11/29/2021- 10:23 p.m.
MAXWELL TRIAL DAY 1: “Dangerous” Ghislaine ‘purposefully targeted young girls for Epstein to sexually abuse,’ prosecutor says
The socialite and fmr. girlfriend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ‘preyed on young girls for abuse by the billionaire,’ a prosecutor said on Monday in her opening statement.
Maxwell is alleged to have gained the trust and groomed teenage girls as young as 14 with the promise of a brighter future, allowing her partner Epstein to abuse them between 1994 and 2004.
Her lawyers have said that prosecutors, unable to convict Epstein, are using the daughter of late British media magnate Robert Maxwell as a scapegoat.
Maxwell has pleaded not guilty to eight charges of sex trafficking and other counts against her. She faces up to 80 years prison if convicted.
