Decide upholds Ghislaine Maxwell’s intercourse trafficking conviction
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A trial decide has concluded there was sufficient evidence to convict Ghislaine Maxwell of intercourse trafficking
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press
29 April 2022, 22:26
• 3 min read
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this textNEW YORK -- A judge concluded Friday that there was enough evidence to convict British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking women for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, however she also gave Maxwell a legal victory by concluding that three conspiracy counts charged the identical crime and she will solely be sentenced for one.
U.S. District Decide Alison J. Nathan said in her written ruling that the jury’s responsible verdicts had been “readily supported” by in depth witness testimony and documentary proof at a one-month trial that concluded in December.
Lawyers for Maxwell had requested her to reject the verdict on multiple grounds, together with inadequate evidence.
Maxwell, 60, was convicted of recruiting teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse from 1994 to 2004.
Nathan said that she'll only sentence Maxwell in late June on three of the 5 counts she was convicted on after concluding that two conspiracy counts had been duplicates of the third.
“This legal conclusion in no way calls into question the factual findings made by the jury. Rather, it underscores that the jury unanimously found — 3 times over — that the Defendant is guilty of conspiring with Epstein to entice, transport, and traffic underage ladies for sexual abuse,” Nathan wrote.
The reduction of counts from 5 to 3 was not expected to have a lot effect on the sentencing, when Maxwell could face a sentence starting from several years to a long time in jail.
Legal professionals for Maxwell didn't return messages requesting remark. Prosecutors declined comment.
Earlier this month, the decide refused to toss out Maxwell's conviction after a juror disclosed to different jurors throughout jury deliberations that he had been sexually abused as a toddler though he had not revealed that reality in response to questions about prior intercourse abuse posed in a written questionnaire.
The juror had stated he “skimmed means too quick” by way of the questionnaire and didn't intentionally give the incorrect reply to a query about intercourse abuse.
In refusing to toss the decision, Nathan stated the juror’s failure to reveal his prior sexual abuse during the jury selection process was highly unlucky, but not deliberate.
The choose additionally concluded the juror “harbored no bias toward the defendant and will serve as a fair and neutral juror.”
Maxwell, arrested in July 2020, has remained incarcerated. Epstein was 66 when he took his personal life in a federal jail cell in August 2019 as he awaited a intercourse trafficking trial.