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Dec 3, 20215 min read

Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Day 5

Updated: Jan 12, 2022

Dec 3rd


PODCAST - INNER CITY


Now Alessi back on the stand, with Maxwell's lawyer asking about Virginia Roberts [Giuffre] at Mar-a-Lago



Maxwell's lawyer: I'm asking about what you [Alessi] said -- AUSA: We ask for the whole thing to be read. Maxwell's lawyer: So you say, Summer, I remember, I was sweating like hell in the car waiting for Ms. Maxwell to come out of the car. [This could take a while]


SIDE NOTE

Hey, there is much passionate interest in the @SDNYLIVE crypto case of SEC v. Ripple / #XRP - and yet the Magistrate Judge has made it work, as she has on the 9/11 case, by ordering up more lines from AT&T


Where there's a will, there's a way

Replying to @innercitypress

Honestly, I don't think there is a carrier in existence that could handle the load from a Maxwell call in line. There would be millions of hits.


Maxwell's lawyer: Mr. Alessi, didn't you keep a Rolodex of the girls? Alessi: No, of the massage therapists. Maxwell's lawyer: You got referrals for massage therapists? Alessi: No sir.


Maxwell's lawyer: You said, One of Jeffrey Epstein's friends would say, I got a good massage and you'd say, please give me the answer. Alessi: I never - Maxwell's lawyer: You previously said this under oath. May I continue your Honor? Judge Nathan: Yes.


Maxwell's lawyer: Isn't it true that Mr Epstein bought other women to the house and told you to remove the pictures of Ms. Maxwell from the house? Alessi: I did what he told me to do.


Maxwell's lawyer: Why did you THINK you were taking Ms. Maxwell's picture down, when Mr. Epstein had the other women over? Alessi: I have no idea.


Maxwell's lawyer: Mr. Alessi, as Mr. Epstein's direction you called women and set up massages, correct? Alessi: Yes. Maxwell's lawyer: And that doesn't make you guilty of sex trafficking, does it? Assistant US Attorney: Objection!


Maxwell's lawyer: And when you cleaned the massage room, you have saw signs of violence, right? No one complained to your of that? Alessi (voice rising) No but I wish they had, I would have done something. [Some laughter]


#CourtCaseCast: In #GhislaineMaxwell Trial, Witness Juan Alessi Is Grilled About Stolen Gun; Lawyers Duel on School Girl Uniforms as Witness Name Is Blurted - Again; story: https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/in-maxwell-trial-witness-alessi-is

with vlog and podcast link


[Programming note, as Alessi ends - some may not believe his statements that he didn't know, or especially the claim near the end of cross examination that if only the victim has complained, he would have acted. Some, it seems, found that laughable. Discretely]


AUSA: No re-direct. Judge Nathan: Next witness: It's Gregory Parkinson, questioned by AUSA Maurene Comey. The topic, we believe, will be search of Epstein's home. But first, his credential and career. This could take a while.


Parkinson: I participated in a search in Palm Beach. AUSA Maurene Comey: What is this? Parkinson: A map or aerial view. AUSA: Had you been there before? Parkinson: Yes, on a report of a theft of currency. I met Mr. Jeffrey Epstein.


Now before it gets into what was found during the search - Judge Nathan calls the lunch break; A/V will set up screens only jurors can see. There is a press conference at SDNY prosecutors' office on another topic but thread will continue - watch this site.


LUNCH BREAK

TIME NOW 1:34pm est


OK - US v. #GhislaineMaxwell Day 5, PM edition, with officer on search of Epstein's residence (found photos of young girls, school girl uniforms, etc). Screens will exclude public & press.


They are showing the jurors a video of the search warrant reading (and execution?) at Epstein's house. But we the Press and public can't see it. AUSA Maurene Comey: at 1 minute, were are we? Parkinson: In the 3 car garage


Assistant US Attorney Maurene Comey: What do we see here, during the search?


AUSA Maurene Comey is still telling the jurors to look at one seal exhibit after another, now Government Exhibit 225. One might say, This is a semi-public trial.


AUSA Maurene Comey: I ask that Government Exhibit 234 be admitted, under seal. Also 241, under seal. Judge Nathan: Granted. Under seal.


Finally, some exhibits not under seal. AUSA Comey: What is this, in Exhibit 228? Parkinson: It's the Garden Room. [There are photos spread out all over the floor, but no details can be made out.]


AUSA Comey: I'd like the jurors to look in their binders at Exhibit 255... Oh witness only. I ask that Government Exhibit 278, the master bathroom, be under seal to protect privacy [???] Judge Nathan: We'll take our break, snacks are here. [Yes, snacks were cited]


Now even Judge Nathan says US has gone too far in sealing entire 39 minute video, says some portion should be made public. AUSA Maurene Comey: We'll work on that. [When?]


[In fairness to Judge Nathan, it was the jurors who took a snacks break. The judge and lawyers stayed to argue, and now take a "comfort break." Inner City Press? When will these wrongly sealed exhibits be released?


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OK, the jurors are back from snacks break. AUSA Maurene Comey: Let's turn to Government Exhibit 278. Parkinson: It's a bathroom with a phone and a pink, three cushion couch. And that's a portable inflatable massage table.


We're back to mass-sealing: AUSA Maurene Comey: I ask to admit Government Exhibit 285, under seal, and "direct the jurors' attention to that writing."


Finally: Parkinson comes out of the witness box and touches Government Exhibit 51..."the green massage table." AUSA Maurene Comey: We offer this [massage table] into evidence. I asked that the exhibit be published for the jury by setting the table up


Parkinson: Now the table is in an open position. Exhibit 51a: Photo of massage table on its side. AUSA Comey: Where was it manufactured? Parkinson: Vista, California. AUSA Comey: No further questions. Judge Nathan: Mr. Everdell, you may cross.


Maxwell's lawyer Everdell: You previously investigated a burglary there, correct? Parkinson: True. Everdell: And Mr. Epstein said that several thousand dollars had been stolen, right? Parkinson: True.


Everdell is jumping around with his questions, laughing uncomfortably now. He asked Parkinson about an exhibit - sealed - that is Epstein's desk and the photos on it.


side note

Everdell's cross of Officer Parkinson is particularly directionless. But with so many exhibits sealed, & not even publicly described, it is difficult to know what is going into evidence, what is being show to the jury. How does this lead to confidence in the law?

Replying to @rocket_surfing and @innercitypress

I’m so confused by this case. I don’t understand the relevance of a lot of what their questioning. Is the ambiguity deliberate? Or does it just seem disjointed because not all the info is being made available to the public?


And with that, without apparently landing a punch, Everdell's cross examination of Parkinson is over. Judge Nathan: You may step down, Mr. Parkinson. You are free to take your flight. New US witness, starting at 4:38 pm on Friday: Michael Dawson, Palm Beach PD


AUSA: What were you looking for, during the search? Dawson: Massage tables and oil. Sex toys. There were a lot of photos of nude females. We seized a phone book, a massage table, photo of a nude female, a sex toy called the torpedo [Flashes on screen & is gone]


Now cross examination, starting at 4:49 pm Maxwell's lawyer: I'm going to prove up an inconsistent statement. Judge Nathan: Confer first. After a time, Maxwell's lawyer: We need a sidebar. [Non-public]


Now the questioning turns to Juan Alessi's admission of stealing from Epstein. But it's 4:59 pm. Cross examination interruptus?


Judge Nathan: We're done for the week. Obey my instructions. Oh and by the way, we will not sit Dec 13, 14 or 15... Why, is not explained. Some letters due Sat & Sunday, both at 8 pm. All rise!


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