Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted last year of trafficking young sexual abuse victims to financier Jeffrey Epstein, is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday at a proceeding that will give several women a chance to speak about their torment.
The years that followed saw lawsuits and new accusations against people in Epstein and Maxwell’s social circle — including, who settled a civil case with Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre in March. The disgraced royal has repeatedly denied having sexual encounters with Giuffre, who alleged that she was trafficked to him by Epstein.
Maxwell recruited and groomed teenagers for Epstein, who expected multiple daily massages at home from young women who were not professional masseuses and who were pressured into engaging in sexual conduct with him during the encounters, according to evidence presented at Maxwell’s trial.She sought out troubled young women, often from unstable homes, who were enticed by a promise of easy money, prosecutors say.
Her lawyers have said that she was not an active participant in Epstein’s abuse and that she deserves leniency because she, too, was vulnerable when she met Epstein after her father, Robert Maxwell, a controversial media mogul, died under suspicious circumstances. Maxwell also had a troubled childhood, the lawyers have said, describing years of absentee parenting and trauma over the death of one of her older brothers.“The Court cannot heal the wounds caused by Epstein by heaping on Ms.
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