alive. we are into the second week of the ghilaine maxwell trial in manhattan and today a second alleged victim has been on the stand. she is being referred to under the pseudonym kate. she told the court she was 17 and struggling to make friends after moving to britain from france when she met maxwell for tea at her london townhouse in 1994. after that maxwell offered to introduce kate to her boyfriend the billionaire and paedophile jeffrey epstein, who she said would be able to help with kate s aspiring music career let s speak to our correspondent in new york nada tawfik. we need to start with the age of kate because at the time of the abuse she was 17, so here in england she was within the age of consent and why does that matter in this
discredit her. tell me about that. what did the discredit her. tell me about that. what did the defence discredit her. tell me about that. what did the defence make - discredit her. tell me about that. what did the defence make of. what did the defence make of the evidence? , ., , what did the defence make of the evidence? , . , . . what did the defence make of the evidence? , . , ., . ., ., evidence? they really latched onto her background, evidence? they really latched onto her background, trouble evidence? they really latched onto her background, trouble with - evidence? they really latched onto | her background, trouble with abuse of alcohol and cocaine and they went back to their idea of memory, money and manipulation. they asked how could you be sure that her memories were accurate if she was under the influence of alcohol and cocaine. kate hit back saying that her memories have been clear all along, especially those significant memories in her life. they also question th
abuse. kate really did that for the prosecution in terms of her account. she talked about how she was befriended by miss maxwell and thought she would help, did not want to say no to her request, those request included massaging jeffrey epstein even though she was not a professional masseuse and that led to sexualised encounters and she was even asked at one point were a schoolgirl uniform, allegedly, because she said it would be fun for jeffrey epstein. she was asked by the defence why she did that and she said she was in palm beach at the time, she did not know anyone in florida and she was afraid of telling them now. this is a key account, regardless of the fact that she is not to be considered a victim ljy she is not to be considered a victim by thejury, but she is not to be considered a victim by the jury, but it outlines this pattern and again at miss maxwell has denied the allegations and there was a really thorough cross examination to try to discredit her. cross-examination to
case and why does the prosecution think she is still relevant?- think she is still relevant? yeah, that is absolutely think she is still relevant? yeah, that is absolutely right, - think she is still relevant? yeah, that is absolutely right, her - think she is still relevant? yeah, that is absolutely right, her age | that is absolutely right, her age became a real issue of contention between the prosecution and defence because remember this indictment is all about underage victims. it is about six trafficking, grooming and sexually abusing underage girls, so what thejudge sexually abusing underage girls, so what the judge instructed the jury was that while kate could testify as a witness in this case, they are not to regard the sexual act she is testifying about as illegal. that is a real key point that makes her testimony different from jane who said she was sexually abused at 1a years old. what kate is really showing for the prosecution, what they hope at least, is how miss maxwell
staying. she said, look, we ll both stick it out together and if at the end of sophomore year we feel the same way we ll leave. reporter: they stuck it out and in their second year moved into this flat together with a couple other friends. it blossomed from there. we saw more of each other. hung out a bit more and did stuff. you didn t like my cooking. the cooking was all right. it got better. and it was in that spring of living together in 2002 that kate hit the lingerie runway william saw his close friend in a very different light. they quickly became more than just roommates. being friends with one is a massive advantage. reporter: the idea of a prince living with his girlfriend was unheard of for the house of windsor. diana was 19 when she dated prince charles. she lived here in a flat in london. he lived miles away in the