Ghislaine Maxwell's defense is in disarray as one witness refuses to respond to a subpoena, another is pleading the fifth and a third is stuck in the UK
Ghislaine Maxwell's defense is in disarray as one witness refuses to respond to a subpoena, another is pleading the fifth and a third is stuck in the UK
Ghislaine Maxwell's second day of defense got off to a rocky start Friday
One witness refused to respond to a subpoena, another said they would take the fifth and a third was not being called
In addition, Maxwell tried to have an 81-year-old pub owner from England try to fly over to bolster her case at the 11th hour
Judge Alison Nathan appeared exasperated that these issues were being raised at the last minute and said she did not want to delay the trial
Judge Nathan asked: 'Why am I hearing about it for the first time now?'
Maxwell's lawyer Laura Menninger replied that Maxwell's 'life is on the line' and they were only being given one and a half days to mount their defense
The defense was able to call two witnesses Friday - Eva Dubin, Epstein's former longtime girlfriend, and Michelle Healy, Epstein's former employee
Both women denied participating in orgies and sexual massages with Maxwell accuser 'Jane' - who testified earlier in the trial Ghislaine Maxwell's second day of defense got off to a rocky start Friday when it emerged that one witness refused to respond to a subpoena, another said they would take the fifth and a third was not being called. In addition, Maxwell tried to have an 81-year-old pub owner from England try to fly over to bolster her case at the 11th hour. At Maxwell's trial in New York, Judge Alison Nathan appeared exasperated that these issues were being raised at the last minute. The previous night Maxwell's lawyers had said they planned to call three women named Eva, Kelly and Michelle - but their plans fell apart before the jury were even brought in. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10321579/Ghislaine-Maxwells-defense-disarray-plans-witnesses-fall-apart.html
