Jurors, who began deliberations last Monday, consider evidence in Briton’s sex-trafficking trial
The trial began in earnest on 29 November. Maxwell, 60, is being tried on six counts for alleged involvement in her ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of girls, some as young as 14. Maxwell has pleaded not guilty.
Epstein, a financier and convicted sex offender whose associates included Prince Andrew, Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, was arrested in July 2019 for sex trafficking girls. Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan federal jail, where he was awaiting his own trial, about a month after his arrest., before a break for the Christmas holiday. A week after the conclusion of closing arguments, members of the media resumed their lasting – and cold – vigil outside the courthouse in lower Manhattan.
A delay in Judge Alison Nathan’s return to the bench fed a somewhat deflated atmosphere, amid speculation that some jurors were almost certain to return to the court Covid-positive, as the Omicron variant surges through the city. Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organisations. In the US,
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