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Ghislaine Maxwell will spend Christmas — and her 60th birthday — in jail without a resolution to her sex trafficking trial as a jury ended an abbreviated first week of deliberations Wednesday without reaching a verdict. More
December 22, 2021
The jury deliberating at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial finished its first full day of deliberations Tuesday without reaching a verdict, having asked to review the testimony of three of four women who said they were teens when the British socialite aided financier Jeffrey Epstein in sexually abusing them. More
December 21, 2021
The prosecutor told jurors that Maxwell was a "posh, smiling age-appropriate woman” who provided cover for Epstein's “creepy” behavior. More
December 20, 2021
The case for and against Ghislaine Maxwell has been made, and as soon as Monday, her fate will rest squarely in the jury's hands. More
December 20, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell's defense called another of Jeffrey Epstein's one-time paramours to the stand Friday: a former Miss Sweden, New York City doctor and tabloid fixture who told the jury that she trusted the financier with her young daughters and denied taking part in a group sexual encounter with a key accuser. More
December 17, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell's trial will resume with the defense calling its own witnesses in federal court in Manhattan. More
December 16, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell has denied allegations from multiple women that she helped the millionaire Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. More
December 15, 2021
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors completed presenting their case against Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday, after a key accuser at the British socialite’s sex-abuse trial testified that Maxwell and her companion, Jeffrey Epstein, forced themselves on her when she was just 16. Annie Farmer told jurors […] More
December 10, 2021
Accuser at sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell testified Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein forced themselves on her during 1996 visit to financier's sprawling New Mexico ranch when she was 16. More
December 10, 2021
The sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell was paused Thursday after it was announced an attorney on the case had gotten sick. More
December 9, 2021
Ex-boyfriend of woman who says she was paid to give sexual favors to Jeffrey Epstein starting at age 14 corroborated parts of her account at the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. More
December 8, 2021
Carolyn offered some of the most explicit descriptions so far at the New York trial of Maxwell’s alleged grooming of underage victims, who prosecutors say were lured into “a pyramid scheme of abuse.” More
December 8, 2021
A British woman testified Monday that Ghislaine Maxwell pressured her into giving Jeffrey Epstein sexual massages when she was still a teenager assuring her she would have "fun" with him. More
December 6, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell and her family have repeatedly complained about the conditions under which she has been held for the past 17 months. More
December 6, 2021
The first week of the sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell saw the first of her four main accusers taking the witness stand. More
December 4, 2021
By TOM HAYS NEW YORK (AP) — A green, folding massage table used by financier Jeffrey Epstein was brought into a Manhattan courtroom and set up in front of a jury on Friday to bolster allegations he teamed up with British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell to sexually exploit underage victims. The theatrical flourish in […] More
December 3, 2021
Jurors at sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell expected to see law enforcement video of interior of Florida estate where prosecutors say she and Jeffrey Epstein exploited underage victims. More
December 3, 2021
Former housekeeper testified that two women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing them as teens were repeated visitors to his Palm Beach mansion. More
December 2, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell defense attorneys sought to undermine key accuser's allegation British socialite helped Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse the woman for years starting when she was 14. More
December 1, 2021
Lawrence Paul Visoski Jr., the trial’s first witness, acknowledged that he never encountered sexual activity aboard two jets he piloted for roughly 1,000 trips between 1991 and 2019. More
November 30, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime pilot for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein resumed his testimony at Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial Tuesday, saying that the British socialite charged with helping the financier find teenage girls to sexually abuse was “Number 2” in the hierarchy of Epstein’s operations. Lawrence Paul Visoski Jr. is the first witness in […] More
November 30, 2021
“She was in on it from the start. The defendant and Epstein lured their victims with a promise of a bright future, only to sexually exploit them,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz said. More
November 30, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — Two years after Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide behind bars, a jury was selected Monday in New York City to determine a central question in the long-running sex trafficking case: Was his longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s puppet or accomplice? Twelve jurors and six alternates will hear Maxwell’s case, starting with opening statements expected […] More
November 29, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — Prospective jurors got their first glimpse of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite charged with helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls and women, when a judge began questioning them individually Tuesday. Wearing a black suit, Maxwell hugged her lawyers when she entered the courtroom and briefly sketched a courtroom artist who was drawing her. […] More
November 16, 2021
The trial’s drama will revolve around testimony from four women who say they and others were victimized as teens from 1994 to 2004. More
November 15, 2021
Judge refused to let British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell home detention citing charges alleging Maxwell recruited TEEN girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse and her ability to flee. More
November 9, 2021
Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell has said she is innocent of charges alleging that she recruited teenagers who were not yet adults for Epstein to sexually abuse from 1994 to 2004, Judge Alison J. Nathan told 132 prospective jurors. More
November 4, 2021
A trial resulting from an American woman's claims that Prince Andrew sexually abused her when she was 17 would probably occur late next year, a judge said. More
November 3, 2021
Accusers in upcoming trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell on charges she recruited teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse can testify using pseudonyms or first names. More
November 1, 2021
2008 settlement agreement that a lawyer for Prince Andrew says would protect him against claims he sexually abused an American when she was 17 can remain secret. More
October 27, 2021
