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Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime friend to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, was sentenced to 20 years for sex trafficking and helping Epstein sexually abuse young girls.

Maxwell to seek new trial after reports of juror’s sex abuse
Maxwell to seek new trial after reports of juror’s sex abuse

Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted last week of conspiring to recruit and groom teenage girls to be abused by Jeffrey Epstein, intends to request a new trial after revelations by one of the jurors in her case that he was a victim of sexual abuse, her defense lawyers said Wednesday. More

January 5, 2022

‘Substitute camera’ captures Ghislaine Maxwell trial drama
‘Substitute camera’ captures Ghislaine Maxwell trial drama

As Ghislaine Maxwell strode into the courtroom for the first day of her sex-trafficking trial, no photographer was allowed to catch it. Courtroom artist Elizabeth Williams, however, was at the ready and before the hour was up, the curtain-raising scene was transmitted to news outlets around the world. More

January 5, 2022

Misinformation persists after Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial ends
Misinformation persists after Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial ends

The sex-trafficking trial of Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, ended with a guilty verdict, but that hasn’t stopped the flow of false news that has swirled around the case. On Thursday, posts emerged falsely claiming that trial documents were sealed to protect Epstein — who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex crimes […] More

December 31, 2021

What’s next for Ghislaine Maxwell after guilty verdict?
What’s next for Ghislaine Maxwell after guilty verdict?

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With Wednesday’s guilty verdict in the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, here’s a look at what the once high-flying Jeffrey Epstein confidante was accused of and what’s next for her: WHO WERE GHISLAINE MAXWELL’S ACCUSERS? The prosecution hinged on the accusations of four women — Annie Farmer and the […] More

December 30, 2021

Maxwell verdict bodes ill for Prince Andrew’s civil case
Maxwell verdict bodes ill for Prince Andrew’s civil case

LONDON (AP) — Prince Andrew wasn’t on trial in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case but her conviction is bad news for the man who is ninth in line to the British throne. With the conclusion of the Maxwell case, attention will now turn to a U.S. civil suit in which the plaintiff alleges Maxwell […] More

December 30, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell trial deliberations halt until Monday
Ghislaine Maxwell trial deliberations halt until Monday

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

Maxwell trial jury finishes first full day of deliberations
Maxwell trial jury finishes first full day of deliberations

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

Ghislaine Maxwell declines to testify as defense rests case
Ghislaine Maxwell declines to testify as defense rests case

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

Prosecution rests in sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell
Prosecution rests in sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell

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

Woman says Maxwell abused her at age 14
Woman says Maxwell abused her at age 14

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

Evidence at Maxwell trial: massage table, unfolded in court
Evidence at Maxwell trial: massage table, unfolded in court

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

Epstein pilot resumes testimony at Ghislaine Maxwell trial Tuesday
Epstein pilot resumes testimony at Ghislaine Maxwell trial Tuesday

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