On trial for sex crimes since the end of November, Ghislaine Maxwell has been convicted of five counts. The former accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein risks decades in prison.
The verdict fell this Wednesday, December 29. Since the end of November, the former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, now aged 60, was tried in federal court in Manhattan on six counts. She was found guilty of five of them, in particular that of providing minors to her former partner, the American financier Jeffrey Epstein, to be sexually abused.
After 40 hours of deliberations over five days, “a unanimous jury found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of one of the worst crimes imaginable – facilitate and take part in the sexual assault of children “Manhattan District Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement. But the Briton does not intend to stop there. “Very disappointed with the verdict “, his lawyer Bobbi Sternheim has already announced to the press his intention to appeal.
Ghislaine Maxwell faces ten years in prison
“Jane”, “Kate”, “Carolyn” and Annie Farmer, the only one to speak without a pseudonym, had testified for nearly three weeks against Ghislaine Maxwell. They had thus told the crimes perpetrated by the latter with her partner and lifelong accomplice, Jeffrey Epstein, who committed suicide in a New York prison in August 2019, before his trial.
This is obviously a great victory for the victims of the billionaire. “The path to righteousness has taken too long. But justice has been served today”, moreover welcomed the prosecutor, welcoming the “courage of the girls – become women”. For the time being, no date has yet been set for the sentencing of Ghislaine Maxwell. The latter faces decades in prison.