Thursday, December 30, 2021

Guilty: Ghislaine Maxwell Faces Life in Jail for Sex Trafficking - BBC News

Dec 30, 2021 • Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The 60-year-old was found guilty on five of the six counts she faced - including the most serious charge, that of sex trafficking a minor.

The verdict was reached after five full days of deliberation by a 12-person jury in New York.

It means the British socialite could spend the rest of her life behind bars.

The verdict followed a month-long trial that featured testimony from four women who described being abused by Epstein between 1994 and 2004.

Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Aleem Maqbool.