in an interview with the bbc, her brother said the maxwell family supports an appeal against her conviction. i m not saying that they are lying. i mean, it may well be they were victims ofjeffrey epstein but i do not accept they were victims of ghislaine. that is my position, and that s also her position. in court, the jury decided the women were telling the truth, that ghislaine maxwell was notjust a passive bystander to the crimes ofjeffrey epstein but a sexual predator in her own right. her trial is just one of the court cases in the us arising from the activities of epstein. another is a civil lawsuit by virginia giuffre, formerly known as virginia roberts, against prince andrew, alleging sexual assault. prince andrew has always strongly denied her claims. mr maxwell, can we have a statement on behalf of the family, please? lawyers for ghislaine maxwell say they have already started work on her appeal. simon jones, bbc news.
cases associated with her crimes in the crimes ofjeffrey epstein and that includes a civil case being brought by virginia giuffre, formerly virginia roberts, against prince andrew for sexual assault. we know prince andrew and ghislaine maxwell were good friends but he was not named during her trial in court as someone who committed wrong doing and he has always strenuously denied the allegations against him. nevertheless, a hearing in that civil case against prince andrew is due to be heard in a federal court right here in new york injust due to be heard in a federal court right here in new york in just five days time and it is a hearing that will be closely followed on both sides of the atlantic. indeed, thank you very much for the latest on the reaction to that case in new york. the us presidentjoe biden and the russian leader vladimir putin have spoken on the phone this evening in a bid to defuse tensions over ukraine. it s the second time this month the two leaders have spoken. th
blame themselves, they feel ashamed and felt somehow responsible. under age girls are not the ones who are responsible. it is people like jeffrey epstein and miss maxwell. those are the ones who knew better and they had this pattern, this scheme, and they had this method of recruiting and bringing them in and normalising the situation, having their young girls thinking they were going to do a massage for $200 and after that they were sexually abused and that was a shock to say many and has left long lasting trauma and damage on the victims themselves. hank you so much for speaking to us this morning. gloria, a lawyer representing 20 ofjeffrey epstein s accusers. good morning. here s matt with a look at this morning s weather.
she goes on to say: gloria allred is a lawyer representing some ofjeffrey epstein s accusers. she praised the victims for their courage. yes, i represent 20 accusers ofjeffrey epstein and some of them have made allegations against ms maxwell as well, they made those allegations to law enforcement although they did not testify at this trial, it was only a very limited timeframe in which charges were filed in reference to ms maxwell at this trial. but it s been a long journey and as the us attorney said, and i even said it before he did, none of this could have happened without the courage of the victims because they testified very bravely, they were cross examined
been an enabler ofjeffrey epstein, who may have had a role in helping to recruit and to, you know, to involve themselves in assisting jeffrey epstein to commit his sexual misconduct and abuse of the girls or not. i don t know. this is some justice, not all the justice a lot of the victims want to because many of the victims want to because many of them wanted to be able to confrontjeffrey epstein himself in a court of law. of course they could not do that because he either committed suicide or was murdered at the metropole detention centre where he was awaiting his own criminal trial. i do note you mentioned the civil case against prince andrew. we will see what happens with that stop