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Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 144 Filed 02/04/21 Page 1 of 25 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ween ee = = x UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 20 Cr. 330 (AJN) V. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OF GHISLAINE MAXWELL IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS COUNTS ONE THROUGH FOUR OF THE SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT AS TIME-BARRED Mark S. Cohen Christian R. Everdell COHEN & GRESSER LLP 800 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Phone: 212-957-7600 Jeffrey S. Pagliuca Laura A. Menninger HADDON, MORGAN & FOREMAN P.C. 150 East 10th Avenue Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: 303-831-7364 Bobbi C. Sternheim Law Offices of Bobbi C. Sternheim 33 West 19th Street - 4th Floor New York, NY 10011 Phone: 212-243-1100 Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell DOJ-OGR-00002649 Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 144 Filed 02/04/21 Page 2 of 25 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ........cccccccsssesccssessesseeseesecseeseeneeseesaeseesaecsessecneesecsaeeessaecsensecneeseeneens 1 SUITS TEP ACA cae ee TS AS ATS TORS Z ARGUMENT ......ccccccccscsssesecseesecssesscssecseesecsecsecseesecsaecesaecseesecsessecsseseesaecseeaecaeesecneeseeseeneseaesaeeaeenens 3 I. The 2003 Amendment Does Not Apply Retroactively.........ccccccccssecssececeessecseceteeesseeeseee 3 A. Step One: Congress did not expressly prescribe retroactivity and rejected a PLOPOSAl tO dO SO. ..ccescccsccessecssecsseceseceeeeessecsseceseeeessecssecseecesseeessecseeeeeeeeseeeseenseeaes 6 B. Step Two: Application of the 2003 Amendment to Ms. Maxwell’s alleged Otfenses weenie Tiare Terrpesrerrieettahe: TCC as sn anc.on ax. w.snc cna snc 15m rck on an RA AG HEA 9 Il. Section 3283 Does Not Apply at All. oc... cecececeecsecssecseeeseeseessecsaeceecneeseeeseesseesaeesaeeneeeas 12 A. Section 3283 applies only to offenses that necessarily entail the sexual or physical abuse, or kidnapping, of a Child... eee eccesecssecseeeeeeseeeseenseenseeneeseeenee 12 B. The offenses charged in Counts One through Four do not necessarily entail the sex […]