mirror-epstein-docs/results/IMAGES003/DOJ-OGR-00006588.json

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  "full_text": "Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 443 Filed 11/12/21 Page 2 of 24\n\nTABLE OF CONTENTS\n\nTABLE OF CONTENTS.......................................................................................................................ii\nTABLE OF AUTHORITIES ...............................................................................................................iii\nTABLE OF EXHIBITS .......................................................................................................................v\nINTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT ................................................................1\nFACTUAL BACKGROUND...............................................................................................................2\nARGUMENT .....................................................................................................................................3\nI. Rocchio's proposed testimony is inadmissible. ...............................................................................3\nA. Opinion 1: Minor victims are often subject to a strategic pattern of behaviors, often called grooming, that can take a variety of forms and function to render the victims vulnerable to abuse, to obscure the nature of the abuse, and to build trust and attachment with their abuser.......................................................................................................................5\n1. Rocchio's grooming opinions are unreliable...........................................................................5\n2. Rocchio's grooming-by-proxy opinions have no valid basis.....................................................9\n3. Rocchio's grooming opinions will not assist the trier of fact...................................................10\n4. Roccio's grooming opinions are substantially more prejudicial than probative. ....................11\nB. Opinion 2: The relationship of trust and attachment between an alleged perpetrator and alleged victim prevents victims from being aware that what they are experiencing is abuse and can prevent disclosure.......................................................................................................................12\nC. Opinion 3: Repeated exploitation and abuse can increase the likelihood of victimization later in life and can result in long-term traumatic and psychological consequences, especially when it occurs in the context of complex trauma...........................................................................13\nD. Opinion 4: The presence of other individuals can facilitate the sexual abuse of minors. 14\nE. Opinion 5: Nondisclosure, incremental disclosure, and secrecy are common among victims of sexual abuse for a variety of reasons, and that memory and disclosure of traumatic or abusive events is impacted by a number of factors, including the circumstances surrounding the trauma .............................................................................................................................15\nII. At a minimum, this Court should hold a Daubert hearing..............................................................17\nCONCLUSION.................................................................................................................................17\nii\nDOJ-OGR-00006588",
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