Prosecutors have objected to the request for witness anonymity. Some witnesses are coming from overseas, Ms Sternheim said. Ms Maxwell’s attorneys, who were caught off-guard when prosecutors rested their case more than a week early, have said they plan to call up to 35 witnesses when her defence opens on Thursday.Īmong their witnesses are three who have said they may not testify unless they are allowed to do so anonymously.īobbi Sternheim, for the defence, wrote to Judge Nathan to say the court’s ruling on the issue of anonymity “may impact the willingness of these witnesses to testify, thereby compromising Ms Maxwell’s right to present her defence”. She told jurors that the memories of Maxwell's accusers had been "manipulated" by lawyers who encouraged them to sue Maxwell and Epstein for damages".However the defence said there was no proof that the directory he saw was the same one prosecutors had sought to enter into evidence. Sternheim said prosecutors, unable to convict Epstein, used the daughter of late British media magnate Robert Maxwell as a scapegoat, saying the government was asking jurors to ascribe a "sinister" motive to legal activities such as taking teenagers shopping. Maxwell's lawyer, Bobbi Sternheim, said in Manhattan federal court: "The charges against Ghislaine Maxwell are for things that Jeffrey Epstein did, but she is not Jeffrey Epstein.
They claimed she is being used as a scapegoat for Epstein’s crimes, following his death in prison in 2019. Maxwell’s legal team presented evidence for two days after the prosecution brought forward a series of alleged victims. The photograph, never previously seen, appears to show the pair at the monarch's Scotland home.īut it isn't known when the image was taken. The same email asked: "How are we doing with the Palm Beach manual? Where do we stand with it?" Images show intimate Epstein and MaxwellĪn image shown in court showed Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein lounging together in the Queen's log cabin at Balmoral. One email also referenced that "massage creams in (Epstein’s) bathroom were a mess" and nobody had gone in to arrange them. Mr Flatley also referred to emails from the 'gmax account' with directions for the upkeep of the house that included "no pens in the black Merc", "no drinking water in the black Merc", and the “pool deck had to be pressure washed”. Maxwell is currently on trial for sex trafficking charges in the US, accused of aiding her former partner Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sex offender and paedophile who was found dead in his cell in 2019 after also being arrested on. Are you a massage therapist? Work in Palm Beach home. Details from Ghislaine Maxwell’s infamous ‘little black book’ will be used as evidence in her trial. Stephen Flatley, part of the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team was asked to read the advert to the court. Images shown to jurors in court included an advert for massage therapists to visit Epstein's Palm Beach home at weekends.Īn advert offered "excellent pay" was found on an email document which referred to a "household manual" and "massage creams" Here are the bombshell revelations from court Maxwell's 'little black book' of names Maxwell chose not to testify in court, bringing an end to defence proceedings before the jury left to deliberate.ĭuring the trial, the world heard in intimate detail how Maxwell recruited, groomed and abused girls for sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell pleaded not guilty and her lawyers argued she was used as a scapegoat because Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex abuse charges. Three of the accusers testified at the trial that Maxwell herself inappropriately touched them when they were teenagers. a copy of Jeffrey Epsteins little black book at her criminal trial. Prosecutors claimed Maxwell recruited and groomed four teenagers to have sexual contact with the late financier between 19. Ghislaine Maxwell will not get a new trial after judge finds juror was not biased. But what is the book and what names are listed Here's the. However, these were viewed only by jurors and attorneys.
As part of Maxwell's case, several entries of the infamous 'Black Book' were referenced and released as exhibit under seal. The former girlfriend of billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Maxwell, 60, was found guilty of five out of six charges of sex trafficking at her New York trial, which moved ahead far quicker than than the planned eight weeks set out ON DecemGhislaine Maxwell was found guilty of 5 out of 6 counts in her sex trafficking trial.
Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty of child sex trafficking charges.
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