Prosecutors have finished presenting their case against GhislaineMaxwell. It comes after a key accuser at the sex-abuse trial testified Maxwell and Epstein forced themselves on her when she was just 16.
Annie Farmer told jurors she accepted an invitation to the financier’s sprawling New Mexico ranch in 1996 hoping Ms Maxwell and Mr Epstein would help her with academic endeavours.
Ms Maxwell, 59, has denied charges she groomed underage girls for Mr Epstein, who killed himself in jail in 2019. The judge has suggested that closing arguments, at a trial originally projected to last six weeks, might occur as early as December 20 if the defence presentation next week only lasts a day or two.
Ms Farmer, now 42, took the stand using her true identity, a departure from the decision by three other accusers with similar stories who testified under pseudonyms or first names only to protect their privacy. When they visited him at the home, he “seemed very friendly and down to earth,” and even offered to mentor her, she said.This courtroom sketch shows Ghislaine Maxwell, left, conferring with defense attorney Bobbi Sternheim before the start of her sex abuse trial.
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