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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 221 Filed 04/20/21 Page1lof5 Uspc SDNY DOCUMENT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ELECTRONICALLY FILED SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOC #: DATE FILED: 4/20/21 | United States of America, _y_ 20-CR-330 (AJN) Ghislaine Maxwell, ORDER Defendant. ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: Last summer, the Court scheduled trial in this matter to commence on July 12, 2021. The Government filed an S2 Superseding Indictment on March 29, 2021. Dkt. No. 187. The new indictment alleges that the conspiracies charged in Counts 1 and 3 extended to 2004 (the S1 charged through 1997) and identifies a fourth alleged victim, Minor Victim-4. It also adds two new charges: Count 5 of the S2 Indictment charges Maxwell with participating in a sex trafficking conspiracy between 2001 and 2004, and Count 6 charges Maxwell with participating in the sex trafficking of a minor or aiding and abetting the same. Jd. Since the filing of the S2 indictment, the parties have argued in letters whether its additional charges and extended timeframe necessitates an adjournment of the trial date. Dkt. Nos. 192, 199, and 202. Maxwell has also indicated that she either is requesting or will request a renewed bail hearing in light of the filing of the S2. In Maxwell’s most recent letter, she expressly requests an adjournment of the scheduled July 12 trial date, though the scope of the request is unclear. Dkt. No. 202. The letter first argues that a 90-day adjournment is necessary. But it also states that some of her defense counsel are not available between September and December 2021, implying that the request is in fact to adjourn until January 2022. The Government opposes the request for adjournment and any request for a renewed bail hearing. DOJ-OGR-00003865