeneeeneeeaees 10 II. The Minor Victims’ Prior Consistent Statements Are Admissible for Their Truth If the Defense Challenges Their Credibility 0.0.0.0... ccceccceccessceseceeeeeeeeseecaeceaeceaeceeeeseeeseneseneeeneenaees 17 A. Applicable Law .0.....:cccccssecssesssecsseceseceseceseceseceseeeseeeececeaeeeaeecaeecssecsuecaeceaecaeceseeeeeseneeeneeeneenaees 17 B. Discussion ..........ccccsccesscessceescesseeeseeeseecssecsuecsaecsaecsseesseesseeseneeeaeecseecseecsaeceaeceaecaeeeeeeseneseneeeaeeeaees 19 Il. The Court Should Preclude Evidence or Argument About Investigations of the Defendant.. 20 A. The Court Should Not Permit the Defense to Elicit Evidence About Charging Decisions or Possible Reasons for Them ...…

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