If the jury doesn't reach a verdict before New Year's Eve, they will have to work on New Year's Day.
The acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced charges against Ghislaine.
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The jury in Manhattan federal court sent Nathan a note asking if they should work the holidays, and Nathan replied that they would unless it would cause them hardship.
The New York Times reported that on Tuesday, Nathan extended the jury's work time by one hour, citing the surge of Covid-19 cases in the city.
The jurors requested the transcripts of several witnesses, including a memory expert, two FBI agents, and a man who is a boyfriend of one of the witnesses.
I don't mean to pressure you. Nathan told the jurors that they needed to work over New Year's.
The number is big.
33. According to ABC News, the jury had deliberated for roughly four days despite being given the case on December 20. They were given time off for Christmas.
The key background.
In July 2020, he was charged with six counts of recruiting and grooming girls as young as 14 for the purpose of sexual abuse, and has remained in custody since. While awaiting his own charges of sex trafficking and sexual abuse of girls as young as 14 years old, he killed himself in prison. Prosecutors argued that Maxwell was crucial to the abuse that occurred and that he was a partner in crime with Epstein. The defense argued that she was an innocent woman and that she was a scapegoat for Epstein's crimes. The trial had several accusers testify. Annie Farmer, one of the few accusers to testify using her full name, said that she was groped by Maxwell when she was 16. Two other women testified that they were forced to have sex with Epstein when they were teenagers. She didn't take the stand in her defense. If he is found guilty of one count of sex trafficking of minor, he could face a maximum of 40 years in prison.
Ghislaine Maxwell was a sophisticated predator and partners in crime.
Ghislaine said that she was groped at age 16.
She said she was paid to give Jeffrey Epstein sexual massages when he was a teenager.
Ghislaine Maxwell will not testify at her sex abuse trial.
