She allegedly played a key role in the sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple underage girls by Jeffrey Epstein over several years.ĭuring this time, court documents allege that Ms Maxwell's relationship with Epstein was both intimate and professional, and he paid her to manage his multiple properties. If found guilty, she faces up to 80 years in prison. The daughter of the late British publishing magnate Robert Maxwell is facing sex trafficking charges. What charges does Ghislaine Maxwell face?
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Here's what you need to know as the highly anticipated trial of the former jetsetter gets underway. Ms Maxwell has pleaded not guilty and vehemently denies any wrongdoing. Prosecutors say the 59-year-old aided and abetted Epstein in grooming, trafficking and abusing underage girls in crimes dating back to the mid 1990s. We still don't know the extent of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex trafficking ring, the origins of his shadowy fortune, or which powerful men were involved.īut later today, lawyers in New York will start trying to get to the bottom of what Ms Maxwell did and didn't know - and if she committed crimes at his behest.
Sixteen months after FBI agents swooped in on her remote hideaway to arrest Ghislaine Maxwell on sexual abuse charges, the trial of the British socialite and former partner of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is beginning in New York.įor her alleged victims, they hope this trial will be a chance for justice.įor everyone else, it may be the last chance to unravel the mystery surrounding the American financier, who took his secrets to the grave in 2019.
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