Trial of Alleged Pedophile Ghislaine Maxwell Set to Start; Maxwell Reportedly Plans to Defend Herself on Stand
By The Hill. The trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who is accused of helping her close confidant Jeffrey Epstein recruit and sexually abuse underage girls, is set to begin on Monday, more than two years after the convicted sex offender’s sudden death in prison.
A jury of 12 individuals and six alternates will be empaneled at the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, where they will hear testimony in what is expected to be a six-week trial, according to The Washington Post.
Maxwell, 59, has been charged with six counts for her alleged involvement in helping Epstein facilitate a sex-trafficking scheme: conspiracy to entice a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, conspiracy to transport a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors and sex trafficking of minors. (Read more from “Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell Set to Start” HERE)
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Ghislaine Maxwell Ready to Take Stand to Defend Herself at Trial: Report
By New York Post. Accused child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is prepared to take the stand at her highly anticipated upcoming trial in order “to save her own life,” according to reports.
Maxwell, 59, faces life in prison if convicted of procuring underage girls as young as 14 years old for her longtime friend, Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted pedophile, between 1994 and 2004.
Sources close to the disgraced British socialite told The Daily Mail that she will take the stand to defend herself if necessary after the prosecution rests its case. Defendants in sexual abuse cases typically do not testify, instead opting to let the prosecution prove its case.
“She has never shied away from the truth and she is looking forward to her day in court,” a source told The Daily Mail.
“Ghislaine is not over-confident by any means but she knows she is telling the truth,” the source told the paper. (Read more from “Ghislaine Maxwell Ready to Take Stand to Defend Herself at Trial: Report” HERE)
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