been under scrutiny. now we re expected to hear at least some answers in this courtroom, but this trial will only focus on just four alleged victims. this morning, ghislaine maxwell is behind bars in brooklyn just hours away from the start of her trial. opening statements scheduled for monday. maxwell played a critical role in helping epstein to identify, befriend, and groom minor victims for abuse. reporter: prosecutors say she was the ring leader in procuring girls as young as 14 for jeffrey epstein who police say later killed himself in jail. she was one of the co-conspirators. she was right there with him. i mean, in my opinion, you know, she might have been just equally as bad as he was. reporter: jennifer has accused maxwell and others of helping facilitate epstein s abuse. maxwell has repeatedly denied the allegations against her. this is not one of the women expected to testify against maxwell, all of whom will be identified at the trial only by
ghislaine maxwell is behind bars in brooklyn just hours away from the start of her trial. opening statements scheduled for monday. maxwell played a critical role in helping epstein to identify, befriend, and groom minor victims for abuse. prosecutors say she was the ring leader in securing girls as young as 14 for jeffrey epstein. she was one of the co-conspirators. she was right there with him. i mean, in my opinion, she might have been just equally as bad as he was. reporter: jennifer o rose has accused maxwell and others of helping facilitate epstein s abuse. maxwell has repeatedly denied the allegations against him. rose is not one of the women expected to testify against maxwell, all of whom will be identified at the trial only by their initials. the biggest challenge for the government here is that these alleged crimes happened decades ago, and since that time, memories can fade and that can be ripe for cross examination by