Court denies motion to allow testimony on consensual adult sexual activities in House Oversight case

10 id. 12 13 14 L5 16 ne) 18 life) 20 21 22 23 24 25 153 H3VOGIU3 executing the orders for Ms. Maxwell, and it's not part of a fantastical conspiracy. All we want to do is have the jury hear this information. We've provided in our brief very specific support for each of the questions that we want to ask. We think it's entirely appropriate that the jury hear what these two have to say. = THE COURT: Thank you. Where are we now? Yes. MS. MENNINGER: Your Honor, by my estimation, we have one motion left, which is 665 with the opening brief. 2 THE COURT: And what's that? MS. MENNINGER: It was our motion to prohibit questioning of our client regarding her consensual adult sexual activities. THE COURT: ‘Yes. MS. MENNINGER: Do I take that as a go ahead and talk Or o- lial |e COURT: No. MS. MENNINGER: Okay. I wasn't sure. THI Gl COURT: Yes, well, I can understand. How can you possibly know what we're going to do when I don't know what we're going to do? MS. MENNINGER: Your Honor, I'm happy to defer this issue. I believe it is somewhat -- SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011456