and abused by the prince. a jury in new york has found the british socialite ghislaine maxwell guilty of having helped the late financier, jeffrey epstein, sexually abuse teenage girls. the jurors found the sixty year old guilty of another four charges connected with procuring the victims and facilitating the abuse. she was found not guilty on one other charge. the defence team is expected to appeal against the verdict. the convictions mean maxwell faces the possibility of spending the rest of her life in prison. i m joined now by our correspondent nomia iqbal, who s outside the courthouse in manhattan. just talk us through what happened in court. the just talk us through what happened in court. , ., , in court. the “ury had been deliberating in court. thejury had been deliberating for in court. thejury had been deliberating for nearly - in court. thejury had been deliberating for nearly six. in court. the jury had been i deliberating for nearly six full days on the f
Should be seen as a victory for all victims of ghislaine maxwell and jeffrey epstein, and a victory as you have heard before on behalf of all of these victims, men, women, boys, girls, everywhere that were afraid to come out and speak their truth. and now they know that if they do, that people will listen injustice can be served. i they do, that people will listen injustice can be served. i wanted to ask you about injustice can be served. i wanted to ask you about that, injustice can be served. i wanted to ask you about that, the injustice can be served. i wanted to ask you about that, the wider - ask you about that, the wider context here. you dojanuary and dashed genuinely think it s that significant that it will have ramifications beyond this case. i absolutely do. i know my clients are looking forward to a similar verdict with respect to jeffrey epstein looking forward to a similar verdict with respect tojeffrey epstein as well, and it was an absolute tragedy that the us atto
Ghislaine maxwell will now finally pay for her terrible crimes. her victims were robbed ofjustice for decades, but four of them have helped put a now infamous sexual predator behind bars. each was from a troubled or cash strapped home, and the court heard how ghislaine maxwell gained their trust. during their explicit and emotional testimony, they told the jury how she instructed them to get the late jeffrey epstein massages that turned sexual. all but one, annie farmer, testified anonymously, using a psuedonym or just theirfirst name. jane said maxwell participated in her sexual encounter with epstein. kate said after sexual contact with epstein, maxwell asked her if she had fun, saying she. carolyn said maxwell told her she had a great body for epstein and his friends before touching her breasts.
Brought against him in new york by virginia roberts or virginia giuffre as she is now. in a submission to the court, andrew s legal team say the case should be dismissed. they said the allegation against him are baseless and motivated by giuffre s desire for a payday at his expense. whatever the truth of those allegations, it s clear that andrew had a long lasting friendship with ghislaine maxwell. it was to her that andrew turned when virginia roberts s allegations surfaced. in january 2015, andrew e mailed maxwell. ..he wrote, to which maxwell replied. however, by the time andrew did his interview with newsnight, he seemed to want to distance himself from his old friend. if there are questions that ghislaine has to answer,
Of that, that it never happened, and that s very, very difficult for thejurors to credit, and when the jurors concluded that ghislaine maxwell was a liar, they concluded that she was a predator. police raids of epstein s comes homes showed the duos jet setting luxurious lifestyle. in this photo, the pair are see relaxing at the queen s balmoral residence, when prince andrew reportedly invited the couple to the estate. the staggering wealth on display from opulent properties in florida, new york, new mexico and even epstein s own private island, nicknamed little saintjeff , only highlighted how they used their power together over the years to lure, intimidate and silence everyone around them. house rules, including this manual, told staff to be deaf, dumb and blind , forbiding them from making eye contact with epstein. i think this guilty verdict