Jurors in British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell‘s intercourse abuse trial requested to assessment transcripts of the testimony of extra witnesses on Wednesday, because the second full day of deliberations neared its shut.
Maxwell, 59, is accused of recruiting and grooming teenage ladies for financier Jeffrey Epstein, her ex-boyfriend and employer, between 1994 and 2004. She has pleaded not responsible to 6 counts of intercourse trafficking and different crimes. She additionally faces two perjury expenses that will likely be tried individually.
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Through the three-week trial in New York, the jurors heard emotional and specific accounts from 4 ladies who positioned Maxwell on the heart of their abuse by Epstein, who died by suicide in a jail cell in 2019 on the age of 66 whereas awaiting trial on intercourse abuse expenses.
On Tuesday, they requested to assessment the testimony of three of the ladies: Jane, Carolyn, and Annie Farmer. Maxwell’s attorneys centered their protection on undermining the ladies’s credibility and questioned them aggressively about why their tales appeared to shift through the years.
After deliberating for greater than six hours on Wednesday, jurors despatched a notice to U.S. District Decide Alison Nathan asking to learn transcripts of the accounts of the fourth accuser, Kate, and Juan Alessi, the previous home supervisor at Epstein’s Palm Seashore, Florida property who mentioned he noticed Jane on the property.
The girl testifying beneath the pseudonym Kate mentioned she was 17 in 1994 when Maxwell launched her to Epstein in London. Kate testified that she then had a number of sexual encounters with Epstein.
Nathan instructed the jury that Kate was above the age of consent on the time, so she was not the sufferer of any crime, however they might contemplate her testimony in the event that they discovered it helpful in evaluating the costs in opposition to Maxwell.
Deliberations started late on Monday afternoon following closing arguments.
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Together with the trials of film producer Harvey Weinstein and singer R. Kelly, Maxwell’s case is among the many highest-profile trials to happen within the wake of the #MeToo motion, which inspired ladies to talk out about sexual abuse by well-known and highly effective individuals.
Maxwell’s protection has additionally argued that prosecutors are scapegoating her as a result of Epstein is not alive.
