In the sex trafficking trial of the british socialite, in its closing argument, the prosecution called her a sophisticated predator who had willingly assisted in abuse committed by the late paedophile, jeffrey epstein. gillaine maxwell denies the charges against her. barbara plett usher is following developments. jurors have to decide which version of events to believe. the prosecution has argued that 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 mentio
Hospitality sector. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon announces new covid restrictions, and says all outdoor events will be limited to just 500 people from boxing day. ajury in new york is considering its verdict in the sex trafficking trial of the british socialite, ghislaine maxwell. in its closing argument, the prosecution called her a sophisticated predator who had willingly assisted in abuse committed by the late paedophile, jeffrey epstein. gillaine maxwell denies the charges against her. barbara plett usher is following developments. jurors have to decide which version of events to believe. the prosecution has argued that 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
Jurors have to decide which version of events to believe. the prosecution has argued that 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
This aspect of them. they said she was crucial for the operation because she provided the smiling age appropriate coverfor because she provided the smiling age appropriate cover forjeffrey epstein s creepy behaviour and he went to and recap the testimonies of the four accusers as i wait to illustrate what they said was a playbook by which she and mr epstein operated to recruit and query them these teenagers for sexual abuse by jeffrey epstein and she ended by saying to the jurors if you believe the testimonies of these women and max let his guilty and she went on to talk about the race their testimony had been corroborated by various witnesses and documents and the defence he had been hearing is again repeating that argument that maxwell is a scapegoat forjeffrey epstein who committed suicide in prison and they said after that happened the government pivoted to maxwell and she s being basically
It is very systematic. this is their stock in trade. very often they will surround a village, they will attack it, they will separate men and women and then very often not only will they torture people but they will force people to watch, family members, to watch their family being tortured and killed. this is part of a systematic way of terrorising a country and instilling fear and, by fear, trying to wrestle control of the country, but it is having absolutely the opposite effect. it is outraging the country, it is stealing the resolve of those who are opposed to this horrific, horrific treatment of the people of myanmar. the defence and prosecution have been making their closing arguments in the trial of ghislaine maxwell. the prosecuction today described her as partner in crime tojeffrey epstein. ghislaine maxwell is accused of procuring underage girls for epstein to abuse in the late 90s