maintain her status. the case against maxwell hinging on the accounts of three women, who, in emotional and at times graphic testimony, said maxwell played a central role in their sexual abuse, beginning when they were teenagers and lasting for years. but throughout, her defense team claiming maxwell is innocent, saying she became a scapegoat after epstein died by suicide in his jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial. so, let s get right to erielle reshef, who has been covering this story from the beginning. and erielle, no sentencing date was set for maxwell in court today, but she s facing decades behind bars. reporter: that s right, whit. the defense saying they didn t want to move forward with sentencing until maxwell receives her booster shot in light of the rapidly spreading omicron variant. maxwell turns 60 on christmas while awaiting this veeshgt. she now faces the prospect of spending the rest of her life in prison. whit? erielle with the late developments today. thank y