A jury found Gilaine Maxwell, a girlfriend of the late banker Jeffrey Epstein, guilty of five counts out of six. The culprit was conspiracy with a businessman and the recruitment of minors for sexual exploitation. This was announced on Wednesday, December 29, by the New York Times.
The most serious point of the accusation, which the court admitted, is trafficking in minors for the purpose of their sexual exploitation. The only point on which the jury acquitted Maxwell was encouraging minors to cross state lines.
The trial of the 60-year-old former “socialite” was supposed to have lasted about six weeks, but it ended rather quickly, as the government reduced the list of witnesses and presented the case within 10 days.
“Maxwell was a sophisticated predator who knew exactly what she was doing. She manipulated her victims and prepared them for sexual assault, ”Attorney Alison Moe said in her closing speech to the jury last week.
Maxwell faces up to 65 years in prison. The main charges were that she was directly involved in the attraction of minors to sexual acts with Epstein and other men in 1994-1997. She not only looked for girls, but also encouraged them for their actions, prompting them to search for new “victims”.
In December 2020, Maxwell offered collateral guarantees of $ 28.5 million. She was ready to bail all her property and the property of friends and relatives. The court agreed with the demands of the prosecutors and refused to release her.
Financier Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in a New York City Correctional Center in August 2019. Several months earlier, he had been arrested on charges of organizing the sex trade and involving minors in prostitution.
According to the investigation, Gislaine Maxwell helped the businessman in this, for whom she was a friend and assistant. In addition, it is assumed that she not only helped him to establish contacts with minors, but also “participated in the ill-treatment herself”. Muskwell was arrested in New York.
Source: IZ
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