Reporter Who Broke Ghislaine Maxwell Juror Story Opens Up About the Complicated Fallout (Feat. Lucia Osborne-Crowley)

When she landed the world's first interview with a Ghislaine Maxwell juror, journalist and author Lucia Osborne-Crowley knew that the story would be significant—and perhaps even fraught. "It was a really, really overwhelming interview for me because there were so many things going through my head," Obsorne-Crowley recounted. The juror, once anonymized only as Juror No. 50 and now known by the name Scotty David, had told her that he was a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. He also told her that those experiences informed his decision to convict Maxwell of sex trafficking and other federal crimes that could lock up the Jeffrey Epstein accomplice for the rest of her life. "This is a verdict for all of the victims," David declared in what ran as a pull quote in the headline of Osborne-Crowley's exclusive in the U.K.'s Independent. Now, that verdict may stand in turmoil. Two news outlets have reported that David wrote in a sworn juror questionnaire that he was not a sexual abuse victim, and Maxwell's defense attorneys have asked for a retrial. On this episode, Obsorne-Crowley—an accomplished journalist, trained lawyer, and published author on the subjects of her own sexual abuse—unpacks the complicated ripples of her major scoop and how it has resonated in her life and career. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.