The Wheels of Justice Grind On - Ghislaine Maxwell
“At the sentencing, I anticipate that there will be a lot of testimony from many, many other women who were not able to be heard at the trial” - Sigrid McCawley
Judge Alison Nathan put a letter in the docket today ordering the defense and the prosecution to submit a joint letter to the court by January 10th with a schedule for Ghislaine Maxwell’s sentencing.
Nathan also wants a briefing schedule for Maxwell’s Rule 29 motion - that’s her appeal. And she asked for a schedule for a trial on Maxwell’s perjury counts, which were severed from the initial case.
The letter also addressed Bobbi Sternheim’s request for a booster vaccine for Maxwell. Sterheim asked for the shot shortly after Maxwell was convicted on five of the six counts she was charged with. That was five days ago, on December 29th.
Nathan’s letter said that the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn (where Maxwell is being held) procedure is to make a booster shot available a week after an inmate requests one. She told Sternheim to follow the MDC’s procedures and request a shot.
If the request isn’t granted, Maxwell’s defense should submit another application to the court.
Before the sentencing, Judge Nathan will receive a pre-sentence report from an “impartial investigator,” reported The Telegraph. This report will look at Maxwell’s background and inform Nathan whether or not any of that should weigh on her sentence. The Telegraph also spoke with Sigrid McCawley, a lawyer for many of Maxwell’s victims, including Annie Farmer, who testified against Maxwell, and Virginia Giuffre.
“At the sentencing, I anticipate that there will be a lot of testimony from many, many other women who were not able to be heard at the trial, who will come forward and bring information about their suffering at the hands of Ghislaine Maxwell,” McCawley told The Telegraph.
“I believe this will be considered by the court before Judge Nathan renders her decision on the length of time Ghislaine will serve behind bars.”