The jury in federal court in Manhattan began deliberations on sex abuse charge late on Monday afternoon after three weeks of emotional testimony from the four accusers.
Assistant US Attorney Maurene Comey said the British socialite believed her four trial accusers were beneath her:“In her eyes,they were just trash.”
Closing arguments are now set for Tuesday AEDT in the trial,in which Maxwell is accused of helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse four teenage girls.
Cimberly Espinosa testified at the sex abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell that she worked on a daily basis with Maxwell for six years and had only admiration for her.
Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys will likely focus on portraying her accusers as untrustworthy at her sex abuse trial.
US prosecutors have presented a succession of women making powerful accusations against Ghislaine Maxwell,but one large elephant remains in the room.
The defence has tried hard to portray the accusers’ testimony as tainted by faulty memories,drug abuse and the millions of dollars they’ve received from Epstein’s estate.
The photograph of the pair at the woodland cabin in Glen Beg was among a trove of pictures that were recovered from hard drives and CDs at Epstein’s New York townhouse.
Witness “Kate” told jurors she looked up to the Oxford-educated Ghislaine Maxwell,who boasted about being friends with people like Prince Andrew and Donald Trump.
One week into Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial,the jury has already been on board Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet and inside his Palm Beach mansion. They’ve also seen his stained massage table.
Photographs of naked children displayed in Epstein’s Florida mansion were “playful”,argued Ghislaine Maxwell’s defence lawyer.