Day 10 in the #GhislaineMaxwellTrial.
Court will kick off 30 minutes earlier today at 9am. No doubt due to yesterday's early end when a Gov attorney was ill.
So will #AnnieFarmer, MV2, take to the stand today?
Court will kick off 30 minutes earlier today at 9am. No doubt due to yesterday's early end when a Gov attorney was ill.
So will #AnnieFarmer, MV2, take to the stand today?
https://twitter.com/ohreallytruly/status/1469215067690266624?s=20
Today is also a huge day for survivors of #PeterNygard the Finn Canadian fashion designer who is alleged to have sexually assaulted hundreds if not thousands of women from the 70s until Dec last year when he was arrested in Canada.
https://twitter.com/KaiZenBickle/status/1469158809004232705?s=20
"Sexual assault victims in Medieval England faced similar challenges as they would today, says a researcher who studied 28 rape trials from 800 years ago."
Some things don't ever seem to change.
cbc.ca/radio/ideas/me…
Some things don't ever seem to change.
cbc.ca/radio/ideas/me…
Keep an eye out for Adam's piece later. There's a lot of misconception floating around about what this trial is about and what the gov has to prove.
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1469310794135486464?s=20
The jury is seated and all attorneys are there today.
Evidence is entered into the record.
Now will witness MV2, Annie Farmer be called?
Annie is the only survivor who has gone public. At least the def intimidation tactic of 'outing' survivors won't cause her any harm.
Evidence is entered into the record.
Now will witness MV2, Annie Farmer be called?
Annie is the only survivor who has gone public. At least the def intimidation tactic of 'outing' survivors won't cause her any harm.
First witness of the day a William Brown, who works at the DMV's division of field investigations.
I'm not American but I'm assuming that means the Department of Motor Vehicles, so licenses, forms of identification.
I'm not American but I'm assuming that means the Department of Motor Vehicles, so licenses, forms of identification.
Short and sweet and now MV2 #AnnieFarmer is called.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469318325293527041?s=20
Judge Nathan addresses the jury.
Judge Nathan: I instruct you that the physical conduct you will hear about in New Mexico was not "illegal sexual activity." But it may be relevant, but not of propensity.
Judge Nathan: I instruct you that the physical conduct you will hear about in New Mexico was not "illegal sexual activity." But it may be relevant, but not of propensity.
#AnnieFarmer is asked if she can see anyone in the courtroom who has ever given you a massage?
Farmer identifies #GhislaineMaxwell in the courtroom.
Farmer identifies #GhislaineMaxwell in the courtroom.
Asked about her family finances, #AnnieFarmer said her parents were divorced and she was worried about how she could pay for college.
AUSA: Do you have an older sister?
Annie Farmer: Maria. She's 9 years older. She was living in NYC. She was working with Jeffrey Epstein.
AUSA: Do you have an older sister?
Annie Farmer: Maria. She's 9 years older. She was living in NYC. She was working with Jeffrey Epstein.
#AnnieFarmer said that #Epstein paid for her trip to NY.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469320579153022981?s=20
AUSA: Who did you thank for your ticket?
Annie Farmer: Epstein --
Maxwell's lawyer: Objection! Hearsay!
AUSA: I'll move on. Did you meet Jeffrey Epstein?
Annie Farmer: Yes. Twice during this trip.
AUSA: Show the witness, the parties and the court Gov Exhibit 101.
Annie Farmer: Epstein --
Maxwell's lawyer: Objection! Hearsay!
AUSA: I'll move on. Did you meet Jeffrey Epstein?
Annie Farmer: Yes. Twice during this trip.
AUSA: Show the witness, the parties and the court Gov Exhibit 101.
Defence is objected a lot. They are worried about #AnnieFarmer's testimony.
A photo of her in her school year book aged 16 is shown to the jury.
Asked where she met #epstein she replies at his house. Describing it as a "Very grand home."
Asked where she met #epstein she replies at his house. Describing it as a "Very grand home."
#Epstein discussed her future, Annie says he suggested UCLA and said he had connections.
Annie Farmer: He suggested I go on an international trip to boost my application.
Annie Farmer: He suggested I go on an international trip to boost my application.
Annie said he would stop rubbing her leg when her older sister, Maria, at the time an employee of #epstein, looked over.
Then he would start again.
She said she was confused and didn't tell Maria.
"I knew she was protective, I knew she would be upset, she might lose her job."
Then he would start again.
She said she was confused and didn't tell Maria.
"I knew she was protective, I knew she would be upset, she might lose her job."
Annie tells the court she felt sick to her stomach, that it wasn’t something that she was at all expecting.
And now the journal is brought up. Def demanded access to the full journal, not just the pages referring to her alleged assaults.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469323102186356743?s=20
Annie Farmer reads from her diary: "The best night was when Maria and I saw 'The Phantom of the Night.'"
Her review at the timing: "I bawled. It was fantastic."
Her review at the timing: "I bawled. It was fantastic."
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1469324305771245574?s=20
She reads aloud from her journal, with the Gov asking various questions.
She described her journal writing as something that she didn't do consistently but "I would sometimes write down what was happening in my life".
She described her journal writing as something that she didn't do consistently but "I would sometimes write down what was happening in my life".
Now the questioning moves to New Mexico - that's #Zorro ranch. More objections.
AUSA: Where did you next see Jeffrey Epstein?
Annie Farmer: New Mexico.
AUSA: Who did you think you'd be seeing there?
Maxwell's lawyer: Objection - [lack of] foundation.
Judge Nathan: Sustained.
AUSA: Where did you next see Jeffrey Epstein?
Annie Farmer: New Mexico.
AUSA: Who did you think you'd be seeing there?
Maxwell's lawyer: Objection - [lack of] foundation.
Judge Nathan: Sustained.
Annie recounts her first meeting of #GhislaineMaxwell which was at #Zorro ranch. #Epstein flew her to the ranch.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469327665706549248?s=20
AUSA: What did she sound like?
Annie Farmer: She had a British accent... I had been told that Maxwell would be there in New Mexico and it made me more comfortable, after what happened in New York.
AUSA: Who told you Maxwell would be there?
Annie Farmer: My mother.
Annie Farmer: She had a British accent... I had been told that Maxwell would be there in New Mexico and it made me more comfortable, after what happened in New York.
AUSA: Who told you Maxwell would be there?
Annie Farmer: My mother.
This seems to be a constant that #GhislaineMaxwell and #epstein used their 'coupleness' as a sign of safety for parents. MV1 and now Annie.
Annie describes being taken shopping, and the purchase of the cowboy boots comes up.
Then she refers to a proposed movie trip.
"I didn't want to go because of what happened in NY. But I thought it would be different with Maxwell there."
Then she refers to a proposed movie trip.
"I didn't want to go because of what happened in NY. But I thought it would be different with Maxwell there."
Annie was 16yo and alone with no family with her.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469331508360097806?s=20
Annie's trip to Zorro was to talk about an overseas student trip designed to make her college applications look better.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469333294449938436?s=20
Matthew describing GM: The lawyers go up to whisper with Judge Nathan. Maxwell remains alone at the defense table, today in an orange or pink sweater, rubbing her arms.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469333612428509189?s=20
Annie says she also told her boyfriend at the time.
AUSA: Did you speak to the media?
Annie Farmer: Many times. First in 2002.
AUSA: Law enforcement?
Annie Farmer: 2006-07. To the FBI.
06 to 07 would have been during the Florida investigation that resulted in a light sentence.
AUSA: Did you speak to the media?
Annie Farmer: Many times. First in 2002.
AUSA: Law enforcement?
Annie Farmer: 2006-07. To the FBI.
06 to 07 would have been during the Florida investigation that resulted in a light sentence.
Now the Gov addresses any money Annie may have received. Remember the Def has been making a lot of noise about other survivors gaining compensation $, inferring that the women are only in this for the money.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469335705100992516?s=20
Gov questioning ends and Laura Menninger approaches for questioning.
Denver-based Menninger represented #GhislaineMaxwell during her civil cases that Virginia Giuffre brought against her for defamation, which GM settled.
Denver-based Menninger represented #GhislaineMaxwell during her civil cases that Virginia Giuffre brought against her for defamation, which GM settled.
Annie is asked about travel, and Annie says that Maria organised her travel to NY for the initial meeting with Epstein.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469337681025019905?s=20
Menninger now trying to get the focus moved from GM to JE.
Menninger: Ghislaine Maxwell had no role in your travel to NY, right?
Annie Farmer: She did not.
Menninger: You believed that Mr. Epstein purchased your plane ticket?
Annie Farmer: Yes.
Menninger: Ghislaine Maxwell had no role in your travel to NY, right?
Annie Farmer: She did not.
Menninger: You believed that Mr. Epstein purchased your plane ticket?
Annie Farmer: Yes.
Annie is asked if she saw GM in New York. she says no.
Now it's break time.
Now it's break time.
And break time is over. Def trying to tell Annie her own feelings.
Menninger: You wrote about a cross country skiing trip and going to see bands and a bar...Significantly, you really talked about your emotions after returning from NY, what a great time you had there.
Menninger: You wrote about a cross country skiing trip and going to see bands and a bar...Significantly, you really talked about your emotions after returning from NY, what a great time you had there.
Menninger asks whether the journal entries helped her remember details and emotions that she may have otherwise forgotten.
Annie Farmer agrees.
(isn't that one of the functions of diaries and journals?)
Annie Farmer agrees.
(isn't that one of the functions of diaries and journals?)
Hindsight, or the maturity of adulthood that recognises that behaviour by grown adults towards children that is sexualised is wrong?
Menninger: So you are only calling it weird in hindsight? You are viewing what happened in NY in light of what happened in NM?
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1469353169360719874?s=20
The defence fought hard to get the full journal written by Annie, not just the pages about the NY and Zorro trip. Repeatedly.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469354277651025927?s=20
Again Menninger tries to tell Annie of her own experience. Not the first time.
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1469354414385385474?s=20
lunch break time.
And lunch is over.
Menninger continues her cross of @AnnieFarmer
Menninger continues her cross of @AnnieFarmer
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469377978949947398
And now it’s time for the cowboy boots.
#GhislaineMaxwell’s team have made a big deal of seeing the actual boots, not just photographs.
Suspicion is that they will say Annie wearing the boots means she wasn’t traumatised by the Zorro visit.
#GhislaineMaxwell’s team have made a big deal of seeing the actual boots, not just photographs.
Suspicion is that they will say Annie wearing the boots means she wasn’t traumatised by the Zorro visit.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469378549559791619
Bingo.
She was 16. Everyone reacts differently. Maybe an adult may not have worn them. But a 16yo girl.
Defence is trying to project. A lot.
She was 16. Everyone reacts differently. Maybe an adult may not have worn them. But a 16yo girl.
Defence is trying to project. A lot.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469380071219732486
The twitter gallery is exploding at the stupidity of Menninger’s line of ‘attack’.
https://twitter.com/REBELTROOP/status/1469382044203782144
Wow!
Just wow.
So now we are screaming about lawyers being paid?
How much has Menninger and Pag made from defending Gmax in the 2015/2016 defo case and now this one?
Just wow.
So now we are screaming about lawyers being paid?
How much has Menninger and Pag made from defending Gmax in the 2015/2016 defo case and now this one?
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469390822684696576
Gosh two stepping is bad, having a lawyer is bad and now talking to your peers is bad.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469391990202765319
💥 💥 with the redirect!
(Huge thanks to Matthew for being our ears and eyes for all of this)
(Huge thanks to Matthew for being our ears and eyes for all of this)
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469397807417204739
And with this the re-direct if #anniefarmer is over.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469398820534509575
Back from my long extended snack (sleep) break.
Other witnesses called included Annie's mother and her highschool boyfriend.
Annie's mother, Janice Swain, ties #GhislaineMaxwell in as part of the conspiracy.
Other witnesses called included Annie's mother and her highschool boyfriend.
Annie's mother, Janice Swain, ties #GhislaineMaxwell in as part of the conspiracy.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469411283124506627?s=20
Swain says that Annie seemed tired after she returned home from Zorro New Mexico and didn't want to talk about her trip.
Menninger, GM attorny, asks a few questions then the Gov says that they rest (have finished) the prosecution.
Defence immediately requests a dismissal of all charges.
Defence immediately requests a dismissal of all charges.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1469415513453379587?s=20
Def "Yes. Counts depend on the testimony of Jane. There is no evidence that anyone persuaded or induced Jane to come to NY."
"Counts depend on the testimony of Jane. There is no evidence that anyone persuaded or induced Jane to come to NY."
"All Ghislaine did was paperwork."
"Counts depend on the testimony of Jane. There is no evidence that anyone persuaded or induced Jane to come to NY."
"All Ghislaine did was paperwork."
(dear reader, paperwork shows that she was involved in the conspiracy, but hey)
Gov: The court should deny the motion. Jane was not in NY by accident. There was no non-sexualized reason. Jane said the defendant talked about sex with her - the enticement statute applies.
DENIED
Gov: The court should deny the motion. Jane was not in NY by accident. There was no non-sexualized reason. Jane said the defendant talked about sex with her - the enticement statute applies.
DENIED
Now it's time tabling. Defence will be heard 16th onwards with closing arguments on the 21st.
Maxwell's lawyer Sternheim: We don't want the jury to rush to decide before Christmas holiday.
End of court.
Maxwell's lawyer Sternheim: We don't want the jury to rush to decide before Christmas holiday.
End of court.
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