NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell, the associate of Jeffrey Epstein who lured underage girls into the disgraced financier's lurid world, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in federal prison and a $750,000 fine following her December conviction on five criminal counts, including sex trafficking.
Maxwell addressed the court for five minutes and said she empathized with the victims, but she didn't take responsibility for causing their suffering.
"It is my sincerest wish to all those in this courtroom ... that this day brings this terrible chapter to an end," she said.She called Epstein a"manipulative man" who was"cunning,""controlling" and"fooled all of those in his orbit." "Ghislaine Maxwell played an instrumental role in the horrific sexual abuse of multiple young teenage girls," prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum."As part of a disturbing agreement with Jeffrey Epstein, Maxwell identified, groomed, and abused multiple victims, while she enjoyed a life of extraordinary luxury and privilege."
Maxwell's lawyer said Sunday that she had been placed on suicide watch while awaiting sentencing at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn -- even though her attorneys had told the court she was not suicidal and that outside psychologists agreed with that assessment. The defense also suggested Maxwell was susceptible to Epstein's influence in part because of her relationship with her father, the late British publishing magnate Robert Maxwell, who the defense said verbally and physically abused her.
"The accusers' memories ... started to shift," Menninger said."The truth was manipulated and changed over time."
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