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Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 524 Filed 01/05/17 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------X .. ............................................. VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE, Plaintiff, v. 15-cv-07433-RWS GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant. --------------------------------------------------X DEFENDANT’S MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE EXPERT TESTIMONY AND OPINION OF PROFESSOR TERRY COONAN, J.D. Laura A. Menninger Jeffrey S. Pagliuca HADDON, MORGAN, AND FOREMAN, P.C. 150 East 10th Avenue Denver, CO 80203 303.831.7364  Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 524 Filed 01/05/17 Page 2 of 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 LEGAL STANDARD ..................................................................................................................... 1 ARGUMENT .................................................................................................................................. 4 I. PROFESSOR COONAN ATTEMPTS TO USURP THE ROLE OF BOTH THE COURT AND THE JURY..................................................................................................................... 4 II. SUMMARY TESTIMONY IN THE FORM OF COONAN’S “EXPERT” OPINION IS IMPERMISSABLE AND VIOLATES MS. MAXWELL’S RIGHT TO CONFRONT AND CROSS EXAMINE WITNESSES .......................................................................................... 7 III. PROFESSOR COONAN’S OPINION ON PLAINTIFF’S CREDIBILITY IS IMPROPER .. ............................................................................................................................................ 10 IV. COONAN’S OPINIONS ARE NOT BASED ON RELIABLE FACTS AND DATA ........ 10 V. COONAN IS NOT QUALIFIED AS AN EXPERT ON THE MATTER ON WHICH HE OPINES ................................................................................................................................. 16 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................. 19 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ..................................................................................................... 20 i  Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 524 Filed 01/05/17 Page 3 of 5 PAGES 1-18 REDACTED  Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 524 Filed 01/05/17 Page 4 of 5 CONCLUSION As the proponent of the testimony the Plaintiff bears the burden of establishing an appropriate evidentiary basis for each and every opinion it intends to offer. The opinions violate numerous rules of evidence and fundamental rights. Ms. Maxwell requests a pre-trial hearing on this issue and that the Court issues a ruling that the opinions expressed in Exhibit A are inadmissible at trial for the above stated reasons. Dated: January 5, 2017 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Jeffrey S. Pagliuca Laura A. Menninger (LM-1374) Jeffrey S. Pagliuca (pro hac vice) HADDON, MORGAN AND FOREMAN, P.C. 150 East 10th Avenue Denver, CO 80203 Phone: 303.831.7364 Fax: 303.832.2628 [email protected] Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell 19  Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 524 Filed 01/05/17 Page 5 of 5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on January 5, 2017, I electronically served this Defendant’s Motion In Limine to Exclude Expert Testimony and Opinion of Professor Terry Coonan, J.D. via ECF on the following: Sigrid S. McCawley Paul G. Cassell Meredith Schultz 383 S. University Street BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER, LLP Salt Lake City, UT 84112 401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Ste. 1200 [email protected] Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 [email protected] [email protected] J. Stanley Pottinger Bradley J. Edwards 49 Twin Lakes Rd. FARMER, JAFFE, WEISSING, EDWARDS, South Salem, NY 10590 FISTOS & LEHRMAN, P.L. [email protected] 425 North Andrews Ave., Ste. 2 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 [email protected] /s/ Nicole Simmons Nicole Simmons 20