A court in the US has found British celebrity Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of organising sex crimes with her partner, deceased American financier Jeffrey Epstein. The victims had been adolescent girls – some as young as 14, British news portal The Guardian reports.
The woman was convicted in New York on Wednesday, December 29, on five of the six charges she faced. In addition to sex-trafficking, Maxwell was found guilty of conspiracy to entice individuals under the age of 17 to travel in interstate commerce with intent to engage in illegal sexual activity, conspiracy to transport individuals under the age of 17 to travel in interstate commerce with intent to engage in illegal sexual activity; transportation of an individual under the age of 17 with intent to engage in illegal sexual activity; and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of individuals under the age of 18.
«The road to justice has been far too long. But, today, justice has been done. I want to commend the bravery of the girls, now grown women, who stepped out of the shadows and into the courtroom,» Damian Williams, a Manhattan US attorney. «Their courage and willingness to face their abuser made this case, and today’s result, possible.»
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Maxwell faces up to 65 years in prison when sentenced. Epstein, a convicted sex offender and presumed billionaire, killed himself in a New York jail in 2019, about one month after his sex-trafficking arrest, The Guardian reports.
British celebrity convicted in US for organising sex crimes with underage girls
