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This legal document details the court's analysis of contradictions in Juror 50's statements and actions regarding his past sexual abuse. The Defendant argues that the juror's claim of reluctance to disclose his abuse is undermined by his post-trial media interviews and a social media comment to witness Annie Farmer. In response to the Court's questioning, Juror 50 explained that he did not believe his family or friends would find out about these public disclosures.
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| Juror 50 | Juror |
The central figure discussed on this page, whose testimony and post-trial conduct regarding his past sexual abuse are...
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| Stewart |
Mentioned in a case citation, United States v. Stewart.
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| Maxwell | Defendant |
Referenced as the Defendant who is arguing against Juror 50's credibility, citing the 'Maxwell Post-Hearing Br.'
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| Annie Farmer | Witness |
A witness in the case to whom Juror 50 posted a comment on social media.
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| The Court | government agency |
Mentioned as being cognizant of jurors' interpretations and for confronting Juror 50 about contradictions in his test...
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Mentioned in a case citation (Southern District of New York).
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Juror 50 posted a supportive comment on social media to Annie Farmer, a witness in the case, thanking her for sharing her story.
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"Would a reasonable juror necessarily consider an ex-girlfriend to be ‘someone close to him?’"Source
— United States v. Stewart, 317 F. Supp. 2d 432, 438 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)
(Cited as a legal precedent regarding how jurors might interpret personal relationships.)
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"[doesn’t] tell very many people"Source
— Juror 50
(Juror 50's testimony about his reluctance to discuss his past abuse.)
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"thanked her for sharing [her] story."Source
— Juror 50
(A social media comment Juror 50 made to witness Annie Farmer.)
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"reconcile[d] what [he] just said"Source
— The Court
(The Court asking Juror 50 to explain the contradiction between his claim of nondisclosure and his high-profile media interviews.)
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"didn’t think this would happen."Source
— Juror 50
(Juror 50's initial explanation for giving media interviews despite his claimed reluctance to disclose his abuse.)
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"did not think that anybody— certainly [his] family or friends would find this out,"Source
— Juror 50
(Juror 50's explanation for his post-trial disclosures, stating he didn't believe his family or friends would become aware of them.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 653 Filed 04/01/22 Page 21 of 40
accurate response. Yet Juror 50 did not read closely Question 49 or consider carefully his answer to it on November 4.
These evolving answers do not reflect Juror 50 changing his story so much as an explanation of a complex and fraught set of events and relationships from decades before. The Court is cognizant that jurors may well assign their own emotional connotations to terms like “family” rather than interpret it in the technical or legal manner as would an attorney or judge. Cf. United States v. Stewart, 317 F. Supp. 2d 432, 438 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) (“Would a reasonable juror necessarily consider an ex-girlfriend to be ‘someone close to him?’”).
Fourth, the Defendant argues that Juror 50’s proclaimed reluctance to disclose his sexual abuse is inconsistent with his post-trial conduct. Maxwell Post-Hearing Br. at 5–6, 10–11. In particular, Juror 50 testified that he “[doesn’t] tell very many people” about his abuse. Hearing Tr. at 22. Yet he conducted several interviews with international media outlets in which he revealed his sexual abuse history. Further, Juror 50 posted a comment on social media to Annie Farmer, a witness in this case, in which he “thanked her for sharing [her] story.” Id. at 43. These prominent disclosures of his sexual abuse, the Defendant argues, contradict Juror 50’s statement that he rarely disclosed that abuse.
The Court confronted Juror 50 at length about each of these purported contradictions. As to his interviews, the Court asked Juror 50 how he “reconcile[d] what [he] just said” about nondisclosure with his high-profile disclosure in media interviews. Id. at 22. Juror 50 primarily provided two overlapping explanations. He first testified that he “didn’t think this would happen.” Id. That is, he explained, he “did not think that anybody— certainly [his] family or friends would find this out,” despite the significant media attention that the case had received. Id. at 23. When the Court returned to this issue later in the hearing, Juror 50 added that in the
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