Them, and count two where she was found not guilty unanimously was enticing a minor to travel and engage in illegal sex act, and that is in reference to one of the victims names jane. , there were four women in totalfor the women in total for the prosecution women in totalfor the prosecution built their women in total for the prosecution built their case women in totalfor the prosecution built their case on and on the one identified herself publicly at trial, her name is annie farmer, and based on their testimonies, the prosecution tried to show that ghislaine maxwell was not an innocent bystander in the life ofjeffrey epstein, she wasn t just some employee who came in and out of his life. she was present all the time, particularly in his residential life, where she managed the house, where much of the sexual abuse took place. they say she was integral to that abuse that she was this very captivating, very elegant woman who was a member of the upper edges of british society that women
They used their power together over the years to lure, intimidate and silence everyone around them. house rules, including this manual, told staff to be deaf, dumb and blind, forbidding them from making eye contact with epstein. i think this guilty verdict is immensely meaningful to sexual abuse victims everywhere, that no matter who you are, no matter what kinds of circles you travel in, no matter how much money you have, no matter how many years have passed since the sexual abuse, justice is still possible. ghislaine maxwell will be sentenced at a later date, and she still faces a second trial for perjury a charge which she denies. well, the trial of ghislaine maxwell is just one of the court cases associated with the activities ofjeffrey epstein, who, as we heard earlier, died in prison shortly after he was convicted of sex offences. another one of those court cases is a civil suit being
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Society. she was age appropriate, and they felt comfortable with her. and through her, they would go on to set up these massages, which were sexual in nature, and then they were forced to perform the sex acts, and many of them were getting caught up in a cycle of abuse for many, many years. ghislaine maxwell did speak in court last week, and that was to confirm that she would not take to the stand to defend herself. she had said that she did not believe the government had proven the charges against her without with reasonable doubt. at the jury rejecting that argument, they believe that argument, they believe that the prosecution did prove that the prosecution did prove that case, certainly in the five of those counts that ghislaine maxwell knowingly did what she dead, and as i say, she does now face the rest of her life behind bars. she turns 60 on christmas day. ijust want to let you know that we are expecting to have potentially from herfamily, potentially from her family, the po
They had to decide whether ghislaine maxwell and jeffrey epstein where partners in crime or whether she was a scapegoat to his crimes. the defence had argued that she was being punished for what he did. he killed himself in a jail sale date in exile here in new york a few years ago while awaiting his own trial. the defence said the government went after her because they couldn t go after him, whereas the prosecution s argument was that regardless what happened tojeffrey epstein two years ago, ghislaine maxwell was independently responsible for the crimes that she carried out. they said she wasn t an innocent bystander, she wasn t just an employee that came in and out ofjeffrey epstein s life, that she was constantly present. this was reflected in the testimony of the four women who took to the stand. they talked about the relationship they had built with ghislaine maxwell, that she was someone who was charming, educated, part of the upper edges of