Jury deliberations will resume on Monday morning in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial in federal court in Manhattan.
The trial began in earnest on 29 November. Maxwell, 60, is being tried on six counts for alleged involvement in her ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of girls, some as young as 14. Maxwell has pleaded not guilty.
Epstein, a financier and convicted sex offender whose associates included Prince Andrew, Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, was arrested in July 2019 for sex trafficking girls.
Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan federal jail, where he was awaiting his own trial, about a month after his arrest.
Deliberations in Maxwell’s trial began last Monday, before a break for the Christmas holiday.
Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organisations. In the US, Rainn offers support on 800-656-4673. In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support on 0808 802 9999. In Australia, support is available at 1800Respect (1800 737 732). Other international helplines can be found at ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html
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