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Ghislaine Maxwell is charged with six counts in her federal trial in New York related to what prosecutors say are her efforts to groom and traffic underage girls to be sexually abused by her close partner Jeffrey Epstein.
The woman has pleaded not guilty to six federal charges: sex trafficking of a minor, tempting a minor to travel for criminal sexual activity, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and three counts of conspiracy. .
All of the charges relate to the testimonies of four women who say Maxwell facilitated their sexual abuse - and was sometimes involved in it as well - more than a decade ago when they were under the age of 18.
However, as the 83-page jury instructions explain, some of the women are more important to the charges than others because of their age at the time and their specific allegations.
His defense sought to undermine the memories and motivations of the accusers during questioning.
He also argued that prosecutors are trying to scapegoat Maxwell just because Epstein, the financial elusive sex offender, committed suicide before he could be tried.
Four women testified at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial that they were sexually abused.
This is what they said
Jurors in the sex trafficking trial against Ghislaine Maxwell arrived in court on Monday, according to a news group report.
Attorneys for both parties are in court.
Last week, Judge Alison Nathan had advised the jury to begin deliberating.
On Wednesday night, before leaving for Christmas break, the jury had sent a note requesting that the transcripts of the testimony of Juan Alessi, "Jane" and "Kate" be delivered to them in a folder.
If convicted on all charges, the 59-year-old Maxwell could face up to 70 years in prison.
Here's a look at the six charges in detail and which accusers are associated with which charges.
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Charge one against Ghislaine Maxwell: child sex trafficking
The most serious charge against Maxwell is the sex trafficking of a minor, a charge punishable by up to 40 years in prison.
Child sex trafficking applies to any person who "knowingly or affects interstate commerce, recruits, attracts, harbors, transports, provides or obtains, by any means, a person ... knowing that ... the person He has not reached the age of eighteen and will be forced to participate in a commercial sexual act, "according to the jury.
The jury may also find you guilty of aiding and abetting the crime.
This position relates only to Carolyn between 2001 and 2004.
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Using only her first name, Carolyn testified that she was 14 when she began going to Epstein's house in Palm Beach, Florida, two or three times a week in early 2000. There, she engaged in sexualized massages with Epstein that Maxwell assisted. to facilitate, Carolyn said.
Each time he visited, they left $ 300 in cash for him in the bathroom sink, he said.
She estimated that it was more than 100 times in total.
Sometimes Maxwell or another Epstein associate would call her to make an "appointment," Carolyn testified.
She testified that Maxwell and her partner would call her at her mother's or boyfriend's phone numbers if they couldn't reach her.
On one visit, Carolyn was setting up a massage room for him when Maxwell entered the room.
Maxwell touched Carolyn's breasts, hips and butt, and commented that she "had a great body for Epstein and his friends," according to her testimony.
Maxwell and Epstein also invited her to go to an island, but she told them that she was too young, that her mother would not let her travel outside the country and that she did not have a passport, she testified.
In cross-examination, defense attorney Jeffrey Pagliuca highlighted notes from a 2007 FBI interview in which Carolyn did not mention Maxwell by name, as she sought to demonstrate that Maxwell was not a key player in the abuse.
Carolyn did, however, mention a "woman with short black hair and an accent" in that FBI interview.
"Miss Maxwell was not the topic of discussion at the time," Carolyn explained.
In deliberations, the jury asked the court to see those notes from the FBI interview, but the judge explained that the document is not evidence and therefore cannot be produced.
Still, some excerpts were read aloud during Carolyn's cross-examination, and were provided to jurors in a transcript of her testimony.
Tempting a minor to travel and transporting a minor
Maxwell faces two similar charges of tempting a minor in order to travel to engage in illegal sexual acts and transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
The jury may also find you guilty of aiding and abetting the crime.
Both charges relate solely to "Jane" between 1994 and 1997.
Jane, who testified under a pseudonym, said she met Maxwell and Epstein in 1994 when she was 14 at a camp where he was a benefactor.
They took an interest in her and Maxwell came to feel like an older sister, Jane said.
"It changed when the abuse started," Jane said.
Four women testified at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial that they were sexually abused.
This is what they said
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He described in graphic detail the incidents of sexual abuse with Epstein that Maxwell was sometimes involved in, both in Palm Beach, Florida and in Manhattan when he was 14, 15 and 16 years old.
She testified that Epstein masturbated with her and touched her, and Maxwell sometimes got involved, touching her and Epstein.
At least once, Maxwell told him how he liked to have Epstein massaged while the three were in his massage room, he testified.
During cross-examination, defense attorney Laura Menninger asked her a series of questions about statements in which Jane told law enforcement officers that she was not sure whether Maxwell had ever touched her and that she did not recall Maxwell having been present at any sexual activity.
'Jane' repeatedly said that she did not remember if she had told investigators that.
The temptation charge is punishable by up to 5 years in prison and the transportation charge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
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Conspiracy charges against Ghislaine Maxwell
Ultimately, Maxwell faces three counts of conspiracy related to each of the three counts mentioned above: (1) conspiracy to seduce a minor in order to travel to participate in illegal sexual acts;
(2) conspiracy to transport a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and (3) conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors
A person can be guilty of a conspiracy if he agrees with someone to do something illegal and performs a manifest act toward that goal.
They do not have to commit the underlying crime to be found guilty.
Therefore, these accusations against Maxwell are broader and include multiple accusers and a longer period of time.
The conspiracy to lure and the conspiracy to transport charges extend from 1994 to 2004 and relate to the indictments of the four accusers: Jane, Carolyn, Kate, and Annie Farmer.
Kate testified that she was 17 when she met Maxwell, who invited her to a London terraced house and instructed her on how to give Epstein a massage.
These massages soon turned sexual, Kate testified.
Judge Alison Nathan ordered the jury that they can consider Kate's testimony, but cannot convict her based solely on her story because she was over the age of consent at the time.
Farmer, the only accuser to use her full name, testified that she was 16 years old when Maxwell gave her an unsolicited massage while shirtless at Epstein's ranch in New Mexico in 1996. Farmer also said Maxwell instructed her to massage her feet. Epstein's bare feet.
During Farmer's testimony, the judge told jurors they could consider his testimony, but said it did not constitute illegal sexual activity as charged in the indictment.
Finally, the charge of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking dates from 2001 to 2004 and relates to multiple alleged victims, including Carolyn.
Each of the conspiracy charges is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.
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