Ghislaine Maxwell is set to be sentenced later today after she was convicted for sex trafficking offences.
The 60-year-old was convicted on December 29 on five criminal counts, including recruiting and grooming four girls for Epstein to abuse between 1994 and 2004.
She was also found guilty of transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors.on Saturday, when they filed a motion saying she had been placed on ‘suicide watch’ and was ‘not permitted to possess and review legal documents’.
One of Maxwell’s accusers, who testified under the pseudonym ‘Jane’, told jurors that as well as luring her to an orgy at the age of 14, the defendant and Epstein would fondle each other and giggle in front of her. Jurors also heard how Carolyn had been introduced to the predatory pair through Ms Giuffre, and that she had been in the same room while Epstein and Ms Giuffre had sex.
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