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Time To Hold Maxwell ‘Accountable,’ Prosecutors Tell Sex Crimes Trial

US prosecutors urged a New York jury to convict Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking minors Monday, stating in closing arguments that the British socialite was a “sophisticated predator who knew exactly what she was doing.” Maxwell, 59, faces an effective life sentence if found guilty of six counts of recruiting and grooming young girls to …

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Time To Hold Maxwell ‘Accountable,’ Prosecutors Tell Sex Crimes Trial

US prosecutors urged a New York jury to convict Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking minors Monday, stating in closing arguments that the British socialite was a “sophisticated predator who knew exactly what she was doing.” Maxwell’s defense team countered in its own summation, arguing that there was a “lack of evidence” to find the 59-year-old …

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Jury Starts Weighing Ghislaine Maxwell’s Fate In Sex Crimes Trial

A New York jury on Monday began considering the fate of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, accused of recruiting and grooming young girls to be abused by late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell, the 59-year-old daughter of former newspaper baron Robert Maxwell, faces an effective life sentence if convicted on all six counts following a high-profile three-week …

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Jury Starts Weighing Ghislaine Maxwell’s Fate In Sex Crimes Trial

A New York jury on Monday began considering the fate of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, accused of recruiting and grooming young girls to be abused by late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell, the 59-year-old daughter of former newspaper baron Robert Maxwell, faces an effective life sentence if convicted on all six counts following a high-profile three-week …

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Maxwell Sex Crimes Trial Set To Hear Closing Arguments

US prosecutors and defense attorneys lay out their closing arguments in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex crimes trial Monday before a jury starts considering the fate of the British socialite. Maxwell, 59, faces an effective life sentence if convicted of six counts of enticing and transporting minors to be abused by late financier Jeffrey Epstein, her long-time …

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Defiant Maxwell Says Sex Crimes Charges ‘Not Proven’ As Defense Rests

A defiant Ghislaine Maxwell said Friday that prosecutors had failed to prove her guilty of sex crimes, as her defense wound up in a trial that heard lurid claims she groomed minors for abuse by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Speaking for the first time since her sensational trial opened late last month, the 59-year-old …

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Former Maxwell Assistant, Psychologist Testify In Sex Crimes Trial

Ghislaine Maxwell’s former assistant testified at the British socialite’s sex trafficking trial on Thursday that she never saw her employer or the late financier Jeffrey Epstein engage in any inappropriate behavior with underage girls. Cimberly Espinosa, 55, was the first witness called by the attorneys defending Maxwell against charges of enticing and transporting minors for …

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Prosecution Rests Case In Ghislaine Maxwell Sex Crimes Trial

US prosecutors on Friday rested their case in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, with the defense now preparing to argue the British socialite did not recruit and sexually abuse girls with the late Jeffrey Epstein. The high-profile trial has moved more swiftly than anticipated, with the government resting just ten days after it …

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