Scotty David

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Scotty David is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who served as Juror 50 in the 2021 Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking trial. In January 2022, following Maxwell's conviction, David publicly disclosed his personal history of sexual abuse in media interviews with Reuters, the Daily Mail, and The Independent. He revealed that during jury deliberations, he shared his experience of childhood sexual abuse with fellow jurors to help convince skeptics that the female victims' accounts were credible and believable. David stated that the evidence presented at trial convinced him and the panel of Maxwell's guilt. His disclosure later became the subject of legal controversy when Maxwell's defense team argued it constituted grounds for a new trial, claiming the juror failed to disclose his abuse history on the jury questionnaire. David subsequently testified under oath that his omission was an honest mistake, and the trial judge agreed with him. His public identification as a survivor and his testimony about how his own victimization informed his understanding of the case establish his status as a victim of sexual abuse.