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(37,601 posts) Wed Dec 29, 2021, 06:12 PM Dec 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty in sex-trafficking trial [View all]

Source: The Guardian

British former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty in her Manhattan federal court trial.

Maxwell, 60, was arrested in July 2020, charged with involvement in ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of teenage girls, some as young as 14.

Epstein, a convicted sex offender and presumed billionaire, counted Prince Andrew and former presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump as cronies before killing himself in a New York jail in 2019, about one month after his sex-trafficking arrest.

The verdict marks a dramatic conclusion to an unexpectedly fast-moving trial: proceedings were originally expected to take at least six weeks. Prosecutors called 24 witnesses over 10 days, and defense attorneys called nine witnesses over two days.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/29/ghislaine-maxwell-sex-trafficking-trial-verdict

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Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty in sex-trafficking trial [View all] demmiblue Dec 2021 OP

Good nt XanaDUer2 Dec 2021 #1

Good! Lunabell Dec 2021 #2

This.....and I agree 1,000,000,000,000 % a kennedy Dec 2021 #4

GOOD.......now let her die in jail. 🤬 🤬 🤬 a kennedy Dec 2021 #3

Sad to say and I think the next perv prez will commute her sentence and send her home.nt mitch96 Dec 2021 #27

"suicide" cynical_idealist Dec 2021 #31

Finally someone is getting exactly what they deserve. LakeArenal Dec 2021 #5

She must XanaDUer2 Dec 2021 #10

Good. Guilty on 5 of 6 charges. irisblue Dec 2021 #6

CNN has a breakdown on the charges irisblue Dec 2021 #8

BBC - one of the guilty charges is sex trafficking a minor, the most serious muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #9

Good. Die in prison. underpants Dec 2021 #7

There aren't enough onions or horseradish in the world to make me shed on tear for her AZLD4Candidate Dec 2021 #11

Haven't heard that line in a while, made me smile 😊 Ziggysmom Dec 2021 #49

every time I see that woman's face I say the same thing NJCher Dec 2021 #12

She's pathetic TexasBushwhacker Dec 2021 #15

I think she was thinking "Mrs. Epstein." /nt localroger Dec 2021 #22

Awesome. BHDem53 Dec 2021 #13

Looks like the Not Guilty was the Enticing a Minor to Travel count localroger Dec 2021 #14

Didn't Jeffrey Epstein say right before his "suicide" that TFG let Epstein use his plane to pick ... Botany Dec 2021 #16

If that's true it would be very interesting FakeNoose Dec 2021 #28

Epstein taught in a NYC high school where Bill Barr's father, Donald, Barr was headmaster. mpcamb Dec 2021 #41

Hmmm...is Trump nervous... ashredux Dec 2021 #17

EXCELLENT Faux pas Dec 2021 #18

Yay! That's great news! Scrivener7 Dec 2021 #19

Glad she was found guilty, of course, but MOMFUDSKI Dec 2021 #20

Just maybe she will finally talk SallyHemmings Dec 2021 #26

Excellent news! n/t iluvtennis Dec 2021 #21

Let her rot there, TNNurse Dec 2021 #23

Yet you can attempt to overthrow the government and only get a couple of months in jail 40RatRod Dec 2021 #24

From What I Heard Of The Case... GB_RN Dec 2021 #25

Remember when TFG talked about his friend who liked young girls at the Boy Scout Jamboree? OMGWTF Dec 2021 #32

Unfortunately... GB_RN Dec 2021 #34

Renews my faith in humans capacity to think rationally.... pbmus Dec 2021 #29

She is now hoping Trump gets reelected in 2024 so he can pardon her. Lonestarblue Dec 2021 #30

they won't let her survive in prison, I predict "suicide" like epstein. AlexSFCA Dec 2021 #33

save us a lot of money !!! monkeyman1 Dec 2021 #37

She's been in jail since her arrest. onecaliberal Dec 2021 #45

Enjoy restructuring your value system dear! Aussie105 Dec 2021 #35

I Wad Getting Nervous RandPaulsNeighbor Dec 2021 #36

"The Wheels of Justice . . . Aussie105 Dec 2021 #38

With luck, she will spend the rest of her life in jail. OnlinePoker Dec 2021 #39

let me just be the first to say....Ghislaine Maxwell did not kill herself.... TalenaGor Dec 2021 #40

Good. Now let's go after everyone in her little black book RFCalifornia Dec 2021 #42

Had Cheeto been re-elected, she would've been 'Epsteined' for sure peppertree Dec 2021 #43

I think she'll be dead before 2022 is over. NurseJackie Dec 2021 #44

How I see it playing out: SayItLoud Dec 2021 #46

Time for Ms. Maxwell to start talking and implicating to shave off time. n/t Evolve Dammit Dec 2021 #47

Wouldn't be the first disgraced British Prince by a long shot Moebym Dec 2021 #48

Tip of the iceberg I would say. twodogsbarking Dec 2021 #50