Prosecutors slam Ghislaine Maxwell in closing arguments of her sex trafficking trial
‘She was a sophisticated predator who knew exactly what she was doing.’ Prosecutors slam Ghislaine Maxwell for ‘preying on vulnerable kids’ in scathing closing arguments at her sex trafficking trial
Closing arguments are underway in a Manhattan federal courthouse Monday morning in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial ‘She was a sophisticated predator who knew exactly what she was doing,’ Assistant US Attorney Alison Moe told the jury Monday Prosecutors reiterated the allegations made during the weeks-long trial that Maxwell acted as Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘right hand’‘She was a grown woman who preyed on vulnerable kids,’ she added. ‘Maxwell was the key to the whole operation’
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Prosecutors have labeled Ghislaine Maxwell a ‘sophisticated predator’ in their closing arguments this morning.
‘She was a sophisticated predator who knew exactly what she was doing,’ Assistant US Attorney Alison Moe told the jury Monday. ‘She ran the same play book again and again and again.’
‘She was a grown woman who preyed on vulnerable kids,’ she added. ‘Maxwell was the key to the whole operation.’
Prosecutors reiterated the allegations made during the weeks-long trial that Maxwell acted as Jeffrey Epstein‘s ‘right hand’ who caused ‘deep’ and ‘lasting harm’ to young girls.
Prosecutors have labeled Ghislaine Maxwell a ‘sophisticated predator’ in their closing arguments this morning
‘She was a sophisticated predator who knew exactly what she was doing,’ Assistant US Attorney Alison Moe told the jury Monday. ‘She ran the same play book again and again and again’
Four of Maxwell’s siblings – Kevin, Isabel, Ian and Christine – arrived to court to support their sister Monday
Four of Maxwell’s siblings – Kevin, Isabel, Ian and Christine – arrived to court to support their sister Monday.
Epstein accuser Sarah Ransome was also seen arriving with the hopes for a conviction
Isabel and Kevin Maxwell have shown up daily to support Ghislaine.
Epstein accuser Sarah Ransome was also seen arriving with the hopes for a conviction.
Maxwell confirmed that she would not be testifying in a dramatic moment on the final day of her defense Friday.
Maxwell stood up with her hands held together as her lawyer Bobbi Sternheim put her arm around her.
Judge Alison Nathan asked Maxwell if she would be testifying as she had the right to do so.
Speaking confidently in a cut glass English accent, Maxwell said: ‘Your honor, the government has not proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt so there is no need for me to testify.’
And after just two days and nine witnesses, Maxwell’s defense rested.
As Maxwell was led away back to prison at the end of the day, her sister Isabel, who was standing in the public gallery, made a prayer sign for her.
Maxwell hugged all of her lawyers one by one before walking out of the court.
The couple appear in one photo in what appears to be a European city. Ghislaine is seen kissing Jeffrey on the cheek
One photo shows Maxwell kissing the pedophile’s cheek with her arms wrapped around him. Many have testified that they believed Epstein and Ghislaine were boyfriend and girlfriend
Maxwell‘s second day of defense got off to a rocky start Friday when it emerged that one witness refused to respond to a subpoena, another said they would take the fifth and a third was not being called.
The defense was able to call witness Dr. Eva Andersson, 60, an internist and former girlfriend of Epstein who is now married to hedge fund billionaire Glenn Dubin. Glenn, 64, was previously accused of having sex with Virginia Roberts when she was an underage teen – allegations he’s denied.
The former Miss Sweden wore a black blazer, black pants and a gray and black dress, her blonde hair being shoulder length as she denied taking part in orgies.
In her testimony earlier in the trial, Maxwell accuser under the pseudonym Jane claimed that an ‘Eva’ had taken part in orgies with her and other women at Epstein’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the 1990s when she was a teenager.
Maxwell’s lawyer Jeff Pagliuca said to Dubin: ‘I apologize for asking these questions. Have ever been in a group sexualized encounter with the person we are calling Jane?’
Dubin said: ‘Absolutely not.’
Pagliuca said: ‘Were you ever in a group sexualized massage with Jane?’
Dubin said: ‘I have not’.
Dubin said that she dated Epstein ‘off and on’ from around 1983 to 1990 or 1991, the time he began dating Maxwell.
In 1994 she married Glenn Dubin but said that she stayed friendly with Epstein and socialized with him and flew on his private plane, including with her three children.
Pagliuca asked Andersson if she was ‘comfortable’ with Epstein’s relationship with her children, and she said she was.
Pagliuca asked if Epstein was ‘fond’ of her three children, one of whom was his goddaughter. Dubin said: ‘Yes he was’.
Asked if her children were fond of Epstein, Dubin said: ‘They were’.
Pagliuca asked if the children had an ‘uncle-like relationship’ with Epstein and gave him the nickname ‘F’, apparently short for Jeff, and Andersson said that was correct.
Dubin was shown a number of flight log entries from Epstein’s private planes including one where she is listed as flying with Jane.
Asked if she remembered ever meeting Jane, Dubin said: ‘I don’t recall ever meeting this person’.
Dubin (seen leaving court Friday) dated Epstein for 11 years in the 80s. Dubin’s husband is hedge fund manager Glenn Dubin, who has been accused of having sex with Virginia Roberts when she was a teen
The defense was able to call two witnesses Friday, including Eva Dubin, Epstein’s former longtime girlfriend and former miss Sweden
Pagliuca showed Dubin a photo that was found inside Epstein’s house which she said showed her youngest daughter, his goddaughter.
Dubin said she had ‘never seen this picture before’ in a moment that appeared to surprise the defense.
The defense was able to call witness Dr. Eva Andersson, 60, an internist and former girlfriend of Epstein who is now married to hedge fund billionaire Glenn Dubin (pictured together)
During her testimony, Pagliuca asked Dubin: ‘Did you observe any inappropriate conduct between Mr. Epstein and any teenage females?’
She replied: ‘I did not’.
During cross examination prosecutor Alison Moe asked Dubin if she knew if, between 1994 and 2000 Epstein and Maxwell were in an ‘open relationship.’
She replied: ‘I couldn’t really say whether they did or did not’.
Dubin confirmed that she was having issues with her memory due to a medical condition which she did not specify, although she has publicly described a battle with breast cancer.
She said: ‘It’s very hard for me to remember anything far back. Sometimes I can’t even remember things from last month.
‘My family notices and I notice it. It’s been an issue’.
As Dubin walked into the court, Maxwell turned her head around and looked to the door and followed her with her eyes as she walked in and up to the witness box.
During Dubin’s evidence Maxwell stared intently at her, sitting up in her chair.
Dubin appeared curt and tense: it was not clear if she was willingly giving evidence or after being subpoenaed.
During a 2016 deposition which was revealed publicly for the first time in 2019, Rinaldo Rizzo, a butler for the Dubins, tearfully described seeing a 15-year-old girl in his boss’s kitchen in 2005.
Rizzo said he saw a 15-year-old Swedish girl confined to Epstein’s private island and kept there as a sex slave.
Rizzo testified in his deposition that the girl was brought to the home by Maxwell and Epstein, who were visiting the Dubins.
