Ghislaine Maxwell ‘knew exactly what she was doing,’ prosecutor says in closing argument
The jury in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial has now begun deliberations, tasked with considering whether Maxwell is a dangerous predator who recruited teens to be sexually abused by financier Jeffrey Epstein — as prosecutors put it — or the “innocent woman” a defence attorney described.
Maxwell had been composed, if not cheerful, as she interacted with her lawyers and family members for the first three weeks of the trial. But she seemed emotional as Assistant US Attorney Maurene Comey rebutted defence arguments and asserted the British socialite believed her four trial accusers were beneath her.
Moe’s two-hour closing argument followed a three-week trial that included testimony from four women who said Epstein abused them when they were teenagers. Moe pushed back against the defence’s description of Maxwell as unaware of Epstein’s behaviour.“Ghislaine Maxwell made her own choices. She committed crimes hand-in-hand with Jeffrey Epstein. She was a grown woman who knew exactly what she was doing,” Moe said.
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