Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday for 5 of 6 counts of sex trafficking. The now 60-year-old Maxwell was found guilty of enticing teenage girls as young as 14 to be sexually abused by the late Jeffrey Epstein. She maintained her innocence during the trial.
The abuse took place at Epstein’s luxurious mansions in Florida, New York, and New Mexico. The two had a jet-setter lifestyle for decades. And Maxwell was allegedly Epstein’s girlfriend before she became his employee and longtime companion.
The trial lasted almost a month with the jury deliberating for five days before finding Maxwell guilty of five of six counts. The prison terms for each charge range from five to 40 years. And it looks like Maxwell will be in prison for decades.
Sex trafficking victims testify
The verdict comes after 4 women testified to the sexual exploitation they experienced in the 1990s and early 2000s. The witnesses were as young as 14 when they were first abused.
Epstein’s pilots testified that Britain’s Prince Andrew, along with former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump flew on their employer’s private jets.
