Arrive at their verdict. 0ne something they needed to try and arrive at their verdict. one of the concerns that the judge had in all of this is the rising cases of omicron in the city, they have been skyrocketing and she was worried that the longer the deliberations went on for, the more chance there was of someone getting the virus and that would have of course hugely impacted the proceedings but she stressed to them to take their time, however long it took. they had gone home for christmas and returned and they were potentially facing working throughout the new year period and the weekend to arrive to their verdict. but this isn t over yet for ghislaine maxwell, she is facing another trial here in new york next year. this is a perjury trial, she is accused of lying under oath in a deposition relating tojeffrey epstein a few years ago and those are charges she also denies. 0ne ofjeffrey epstein s accusers, virginia giuffre released a statement in reaction to the verdicts. in the state
Murdered, still to be determined, in the jail, in new york, in the metropolitan detention centre. they felt that they wanted to be able to confrontjeffrey epstein in a court of law and they were deprived of that right. but there is some justice that ghislaine maxwell, who assisted him, who conspired, who normalised their relationship with jeffrey epstein, normalised their relationship withjeffrey epstein, at least in terms of getting them into that, you know, massage room, in terms of sometimes arranging the logistics of their being able to get to jeffrey the logistics of their being able to get tojeffrey epstein, for what they thought was going to be a massage which ended up being sexual abuse. so and i think they are happy that at least some justice was done. yes, and hopefully an element of closure for those women, for those victims. gloria allred, thank you forjoining us live
Grave allegations against him in court in new york at the same time, that would not have been particularly a brilliant look for the royal family. particularly a brilliant look for the royalfamily. it would have cast a shadow over thosejubilee year events. it looks like another duke is now effectively being removed entirely from any official position and he won t be at any official events as a member of the royal family. at least for the time being while we see what is going to happen nextin while we see what is going to happen next in the progress of that civil court case. next in the progress of that civil court case- next in the progress of that civil court case. ., ., ., , ., ., court case. the allegations are of sexual assault court case. the allegations are of sexual assault against court case. the allegations are of sexual assault against this - court case. the allegations are of i sexual assault against this woman, that who jude has consistently denied. ., , denied. indeed,
The right way forward. many people don t file a civil damages case and advise them not to fight it out because it s damaging both in time, money and also character. the second issue with this is you ve got to calculate the potential harm and damage to your own character. perhaps by settling early and quickly, even if that s a settlement without an admission of liability, whether or not that is the best course of action. going back to an earlier stage in this case, we had a situation where prince andrews lawyers tried everything to get this case thrown out on a series of technicalities. they said that virginia giuffre couldn t sue him because of a proceeding settlement in relation tojeffrey epstein in florida. that was comprehensively thrown out by the manhattan judge back last month. we had another series of technical challenges to
Ghislaine maxwell was crucial tojeffrey epstein s operation. they say that she made the teenagers feel comfortable. she was posh, smiling, age acceptable, a cover really for mr epstein s behaviour, and that she knew exactly what she was doing when she sent them into a massage room with him. the defence says, no, she didn t know because mr epstein kept secrets from her. and in fact, she s being punished for his crimes. she s a scapegoat. the other issue is the credibility of the four women who have accused ghislaine maxwell of complicity in the abuse. the defence says they didn t mention her alleged role in their initial interviews with law enforcement, and they re only doing so now because they re motivated by money. the prosecution says the similarities in their stories actually show the playbook by which ms maxwell operated to recruit and groom them, and that, in fact, these women had already received payouts from jeffrey epstein estate. so if their motivation was money, they would