Maxwell trial jury finishes first full day of deliberations

NEW YORK – The assemblage deliberating astatine Ghislaine Maxwell's trial finished its archetypal afloat time of deliberations Tuesday without reaching a verdict, having asked to reappraisal the grounds of 3 of four women who said they were teens erstwhile the British socialite aided financier Jeffrey Epstein successful sexually abusing them.

The Manhattan national tribunal assemblage requested the transcripts little than an hr aft resuming deliberations successful a ample country wherever they could dispersed retired for coronavirus information reasons. At day's end, U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan reminded them to support their masks on, but portion eating.

The assemblage had begun deliberating precocious Monday, moving little than an hr earlier going location aft closing arguments consumed astir of the day.

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The assemblage is deciding whether Maxwell, 59, assisted her erstwhile financier fellow successful the sexual maltreatment of teenage girls from 1994 to 2004. Prosecutors accidental she recruited and groomed the girls, making them consciousness that sexualized massages of Epstein were mean behavior.

Maxwell’s lawyers accidental the authorities has utilized her arsenic a scapegoat aft Epstein killed himself successful 2019 arsenic helium awaited his ain enactment trafficking trial.

The transcripts requested by the assemblage pertain to the grounds of 2 women who testified anonymously arsenic “Jane” and “Carolyn,” on with the grounds of Annie Farmer, who has spoken publically astir her experiences with Maxwell and Epstein.

Late successful the day, jurors besides asked for clarification connected whether they could see Farmer's grounds to enactment conspiracy charges. The justice gave a elemental “yes," contempt vigorous defence objections arguing Nathan's reply needed much explanation.

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Farmer, a 42-year-old psychologist, was the lone 1 of 4 accusers who utilized her full, existent sanction connected the stand. She testified that Epstein held her manus and touched her inappropriately astatine movies successful New York and New Mexico and that Maxwell touched her breasts during a massage successful New Mexico erstwhile she was 16.

She besides said Epstein climbed into furniture with her and pressed himself against her earlier she fled to a bath until helium near her room.

Her parent testified that Epstein told her that Farmer's travel to New Mexico would beryllium with a radical of up to 25 “academically gifted” precocious schoolhouse students chaperoned by Maxwell, his “wife.” In reality, though, Farmer was the lone pupil determination — and Epstein and Maxwell were ne'er married.

Jane said she was 14 erstwhile she met Maxwell and Epstein, and alleged that the brace fondled her together. Carolyn testified astir what prosecutors called “a pyramid of abuse” encouraged by Maxwell, successful which girls would enlistee underage victims for Epstein to abuse.

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Maxwell has been held without bail since her July 2020 arrest.

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This communicative has been corrected to amusement that Maxwell was arrested successful 2020, not 2019.

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