The government has opposed the defense’s request that three defense witnesses testify under their first names or pseudonyms, according to a later court filing.
Maxwell’s lawyers asked Judge Alison Nathan to rule on the issue because the parties could not come to an agreement.
The defense said in a court filing: “The court’s decision on this issue could affect the willingness of these witnesses to testify, thereby compromising Ms. Maxwell’s right to appear in her defense and disrupting the order of the witness.” can affect.”
The defense filing did not name the three witnesses or detail why they wanted to testify anonymously.
The three accused testified under pseudonyms or by their first names in the government case — “Jane,” “Kate” and Caroline — a practice Judge Nathan explicitly said in court is typical of victim-witnesses.
Defense attorney Jeffrey Pagluka told court Friday that the defense would remove his list of witnesses because the government cut “a significant number” of anticipatory witnesses from his case.
A government letter said that over the weekend, defense shared an alphabetical list of 35 witnesses with prosecutors, adding “no information about the order in which the witnesses will be called.”
Judge Nathan on Tuesday morning ordered the defense to share his intended witness order later in the day.
The list of witnesses for Maxwell’s defense was not publicly disclosed.
The defense is expected to begin presenting its side on Thursday. Defense attorney Bobby Sternheim told court last week that he expects to put Maxwell’s defense case to rest next Monday.
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