Ghislaine Maxwell’s sexual abuse trial jury urges Reuters to review prosecutors’ testimony

Author: Luc Cohen

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The jury for Ghislaine Maxwell’s sexual abuse trial on Tuesday called for a review of the transcripts of her three accusers’ testimony as discussions on the fate of the British Socialist entered the second day.

In a statement to U.S. District Court Judge Alison Nathan, the jury asked for a re-reading of Jane, Carolyn and Annie Farmer’s accounts, each of which stated that Maxwell had been sexually abused by former financier Jeffrey Epstein as teenagers.

Maxwell, 59, is accused by Epstein of hiring and decorating four girls for abuse between 1994 and 2004. He has been convicted of sex trafficking and other crimes.

His lawyers have argued that the goat is suffering from Epstein’s crimes, a traveling investor – Maxwell’s ex-boyfriend and employer – who committed suicide in a Manhattan jail in 2019 at the age of 66 while awaiting trial for sexual abuse.

A woman known by the nickname Jane stated that Epstein was 14 years old when they started being abused in 1994 and that Maxwell was sometimes involved in their sexual intercourse.

A woman known by her name, Carolyn, testified that Maxwell touched her naked body while preparing to give Ersteine ​​an erotic massage at the age of 14 in the early 2000s.

Farmer said he was 16 in 1996 when Maxwell massaged his bare chest at Epstein’s New Mexico ranch.

Maxwell’s lawyers have largely focused their defense on weakening the credibility of the prosecutors, arguing that their memories have faded over time and pushing money to cooperate with prosecutors. The four women received $ 1 million in compensation from a victim fund managed by Epstein’s estate.

“They all changed their stories when the Epstein Victims Compensation Fund was opened,” Maxwell’s lawyer Laura Menninger told the jury in a closing debate on Monday. “That should make you doubt.”

The three women told the jury they were motivated to testify that they wanted justice, not money.