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Dec 08 2021
Fact Check
Was Ghislaine Maxwell at Chelsea Clinton’s Wedding?
With Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial currently underway, and a number of famous politicians and celebrities named as having been part of her former employer Jeffrey Epstein’s circle, social media has seen an uptick of pictures of Epstein and Maxwell with famous individuals. Some of these pictures are fake—like a supposed picture of President Joe Biden and Epstein that was covered in this fact check
The Dispatch Fact Check
Jun 28 2022
News
Ghislaine Maxwell is sentenced to 20 years in prison
Disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the sex-trafficking ring of young teens she helped financier Jeffrey Epstein run for a decade.
The punishment doled out by U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan on Tuesday marks the most concrete punishment yet for the years of abuse Maxwell and Epstein imposed on young girls.
Several of those girls, now
NPR (Online News)
Dec 22 2021
News
Ghislaine Maxwell trial jurors resume deliberations
A New York City jury has resumed deliberations in the sex trafficking and perjury trial of Ghislaine Maxwell following weeks of testimony.
Ms Maxwell, 59, has denied grooming underage girls for abuse by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Prosecutors called her a "sophisticated predator", while her lawyers alleged "sensationalism" in their final statements to jurors
BBC News
Nov 30 2021
News
Victim Hopes for Justice in Ghislaine Maxwell Trial
Jeffrey Epstein molested her and she didn’t tell a soul for 17 years.
Teresa Helm was 22, and she had already patched her life back together after being sexually abused by a close family member, starting at age 8.
“I really suffered in silence,” Helm told The Epoch Times’ “Insight” magazine.
As a child, she had told her mother about the abuse in the hope that she’d make it
The Epoch Times
Dec 30 2021
News
What was Ghislaine Maxwell convicted of and what happens next?
Former British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell on Wednesday was convicted of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual encounters with the disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein between 1994 and 2004.
Maxwell was arrested last July and was charged with involvement in ex-boyfriend Epstein’s sexual abuse of teenage girls, some as young as 14.
Below is an explanation of what
The Guardian
Jun 16 2022
News
Ghislaine Maxwell blames difficult childhood, asks for lighter sentence
Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell have asked a judge to sentence her to a significantly lower sentence than recommended by the government, saying her difficult childhood made her vulnerable to Jeffrey Epstein and that she shouldn't face a harsh sentence because of his actions.
Maxwell, 60, was convicted by a jury in December of five federal charges, including sex trafficking of a minor,
CNN (Online News)
Dec 06 2021
News
British woman testifies about grooming by Ghislaine Maxwell
A British woman testified Monday that Ghislaine Maxwell pressured her into giving Jeffrey Epstein sexual massages when she was still a teenager, assuring her she would have “fun” with him.
The woman — testifying at Maxwell’s sex-abuse trial in New York City using the pseudonym “Kate” to protect her privacy — described one episode during the mid-1990s at Epstein’s Palm Beach, Florida
Associated Press
Nov 29 2021
News
Prosecutors: Ghislaine Maxwell was Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘partner in crime’
Ghislaine Maxwell acted as powerful pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s “partner in crime” and was an “essential” part of his scheme to prey on underage girls, prosecutors charged Monday, the first day of the accused madam’s hotly anticipated trial in Manhattan court.
The feds began laying out their case against the fallen 59-year-old British socialite, charging that she coaxed and manipulated
New York Post (News)
Apr 23 2021
News
Ghislaine Maxwell makes first US court appearance
Ghislaine Maxwell has appeared in court on new charges of sex-trafficking, her first appearance since her arrest last summer.
She attended the New York court in person on Friday for arraignment on new charges against her filed last month.
Ms Maxwell pleaded not guilty to the new counts.
The socialite is accused of helping convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein recruit, groom
BBC News
Apr 10 2021
News
Prosecutors Defend Newer Charges Against Ghislaine Maxwell
Prosecutors hope to preserve a July trial date for Ghislaine Maxwell by defending a late-hour expansion of charges against her, saying they developed when a woman spoke after Maxwell’s arrest about her abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein in the early 2000s.
The rewritten indictment lodged against the 59-year-old British socialite on March 29 added sex trafficking charges to
The Epoch Times