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Trial Day 6 - 751.pdf

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be No Ww ws Ol OY ~] oe) WO   a ie) 20 21 22 23 24 25 Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 751 _ Filed 08/10/22 Pagei1of 261 1141 LC6Cmaxl   a Z = ‘D STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK                           G Z 4   'D STATES OF AMERICA, Vv. 20 CR 330 (AJN)   GHISLAINE MAXWELL,       Defendant. Jury Trial   New York, N.Y. December 6, 2021 8:52 a.m. Before: HON. ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge APPEARANCES DAMIAN WILLIAMS United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York BY: MAURENE COMEY ALISON MOE LARA POMERANTZ ANDREW ROHRBACH Assistant United States Attorneys HADDON MORGAN AND FOREMAN Attorneys for Defendant BY: JEFFREY S. PAGLIUCA LAURA A. MENNINGER -and-— BOBBI C. STERNHEIM -and-— COHEN & GRESSER BY: CHRISTIAN R. EVERDELL         Also Present: Amanda Young, FBI Paul Byrne, NYPD Sunny Drescher, Paralegal, U.S. Attorney's Office Ann Lundberg, Paralegal, Haddon Morgan and Foreman SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300   DOJ-OGR- 00018338 

be No Ww ws Ol OY ~] oe) WO   a ie) 20 21 22 23 24 25 Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 751 _ Filed 08/10/22 Page 2 of 261 1142 LC6Cmaxl =   THE COURT: Good morning. I received a letter   briefing over the weekend regarding the government's request     for a limiting instruction with respect to the next anticipated   witness. The witness will testify under the pseudonym Kate.   As the government has indicated, because Kate was over the age of consent in all relevant jurisdictions at the time   that she alleges sexual conduct with Epstein took place, she's   not a victim of the crimes charged in the indictment. On this basis the defense moved pretrial to exclude her testimony as   irrelevant and prejudicial. I denied that request. I concluded based on the government's proffer that she has relevant testimony that is direct evidence of the Mann Act counts and evidence that is otherwise admissible under 404(b). To avoid jury confusion and prejudice, however, I concluded that her testimony should be …

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