NEW YORK, May 4 A New York judge on Monday pushed back British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex crimes trial from July until late this year after her defence team asked for more time to prepare. Judge Alison Nathan said a “short” delay was appropriate after prosecutors filed a.
Ghislaine Maxwell s trial has now been moved to the fall, a federal Manhattan judge has ruled.
The former British socialite had contested the July 12 trial date after she was hit with a superseding indictment in late March. Maxwell’s lawyers called the government’s timing obvious tactical gamesmanship and had said they needed more than just over 3 months to prepare her defense. But prosecutors opposed any delay.
Judge Alison Nathan, who had admitted to considering the defense’s request, has ordered the parties to confer and come up with proposed dates for this fall. The Court concludes that the interests of justice justify granting a short continuance, the judge wrote in her ruling, Such an adjournment would plainly give the defense team sufficient time to prepare for trial in light of the additional charges contained in the S2 indictment while also ensuring that the trial proceeds without undue delay.