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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 424 Filed 11/08/21 Page2of41 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRELIMINARY STATEMENT uuu... cc cccscssssssssssccsccsecscssecsssssssssssscsscssesscssesscsssseasecsecsessecseseeseesacsessessesees 1 1 THE COURT SHOULD PRECLUDE CERTAIN OPINIONS FROM DR. DIETZ... 1 A. Bae POU escisenseansemessmaescaemanuses aeawnonenuaerar mewnenenmemesns sesenerenaumeranman nana meena eRe eENNOREENE 1 B. Legal Standard... ceseccceseceseceesceeeeeeeeeeeesneececesacesseecseeceaecsaeceaeeseessnesenetsneeeneesaeecscecsaessaecaeeees 6 C. DISCUSSION 00.0... seeeeeseenceeceesecneessesseceseeseeecessecseeseessecnscesesseensecsevecessecsaceaeseeeesecseeeeeaecsaseneaeonaenes 9 1. Response to the Opinions of Dr. ROCChIO....... eee eeeeeeeeeeeesneteeeeeaeesacecaceceaeceaeceaeeereseneeees 9 2. Opinions as to Hindsight Bias........... cece ceecceseesereeeeeeseeseneesseesacecacecsaeceaecaeceaseestesreseneeees 12 3. Opinions as to the “Halo Effect” oo... cee ceecseesseeeeeeeeeeeseeeeaeeeacecaeecseecsaecaeceaecestesreeneeees 15 4, Opinions as to “Pathways to False Allegations of Sexual Assault”... cee ceeeeereeereeees 18 Sy Opinions Regarding the Credibility of Witnesses..........eccsscesscesscecseecesecesecessceeeeereeeneeees 22 6. Opinions Regarding Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms ............::cssccceeeceeeceeceeeceeeeeereeeneees 23 I. CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED EXPERT TESTIMONY OF DR. ELIZABETH LOFTUS SHOULD BE PRECLUDED Wu. ccccscceceeececceeccecceecccceeaceeeceeeneees 25 A. Back STOW, sccnsmewssssesenerenmumesasanarnannmemnexenunsnemumnrennneannnannne naennenenE eenEERR HEED 25 B. Applicable Law .0.....:ccccsscssscesscecssecesecesecessceseeeneesnesneseneesaeesacecseecsaecsaeceaecsueeseeseneseneseneeeaeesaees 26 C. DISCUSSION 20... eeeescesessesecceseeseeeccesecneeeceaecuaceatesecssesseeoeessecsaeenesaecuaeeassascnsesseeeeensecseseneeaecnaeeaee 30 1. Opinions as to False Memory Formation..............:ceeccseecsseeeecesscecseecececeaeceaeceaseeseeeereneneeees 30 2. Commonsense Principles Within the Ken of the Jury «0.0... escesscecseeceeeceseceeseeeseeereeeneeees 33 3. Opinions Bearing on Witness Credibility and Demeanot..........ceseseceeeceteceteceeeeeereeeneees 34 4, Factual Narratives About tHe: GaSe xc sscvveseuvssees teuxpenennnyes emmmmavnnmenes seerommmmunueesememamenees 35 I. IF DEFENSE CHALLENGES TO DR. ROCCHIO ARE ACCEPTED, THE DEFENSE EXPERTS SHOULD BE EXCLUDED ssecsomsemencensnenncenensnansenexacanesrecserensranepnentncnnsnansxvenssenenvensnees 35 CONCLUSION uu... ccccscssscsssssesccccscssscscssssccsssecscssecsessessessssssssssecsessecscseessesesssessesecseseeceseesecsasseseessecseseacaess 37 DOJ-OGR-00006213