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the aspects of the motion we filed, and I think it's a lot for 
the Court to have to deal with, quite frankly, and I know the 
Court is going to try and do the best it can with the 
situation, but I don't think it's tenable and -- I don't ask 
for mistrials easily, I have probably asked for four in my 
entire career, I don't see a way out of this problem. 
(Pause.) 
THE COURT: All right, I'm going to deny the 
defendant's motion for a mistrial. Any issues caused by a 
witness referring to certain individuals by their first name 
only and by asking the Government if they may use last names 
of certain other individuals can be cured by a jury 
instruction, which I will give. Going forward, the Government 
shall provide the defendant and each witness, including the 
current witness, with a list of the individuals whose identity 
should be protected from the public and the press, that way 
each witness can refer to the list rather than asking the 
Government whether a particular individual's identity is 
protected. 
You don't have a proposed jury instruction. 
MS. 
: Not yet, Your Honor. 
THE COURT: I have one. 
To the jurors: You may have noticed during 
yesterday's testimony that the witness used first names of 
certain individuals. That is because the names of certain 
Denise 
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alleged victims are being withheld from the public and the 
press to protect the privacy of those individuals. I have 
therefore instructed the parties to refer to those individuals 
by their first names only; however, those full names are known 
to the Government, the defendant, and to the Court. 
You may also have noticed that the witness was 
asking the Government whether she should say the last names of 
certain indivi…
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