Mega Edition: The Fallout Surrounding Juror # 50 From The Maxwell Trial Following His Interview (9/26/25)

Juror #50, identified publicly as Scotty David, became a focal point of controversy after Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial. Before the trial, on his juror questionnaire, he answered “no” when asked if he or any close relation had ever been the victim of sexual abuse. But after the verdict, David gave interviews saying he had been sexually abused as a child, and that during jury deliberations he shared parts of that experience to help other jurors understand how memory and trauma work—insisting his personal history informed their view of witness testimony.

Maxwell’s defense seized on those revelations, demanding a new trial on the grounds that David’s omission and his post-trial statements suggested bias and a failure of the Court’s vetting process. In response, Judge Alison Nathan held a hearing, granted David immunity to answer questions, and ultimately ruled that his misstatement was an “inadvertent mistake” (not a deliberate lie) and did not prove that he was unable to be fair or had tainted the verdict. The appellate court later agreed, rejecting the retrial request, concluding that David’s presence on the jury did not, under law, amount to a violation of Maxwell’s right to a fair jury.


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