jeffery epstein and ghislaine maxwell and hopefully they will find peace in having justice served. martha: it s astonishing that jeffrey epstein did not stick around to get justice for these women. the assistant u.s. attorney said that maxwell subjected the girls to horrifying nightmares. they were partners in crime together. they molested these kids together. that is what this jury seems to have concluded as well, mercedes. indoubtedly. i m glad that at a minimum because i know there was other talk by the defense to get significantly less than 20 years. that was not upheld by the court. the 20 years will give her plenty of time to pay for the crimes that she s been convicted of. martha: mercedes, thank you. mercedes colwin on this breaking news that just happened. also breaking right now, texas
professional life and broken hearts in his personal life. if you are not doing what you re supposed to do, he s gonna let you have it. at work i could tell that he was probably a pretty good womanizer. by the end of it, investigators would discover a world of grudges and a hotbed of affairs and messy love triangles. and it all began with this man, nicolas morelos. we were constantly teasing and messing with each other. john morelos and his brother nick grew up outside tucson, arizona. what was he like as a little brother? a prankster. he was either going to get in trouble or he had already done something that would ve gotten him in trouble. or he was going to get you in trouble. absolutely. just 18 months apart, john and nick were close, partners in crime, brothers who had each other s backs. and just like his brother, nick served in the military. at 18 he enlisted in
best friends. we were bonnie and clyde. we were partners in crime. then why, the defense asked, was his bonnie in the dark about what actually happened at the lake? denise williams had no idea that you shot her husband in the face with a shotgun, did she? correct. i tried to tell her about it one day. and she did not want to know the details. she told me that she assumed that what we had planned did not happen and god was gonna forgive us. in the end, the defense attorney got brian to tell jurors exactly why they should not believe him. mr. winchester, you re a murderer. isn t it true? yes, sir. mr. winchester, you re a liar. isn t that true? yes, sir. you got him to say yes to both of those things. i have probably in 20 years never had a witness come right out and say boldly and emphatically that they are a liar. in his final remarks to the jury, attorney ethan way argued,
back due to concerns over covid. china is attempting to stick to a zero covid strategy ahead of its lunar new year celebrations and the beijing winter olympics. one in 30 people in the uk were estimated to have tested positive for covid heading into christmas a new record high for infections. victims of ghislaine maxwell have been speaking of their relief at the guilty verdicts in her sex trafficking trial in new york. she now faces a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted for grooming underage girls to be abused by the disgraced financier, jeffrey epstein. her family are backing an appeal against her conviction. sanchia berg has the latest. they were painted in court as partners in crime. maxwell groomed the teenage girls, epstein abused them. he died in prison, now she faces decades behind bars,
she now faces a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted for grooming underage girls to be abused by the disgraced financier, jeffrey epstein. her family are backing an appeal against her conviction. simonjones has this report. described in court as partners in crime, running a pyramid scheme of abuse, the british former socialite ghislaine maxwell would groom underage girls for american financier jeffrey epstein. he killed himself injail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. she could spend the rest of her life behind bars, to the relief of the victims. we have a lot of work to do in this country in terms of holding people accountable, and educating about things like grooming. i didn t know when i was 16. i had no idea, i d never heard that term i didn t understand what was happening to me, this combination of being given gifts and positive attention and also having this abuse and these boundary violations. ghislaine maxwell s victims say her conviction shows perpetr