What's going on with Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial?

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The prosecution has made its case against Ghislaine Maxwell. Starting Thursday, her defence team takes its turn.

Maxwell, a socialite, has denied allegations from multiple women that she helped the millionaire Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. Her lawyers say she's being wrongly targeted by prosecutors on a vendetta to hold someone accountable after Epstein killed himself while awaiting trial on related sex-abuse charges.WHO ARE GHISLAINE MAXWELL'S ACCUSERS?

The prosecution, mounted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, hinges on the accusations of four women who say they were teenagers when Maxwell and Epstein sexually exploited them in the 1990s and early 2000s. Three testified under the pseudonyms Jane, Kate and Carolyn. One, Annie Farmer, decided to tell her story publicly.Maxwell was arrested in July 2020 -- almost a year after Epstein killed himself in jail while awaiting trial.

 

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There's a lot going on. How about discussing their third partner Jean-Luc Brunel and his upcoming trial in France as well? epstein / GhislaineMaxwell

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