the world health organization warns of huge strains on health systems. hello. 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 60 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 convictions mean maxwell faces the possibility of spending the rest of her life in prison. ghislaine maxwell s lawyer had this to say outside court. we firmly believe in ghislaine s innocence. obviously, we are very disappointed with the verdict. we have already started working on the appeal and we are confident that she will be vindicated. everyone, be healthy, have a happy new year. but prosecutor, us attorney damian williams, welcomed the verdict. the road to justice has the road tojustice has been far too long. but today, just as has been done. i want to commend
And one of his favourites. carolyn said maxwell told her she had a great body for epstein and his friends, before touching her breasts. and annie farmer, the only victim who publicly identified herself, said ghislaine maxwell gave her an unsolicited massage and rubbed her breasts. she said: legal experts said the defence s attack on the women s memories and motives didn t help ghislaine maxwell overcome the compelling evidence. she had the disadvantage of having to try to explain away this parade of young girls who were coming in and out of the home daily, and she claimed she knew none of that, that it never happened. and that s very, very difficult for the jurors 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 homes showed the duo s jet setting, luxurious lifestyle.
Immediately turned to jeffrey epstein. i was hoping that we would get some more clarity into that. we still don t really know. and we still don t really know. and we still don t really know. and we still don t really know howjeffrey epstein made his money. in the first place. and without money, he would never have been able to pull off this grotesque sexual abuse and the whole enterprise, because in the 1980s when he was much poorer, he lived in a studio apartment, none of the people i interviewed over the years ever remember this kind of behaviour. he was known for having adult girlfriends over quite a long period of time, one of whom testified that this trial. it was when he got money that we still don t really understand the source of that he was able to retreat into his various palaces, islands, shangri la s, and carry on this disgusting abuse with ghislaine maxwell by his side.
Welcome to bbc news. i m simon pusey. our top stories: the british socialite ghislaine maxwell is found guilty on five counts of grooming and trafficking teenage girls for abuse by a jury in new york. maxwell procured the girls for the financier and convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. she faces the rest of her life behind bars. no matter who you are, no matter what kinds of circles you travel in, no matter how much money you have, no matter how many years have passed since the sexual abuse, justice is still possible. we ll be looking at the implications of the verdict for prince andrew who is named in a lawsuit brought by a woman who says she was groomed by maxwell and abused by the prince. and record numbers of covid infections are recorded across europe and the us driven by the omicron variant.
Started working on the appeal and we are confident that she will be vindicated. everyone, be healthy, have a happy new year. but prosecutor, us attorney damian williams, welcomed the verdict. the road to justice has the road tojustice has been far too long. but today, just as has been done. i want to commend the bravery of the girls, now grown women who stepped out of the shadows and into the courtroom. their courage and willingness to face their abuser made today s result in this case possible. let s hear from our correspondent aleem maqbool who s outside the court in new york. tonight marks the final fall from grace for ghislaine maxwell, because a jury in the courthouse behind me has decided she wasn tjust a bystander to the crimes, the sexual offences committed byjeffrey epstein, they decided that she was herself a predator an active participant in the sexual abuse of teenagers. they did that by finding her