Federal Court Filing: Reply Memorandum Of Ghislaine Maxwell (EFTA00097312)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK x UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant. • • • • • • • • x 20 Cr. 330 (MN) REPLY MEMORANDUM OF GHISLAINE MAXWELL IN SUPPORT OF HER MOTION FOR A SEVERANCE OF AND SEPARATE TRIAL ON COUNTS FIVE AND SIX OF THE SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT Jeffrey S. Pagliuca Laura A. Menninger HADDON, MORGAN & FOREMAN P.C. Phone: Christian R. Everdell COHEN & DRESSER LLP Bobbi C. Stemheim Law Offices of Bobbi C. Stemheim Phone: Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell EFTA00097312 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ARGUMENT I. The Counts Are Improperly Joined A. The Counts are Dissimilar and Illogically and Artificially Connected 2 B. The Perjury Charges Do Not "Concern" the Mann Act Offenses 3 C. Some Overlapping Proof, By Itself, Does Not Make Joinder Proper 5 II. The Perjury Counts Must Be Severed to Prevent the Introduction of Improper, Highly Prejudicial, and Inadmissib