In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell is shown via video link during her hearing in Manhattan Federal Court, where she was denied bail for her role in helping Jeffrey Epstein to recruit and abuse minor girls.
Ghislaine was found guilty of helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse girls.
On Christmas Day, she turned 60 years old and faced criminal charges. She was found guilty of five of the six counts after five days of deliberations. She is likely to spend years in prison.
The judge read the jury's verdict and she didn't seem to react.
A second trial is planned for Maxwell, who is accused of lying under oath in a lawsuit.
In July 2020, the British man was arrested in New Hampshire, a year after the man was arrested on child sex trafficking charges.
She is the first person to be charged in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of girls other than him.
Teenagers were the accusers in the case, and they were abused by Epstein at his properties in the United States and London.
The basis of the charges were based on conduct in the 1990s.
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The road to justice has been long, but justice has been done. I want to commend the bravery of the girls who stepped out of the shadows and into the courtroom.
The result is possible because of the courage and willingness of the victims to face their abusers.
The government has not proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt and so there's no reason for me to testify, said the woman who has been held in jail without bail since her arrest.
The jury began deliberations late in the day after the prosecutor and lawyer gave closing arguments, and after the judge told the jury to apply the law in the case.
The assistant U.S. Attorney told jurors that she manipulated her victims.
She harmed young girls for a long time. It is time to hold her accountable.
The man died in a federal jail in Manhattan in August of 2019. It was a suicide by hanging.
Former Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and Prince Andrew of Britain were some of the well-known and wealthy people that Maxwell and Epstein socialized with for years.
After pleading guilty in 2008 to state criminal charges in Florida, he kept a low profile.
He spent most of his time on work release after he was released from jail.
An internal Justice Department investigation in 2020 found that a top federal prosecutor exercised poor judgement in cutting a deal with a man to avoid facing federal criminal charges. The report concluded that federal prosecutors did not engage in professional malfeasance in the deal.
The Office of Professional Responsibility found that Alexander Acosta, the former top federal prosecutor in Miami, closed the federal investigation into Epstein before significant investigative steps were completed.
The resignation of the first Labor secretary of the Trump administration was in response to the arrest of child sex traffickers and the prior no-prosecution deal he cut with one of them.
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