GHISLAINE Maxwell watched on as Jeffrey Epstein molested young girls after luring them into a world of "nightmare" abuse, a court was told. At the start of the 59-year-old’s trial for allegedly sex-trafficking for Epstein, the jury was told her and the paedophile multi-millionaire were “partners in crime”. The opening of what has been dubbed the "trial of the century" began with the prosecution outlining Maxwell's role in Epstein's abuse. Her lawyer then told the court her and Epstein's alleged victims were motivated by money and the evidence Maxwell was based on memories from two decades ago. Prosecutor Lara Pomerantz said Maxwell lured girls for Epstein to abuse under the guise of giving him massages - even watching as it happened. “The defendant helped Epstein find those girls, she helped him recruit those girls for so-called massages,” she said. “She manipulated the girls, groomed them for abuse. “Make no mistake - she knew exactly what Epstein was going to do …
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‘Dangerous’ Ghislaine Maxwell preyed on girls for Jeffrey Epstein and ‘knew exactly what she was doing’
As Ghislaine Maxwell ’s criminal trial got underway, a prosecutor argued that the British socialite and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein were ‘dangerous predators who exploited and sexually abused young girls for a decade’. Maxwell knew ‘exactly what she was doing’, a prosecutor argued, while the defense team claimed she’s become a scapegoat. Assistant US Attorney Lara Pomerantz detailed the ‘horrific abuse’ endured by girls as young as 14 years old in opening arguments at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse on Monday. The prosecutor painted an image of Maxwell, 59, luring young women into rooms ‘where she knew (Epstein) would molest them’. ‘There were times when she was in the room when it happened – making it all feel normal and causal,’ Pomerantz said, according to The National . ‘She preyed on vulnerable young girls, manipulated them and served them up to be sexually abused. The defendant was trafficking kids for sex. That is what this trial is all about.’ …
Jeffrey Epstein: Trial of former lover Ghislaine Maxwell begins in New York
The much-anticipated trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite charged with grooming underage girls for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, begins today in New York. Two years after Epstein's death, a jury was selected Monday to determine a central question in the long-running sex trafficking case: was his longtime companion an accomplice? The 59-year-old faces a life sentence if convicted of sex trafficking. The charges against her stem from the allegations of four women who say she and the multi-million-dollar money manager victimised them as teens from 1994 to 2004. Prosecutors say Maxwell befriended girls with shopping and movie theater trips, later coaxing them into giving Epstein nude massages at his various residences, during which he would engage in sex acts before giving them money. US government attorneys say Maxwell sometimes participated in the abuse, at her London home and at Epstein's properties in New Mexico, Manhattan, and Palm Beach, …
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Ghislaine Maxwell trial updates LIVE – Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘madam’ in court and coverage ripped as FAKE press ban surfaces
THE sex trafficking trial of Jeffrey's Epstein's alleged "madam" Ghislaine Maxwell started on Monday, as false reports of the press being banned from the courtroom emerged. Before the crux of the trial even got underway, online trolls claimed there was a "gag order" barring coverage of the event. There is no such order in place for the trial, according to Newsweek. Maxwell's defense attorney compared Jeffrey Epstein to James Bond in the opening day of the socialite's sex trial. Opening the case for the defense, Maxwell's attorney Bobbi Sternheim told the jury: “Ever since Eve was accused of tempting Adam with the apple, women have been blamed for the bad behavior of men, and women are often vilified and punished more than men are. "The charges against Ghislaine Maxwell are for things Jeffrey Epstein did. But she is not Jeffrey Epstein." Of Epstein, Sternheim said that “in many regards, he was like a 21st century James Bond...his accusers have shaken the money tree and …
Ghislaine Maxwell Made Jeffrey Epstein’s Abuse Possible, Prosecutors Said In Opening Statements
NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell was Jeffrey Epstein’s main “partner in crime” who made his “pyramid scheme” of sexually abusing young girls possible for years, prosecutors said as her federal trial began Monday in Manhattan. “For a decade, the defendant played an essential role in the scheme,” Assistant US Attorney Lara Pomerantz said in her opening statement. “She knew exactly what she was doing — she was dangerous.” Maxwell, the daughter of a British media magnate, is the former girlfriend and longtime associate of Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, whose death in prison while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges on Aug. 10, 2019, was ruled a suicide. With his death coming before he faced a jury, Monday’s proceedings in Maxwell’s case marked a major milestone in a saga that has stretched decades, only drawing renewed attention after a series of articles in the Miami Herald highlighting how the justice system had failed the women who said they …
Virginia Giuffre’s absence from Ghislaine Maxwell trial shows she is ‘not a credible witness’, says Duke’s team
Prince Andrew’s accuser is not expected to give evidence at Ghislaine Maxwell’s upcoming sex trafficking trial, The Telegraph understands, which could spare the Duke uncomfortable scrutiny. Virginia Giuffre, who has said she was groomed and sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein and Ms Maxwell but is not one of the alleged victims included in the charges against the British socialite, will not be testifying on behalf of the prosecution as had been speculated. The Telegraph revealed on Monday that Ms Giuffre, who has said she was groomed and sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein and Ms Maxwell but is not one of the alleged victims included in the charges against the British socialite, will not be testifying on behalf of the US government as had been speculated. The decision will spare Prince Andrew, who is fighting his own civil case brought by Ms Giuffre, the uncomfortable scrutiny he had feared at the highly anticipated trial next week. Prince Andrew's team claimed she is a “less …
Ghislaine Maxwell placed ads in newspapers looking for staff during ‘school holidays’
Ghislaine Maxwell used local newspaper adverts to recruit people to work in Jeffrey Epstein’s Florida mansion “during school holidays”, it has emerged. One listing in a newspaper in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1997 asked for a “person needed to answer telephones & do light cleaning work during school holidays”, according to the Daily Mail. Interested applicants should call “Ms Maxwell”, it added. The phone number on the advert reportedly matches a phone number the British socialite gave to American police when stopped for a driving offence around the same time. It came as Ms Maxwell, the daughter of late British press baron Robert Maxwell, prepared to go on trial on Monday in New York on six counts of enticing minors and sex trafficking of children between 1994 and 2004. She denies all the accusations. The Daily Mail report they have located three such newspaper adverts from 1997, which were posted in the Palm Beach Post and the Palm Beach Daily News. The …
Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking ‘trial of the century’ opens in New York
Ghislaine Maxwell is set to come face-to-face with her accusers in a New York court today, for the opening of what is set to be an extraordinary trial shining a spotlight on one of the largest sex trafficking rings in US history. Prosecutors will tell the court of how Ms Maxwell "assisted, facilitated, and contributed" to former partner Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse, in what has already been dubbed the “trial of the century”. The British socialite faces six criminal counts tied to alleged efforts to entice minors to travel and engage in illegal sex acts, conspiracy to transport minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and sex trafficking conspiracy. She has denied the charges, but faces up to 80 years in prison if found guilty. “I’ve waited 26 years for this,” tweeted Maria Farmer, one of Ms Maxwell and Epstein's alleged victims whose sister is one of the four accusers due to testify, on the eve of the trial. A dozen jurors, plus alternates, will be chosen …
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James Comey’s daughter vs Bin Laden aide’s lawyer as legal teams line up in Maxwell trial
The daughter of a former FBI director and a lawyer who defended Osama Bin Laden's spokesman are among the crack legal teams assembled for Ghislaine Maxwell's trial . Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI director James Comey, is one of three experienced federal prosecutors leading the criminal case against Ms Maxwell. The 32-year-old, Harvard-educated lawyer heads up the Violent and Organised Crime unit in the southern district of New York (SDNY). The SDNY is regarded as the most prestigious prosecutor's office in the country, and was previously led by Ms Comey's father. James Comey led the FBI during contentious investigations into Hillary Clinton's emails and the Trump campaign's links with Russia. He was famously fired by Donald Trump less than halfway through his 10-year term. His daughter Maurene has avoided the national spotlight but is no stranger to intense press scrutiny, having prosecuted a number of high-profile cases, including a prominent former …
Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking trial finally set to begin in New York
Ghislaine Maxwell ’s trial is finally set to start in New York, 17 months after the British socialite was arrested for allegedly trafficking minors on behalf of former boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell denies recruiting teenagers as young as 14 for the disgraced paedophile financier to sexually abuse from 1994 to 2004. Prosecutors say Maxwell, 59, befriended girls with shopping and movie theatre trips, later coaxing them into giving Epstein nude massages at his various residences, during which he would engage in sex acts before giving them money. The daughter of late media mogul Robert Maxwell has been held in a Brooklyn jail awaiting her trial and faces a potential life sentence if convicted. The holder of multiple passports, Maxwell has been refused bail six times, with judges deeming her a flight risk. She’s complained of being kept in ‘unsanitary and inhumane conditions’ while her brother, Ian Maxwell, previously said his sister is in ‘effective isolation’ …
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