Ghislaine Maxwell Found Guilty In Sex Trafficking Trial

Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty on all but one count in her sex trafficking trial. Maxwell faced 6 charges accused of soliciting and grooming minors for abuse and sex crimes at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein, which date from 1994 up until 2004. She was convicted on 5 counts, including sex trafficking of a minor. The jury deliberated for 6 days. During the trial, 4 women testified that they had been sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein when they were all under the age of 18 and said Maxwell helped Epstein and sometimes even participated in the abuse. Maxwell pled not guilty to all charges. Her lawyers insisted she had been a scapegoat for Epstein who committed suicide in custody back in 2019 while awaiting trial. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY Damian Williams released a statement on the verdict saying, "A unanimous jury has found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of one of the worst crimes imaginable – facilitating and participating in the sexual abuse of children. Crimes that she committed with her long-time partner and co-conspirator, Jeffrey Epstein. The road to justice has been far too long. But, today, justice has been done.  I want to commend the bravery of the girls – now grown women – who stepped out of the shadows and into the courtroom.

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