Mega Edition: How Ghislaine Maxwell Planned On Dealing With Government Experts At Her Trial (9/15/26)

The Epstein Chronicles · Sep 16, 2026 · 1h 2m

Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense planned to deal with the prosecution’s expert witnesses by attacking both their admissibility and the assumptions behind their opinions, while bringing in its own experts to give jurors competing explanations. The government’s most important expert was psychologist Dr. Lisa Rocchio, who was prepared to explain grooming, delayed disclosure, secrecy, trauma and the way another adult could help facilitate the sexual abuse of minors. Maxwell’s lawyers first tried to keep Rocchio’s testimony out under the federal rules governing expert evidence, arguing that concepts…