Jane was the first accuser to take the stand. Farmer also said Maxwell had neither said nor done anything as Epstein had groped her at a cinema. In court, she pointed at the defendant and accused her of groping her in a topless massage at age 16. Reuters Copyright: Reuters Carolyn said she had been to Epstein's home hundreds of times Image caption: Carolyn said she had been to Epstein's home hundreds of timesįour women took the stand at Maxwell’s trial, testifying that they had been sexually abused by Epstein before they turned 18 and that Maxwell had urged, facilitated and participated in the abuse.Īnnie Farmer was the only one who used her real name in her testimony.

'Given the involvement of minors, the judge has really great discretion to impose a significant sentence, and based on the evidence that was presented at trial, frankly, I expect the judge to impose a very severe sentence upon her.' Sarah Krissoff, a former prosecutor with the Southern District of New York, tells the BBC she expects 'a very significant prison sentence' for Maxwell. Incarcerated in the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center in the borough ofīrooklyn, where Maxwell has previously complained about conditions. While she waits for her sentencing date, Maxwell will remain Judge violated federal rules that somehow impacted the jurors as they came to a A successful appeal would require that they show that the Maxwell’s defence team has said they will appeal the verdict. Up to the judge, who will also decide whether her sentences for each count are to be served Nathan, however, has yet to set a sentencing date. She now faces up to 65 years behind bars. The six charges she faced, she is far from done with the legal process. While Ghislaine Maxwell has been convicted of five of Today's coverage was provided by Bernd Debusmann, Max Matza, George Wright, Patrick Jackson, Jude Sheerin and Ritu Prasad. You can follow further updates to this story here. She is still facing two separate charges of perjury stemming from a deposition she gave in 2016 about one of Epstein's accusers, Virginia Giuffre

'Justice has been done,' said US Attorney Damian Williams after the verdict was read Lawyers for Maxwell say they already have plans to appeal the verdict and expect her to be exonerated She poured herself a glass of water and took two sips before a lawyer gave her a brief embrace and she was led out of the court The trafficking charge carries a sentence of 40 yearsĬoupled with the other grooming charges, it appears likely that Maxwell - who turned 60 on Christmas day - will spend the rest of her life behind barsĪs her sentence was read, Maxwell showed no emotion in court. The British socialite and associate of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein was found guilty of five out of six federal child sex charges - including sex trafficking of a minor They also criticized the judge for letting three of four women who testified about sexual abuse they suffered to use pseudonyms even though one granted an interview with the Daily Mail after the verdict and another made public statements even before testifying.Thank you for joining our live coverage of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial verdict in New York City.

They said the trial judge mishandled the controversy.Īnd they wrote that Maxwell’s “deplorable conditions of confinement” at a federal jail in Brooklyn prior to trial left her “so disoriented and diminished that she was unable meaningfully to assist in her own defense, much less to testify.” The lawyers repeated their claims that a juror’s disclosure to reporters after the verdict that he had failed to reveal that he was a victim of child sex abuse even though he had been asked were grounds to reverse the verdict. They also argued that a law used to convict her no longer applied once her accusers reached the age of 25, which all of them had by the time of the trial. Lawyers for Maxwell, a once privileged daughter of a shipping magnate, said in court papers that prosecutors never should have been able to press their case against her because a deal Epstein reached in September 2007 with federal prosecutors in Florida protected not only himself from prosecution but “any potential coconspirators.”

Her trial featured testimony from some women who were victimized when they were children as well as the testimony of pilots who dropped the names of famous men - Britain’s Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump - who flew on Epstein’s private jets.Įvidence showed that Epstein had transferred over $30 million to Maxwell, his onetime girlfriend, during and after a stretch of years from 1994 to 2004 when they were most closely connected.

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