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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document691 Filed 11/22/21 Pagelof7
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK USDC SDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #:
DATE FILED: 11/22/21
United States of America,
-y- 20-CR-330 (AJN)
MEMORANDUM
Ghislaine Maxwell, OPINION & ORDER
Defendant.
ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge:
The Defense on November 1, 2021, noticed eight expert witnesses. Def. Br., Ex. 1
(“Notice”). Two of those experts, Dr. Park Dietz and Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, are expected to offer
opinions that rebut opinions of the Government’s expert witness, Dr. Lisa Rocchio. The
Government on November 8, 2021, filed a motion to partially preclude the testimony of Dr.
Dietz and Dr. Loftus. Dkt. No. 424. The Court has already addressed that motion.
On November 15, 2021, the Government moved to fully or partially preclude the
testimony of the remaining six experts. The Defense filed a response on November 19, 2021.
The Court addressed the admissibility of Dr. Ryan Hall in a separate written opinion. In
this opinion, the Court addresses the preliminary admissibility of Bennett Gershman based on the
parties’ current proffers.
1. Legal standard
Federal Rule of Evidence 702 governs the admissibility of expert testimony. That rule
states:
A witness who is qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or
education may testify in the form of an opinion or otherwise if:
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