Almost a year and a half after her arrest, the eagerly awaited trial of the alleged sex offender begins on Monday Ghislaine Maxwell in New York. In the proceedings against the ex-partner of the deceased multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, the prosecution wants to convince the jury that Maxwell played a central role in the abuse of minors.
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Maxwell is said to have recruited minors for Epstein and partly participated in the abuse himself. The defendant rejects all allegations. If convicted, she faces a prison sentence of up to 80 years.
The daughter of the late British media mogul Robert Maxwell was arrested in the US state of New Hampshire in July 2020 and has been in custody since then. Convicted sex offender Epstein was found dead in his New York prison cell in 2019 after being arrested again. According to official information, he committed suicide.
In a separate process, the British Prince Andrew is also accused of sexual abuse of a minor. The American Virginia Giuffre accuses him of having been made a sex slave by Epstein and Maxwell as a teenager and abused by Andrew. (from with AFP, dpa)
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