US NY Maxwell Verdict Debrief

Описание: (30 Dec 2021) The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
AP Reporter Larry Neumeister in New York broke down the details of the case shortly after.
The verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring sordid accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14, told by four women who described being abused as teens in the 1990s and early 2000s at Epstein's palatial homes in Florida, New York and New Mexico.
Neumeister said the judge was nervous the spread of COVID-19 through New York might cause a mistrial if it affected the jurors.
As the verdict was read, Maxwell was largely stoic behind a black mask. Afterward, she could be seen pouring herself water as one of her attorneys patted her back. She stood with her hands folded as the jury filed out, and glanced at her siblings — faithfully in attendance each day of the trial — as she herself was led from the courtroom.
One of her victims, Annie Farmer, said she was grateful the jury recognized Maxwell's "pattern of predatory behavior."
No sentencing date was set.
The defense had insisted Maxwell was a victim of a vindictive prosecution devised to deliver justice to women deprived of their main villain when Epstein killed himself while awaiting trial in 2019.

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