Jury Deliberations Resume In Ghislaine Maxwell Sex Trafficking Trial
Maxwell is charged with recruiting teenage girls for long-time associate Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse.
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Maxwell is charged with recruiting teenage girls for long-time associate Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse.
Prosecutors claim Maxwell is a dangerous predator who helped Epstein abuse teenage girls.
If convicted, Maxwell could face up to 80 years in prison.
While she did not testify before the jury, Maxwell seemed active in her defense throughout the past three weeks of the trial, frequently writing notes to her lawyers and hugging them as she entered and left court each day.
Maxwell, 59, has denied charges she groomed underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in jail in 2019.
Maxwell, 59, has pleaded not guilty to charges that prosecutors say show that she and Epstein were "partners in crime."
She claimed the defendant instructed her on how to give Epstein sexual massages and sometimes physically participated in the encounters as well.
The British socialite is accused of grooming underage girls for the late Jeffrey Epstein.
The former associate of Jeffrey Epstein is accused of helping procure underage girls for the now-deceased financier.
Giuffre claims the British royal sexually assaulted her when she was 17 years old.
Maxwell, 59, has been incarcerated since last July.
The trial was originally set to start on July 12 in New York City, but Maxwell's attorneys requested a delay.
Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend was arraigned on charges allegedly involving a 14-year-old victim.
The attorney discusses his battle with Jeffrey Epstein that lasted over a decade and representing the women that were sexually abused by him.
Maxwell is charged with recruiting at least three girls, one as young as 14, for Epstein to abuse between 1994 and 1997.
Maxwell was arrested last Thursday on charges she helped lure at least three girls — one as young as 14 — to be sexually abused by Epstein.
Maxwell, who lived for years with Epstein and was his frequent travel companion on trips around the world, was taken into custody around 8:30 a.m., said FBI spokesman Marty Feely.
A number of scandals have surrounded the royal's friendship with billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in his New York jail cell.
