The former companion of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, was found guilty on Wednesday by a New York court of a series of sex crimes, including that of trafficking underage girls between 1994 and 2004.
Ms Maxwell, 60, had been tried since the end of November by the Manhattan federal court on six counts, in particular that of having provided minors to the American financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died in prison in 2019, to be charged. sexually abuse.
She faces decades in prison.
After 40 hours of deliberation over five days, “a jury unanimously found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of one of the worst crimes imaginable – facilitating and taking part in the sexual assault of children.” Manhattan Federal District Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement.
These “crimes were perpetrated with his lifelong partner and accomplice, Jeffrey Epstein,” who committed suicide in a New York prison in August 2019, before being tried for sex crimes.
“The path to righteousness has taken too long. But justice was served today, “said the prosecutor, praising the” courage of the girls – who have become women “, four victims who testified for three weeks against Ms. Maxwell.
Further details will follow.
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