The juror who may get Ghislaine Maxwell a new trial is a low level staffer for The Carlyle Group. Oddly, that juror's judgment error could benefit Leon Black, PEU founder of Apollo Global and major financial sponsor of Jeffrey Epstein.
Bloomberg Equality warned of potential problems from a PEU juror.
“My main concern is that, given the number of high-profile individuals who are in PE and finance that have been implicated, given my proximity to these individuals, that's my biggest fear."
The public is waiting for the politically powerful men who abused Epstein's under-aged girls to be brought to justice. That may not happen. Consider the case of Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss:
Why not go after the men? Why was it that she was sentenced to three years in prison while her client Charlie Sheen, who testified against her, was free to make a movie for $5m?
Some can't get enough money. Others can't get enough sex. Laws are broken in the pursuit of both. If the average citizen would be charged and jailed for a criminal act, so should the super wealthy and politically connected. Justice or Just Us?
Update 1-19-22: Maxwell will try to get a new trial on this basis.
Update 11-29-22: Reuters reported:
Leon Black, the billionaire co-founder of private equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc, was sued on Monday by a woman who said he raped her two decades ago in the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan mansion.
Update 1-29-23: Epstein died in a New York jail summer of 2019. Many believe Epstein was a sextortionist, using images of famous people in compromised positions with his underage harem to garner power, money and influence. Prince Andrew settled a case out of court with an Epstein victim and now wants to reverse the deal to bolster his reputation. Does that mean Andrew will have worked both sides of sextortion, victim/perpetrator to perpetrator/victim?
A sextortion attorney said:
"I see hedge fund managers, private equity partners, big law firm attorneys, high-end physicians, especially those with active social media platforms."
