maxwell. we get more from dasha burns. reporter: tonight ghislaine maxwell s fate in the hands of a jury maxwell, a long-time confidant of jeffrey epstein facing six criminal counts and charges she conspired underage girls for epstein. in closing arguments today, the prosecution calling the two partners in crime who exploited young girls together their case centering on the claims of four women who say they were sexually abused by epstein, alleging maxwell helped recruit and groom them sometimes even taking part in the sex acts herself. all four say they were teenagers at the time. the prosecution calling maxwell a, quote, sophisticated predator, trading young girls for money and status, showing that maxwell received a total of $30.7 million from epstein, telling the jury, quote, when maxwell took the money, she knew what it was for and now you do, too. the defense arguing their client is a proxy for epstein who
girls, even being in the room when epstein abused them, but defense bobbi sternheim question that, telling the jury maxwell is a convenient stand in for the man who can not be here. epstein dade in august 2019 while waiting trial in what officially is criewld a suicide. maxwell had been in federal custody since june 2020, not far from the federal prison in manhattan where epstein was found hanging in his cell. six counts in the indictment, the most severe which is sexual traffic of minors. if ghislaine maxwell is convicted of that count, she may spend the rest of her life in prison. reporter: maxwell s trial is expected to last through the holidays and it s unclear if she ll take the stand in her defense, possibly portraying herself as a victim of epstein s as well.