British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell on Wednesday was convicted of recruiting and grooming teenage women for sexual encounters with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein between 1994 and 2004.
Beneath is an evidence of what comes subsequent for Maxwell, the 60-year-old daughter of late British media baron Robert Maxwell.
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WHEN WILL MAXWELL BE SENTENCED?
Maxwell faces as much as 65 years in jail for the 5 prices she was convicted of. She was discovered responsible of intercourse trafficking, probably the most severe cost she confronted with a most jail time period of 40 years.
U.S. District Choose Alison Nathan didn’t say when Maxwell can be sentenced.
Maxwell individually faces two perjury counts that might be tried at a later date.
WILL MAXWELL APPEAL?
Maxwell’s lawyer didn’t say but if the protection deliberate to attraction the decision.
Whereas Nathan dealt a number of blows to the protection — ruling, for instance, that their witnesses couldn’t testify anonymously as a few of Maxwell’s accusers did — authorized consultants mentioned Maxwell would wrestle to clear the excessive authorized bar wanted to overturn a responsible verdict.
To succeed, her legal professionals must present that Nathan violated federal guidelines of proof or abused her discretion, and that the error impacted the decision.
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WHAT CHARGES DOES SHE STILL FACE?
The 2 perjury counts relate to allegations that Maxwell lied beneath oath about her position in Epstein’s abuse throughout a deposition for a separate civil go well with in 2016. Nathan in April granted Maxwell’s request to sever the 2 prices from the remainder of the counts.
The 2 perjury counts every carry a most jail sentence of 5 years.
WHERE WILL MAXWELL GO NOW?
Maxwell will return to Brooklyn’s infamous Metropolitan Detention Middle, the place she has been held in isolation since July 2020. Maxwell has mentioned she has been served moldy meals on the jail and that the odor of uncooked sewage has permeated her cell.
