Against their abusers to confront the abusers in court, we re seeing that the women are believed. this is very different than ten years ago, when women who testified about sexual abuse were often themselves maligned. i think the defense s strategy of attracting these women and suggesting that maxwell wasn t responsible, even though there was a trove of evidence against her, was clearly rejected by this jury. one down and a big one. what about the others. a lot of high-powered and famous men that spent a lot of time palling around with epstein and accused of sexually abusing young girls. how soon before they are on trial? i think they should be very concerned. i cannot imagine anything other than the prosecutors being emboldened. we know they have said that the investigation is ongoing. we know there were, as you said, men who were part of the sex ring who had sex apparently with these minor girls, you know, at various estated owned by
The courage to step up like these four women did and to testify against their abusers, to confront their abusers in court, we are seeing those women are believed. this is very different than even ten years ago when women who testified about sexual abuse were often themselves maligned. i think the defense s strategy of trying to attack these women and suggest somehow maxwell wasn t responsible, even though there was a trove of evidence against her, was clearly rejected by this jury. one down and a big one, but what about all of the others. what about the high-powered and famous men that palled around with epstein who are accused of sexually abusing young girls, how soon before they are on trial? i think, john, they should be very concerned. i cannot imagine anything other than these prosecutors being emboldened. we know they ve already said this investigation is ongoing. we know that there were, as you said, men who were a part of the sex ring who had sex apparently with these minor
That trusted, like that big sister, that mentor, all along knowing she was preparing them to engage in these sexual acts or to be victimized by epstein and his pals. we should also note this wasn t just jeffrey epstein. other powerful men were involved in this illegal sex ring. another epstein accuser, annie farmer, said this morning she really hopes that the d.a. s office will in her words continue to investigate so others will be held accountable for the ways they abuse people. and you also heard virginia giuffre just say this is just the beginning. how likely is it that this is just the beginning in terms of charges against others? i hope it is just the beginning. i hope you see others brought to justice, that we see others prosecuted, indicted, and tried in the way that we saw maxwell. we know that the prosecutors in this case have said this is an ongoing investigation. and some pretty powerful names
I would be like, you re a dumbass. this is not true. he would tell us such crazy things. hillary clinton had a sex ring in the basement of a pizza parlor. tom hanks and his wife were the head of a pedophile ring. your son believed in qanon, basically? yes, absolutely. a new conspiracy was seeping its way into right-wing social media and news outlets. qanon. qanon believed that basically all democrats are evil, satanic worshipping pedophiles and the only person who can stop all this evil and save the world is donald trump. qanon believers would seek out encoded messages on the internet, parse out numbers and words of trump s messages waiting for some big action from the president. at trump campaign rallies, q
Maxwell facing up to 70 years in prison as facilitated helping him recruit, groom and abuse victims as young as 14 years old. that s why she s been charged with half a dozen criminal counts including sex trafficking and enticing minors to travel to engage in a illegal sex acts. she s pleaded not guilty. that was two years after epstein was found dead in his jail cell and maxwell is accused of running a sex ring and procuring underaged girls to men, this case is focused on four victims abused between 1994 and 2004. prosecutors in court today describe maxwell and epstein as partners in crime who devised a pyramid scheme of abuse in which they encouraged girls to recruit other young girls. in turn, maxwell s lawyer is describing her as a scapegoat for epstein s actions. they called one of epstein s