Federal prosecutors give final pitch to jurors in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, arguing that as a longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, she enabled his sexual desires for girls and young women by targeting and conditioning minors.
in July 2020, declined to testify in her own defense before her lawyers wrapped up their case Friday, calling far fewer witnesses than they initially planned.
"Ghislaine Maxwell is an innocent woman, wrongfully accused of crimes she did not commit," defense lawyer Laura Menninger said during her closing arguments. Another witness for the prosecution, Juan Alessi, said he worked at Epstein’s Palm Beach, Florida, home from about 1990 to 2002.that he saw"many, many, many females" at the estate and that it was Maxwell who exerted control as the"lady of the house."
Maxwell, the daughter of the publishing magnate Robert Maxwell, was attentive while the prosecutor spoke, taking notes and at times looking over to the jury. Her four siblings earlier linked arms in support of their sister when they arrived at the courthouse.
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