Politics Jun 28

Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell sits with her defense lawyer Christian Everdell during her sentencing hearing in a courtroom sketch in New York City, U.S. June 28, 2022. Maxwell was convicted on December 29, 2021 on five of the six counts she faced for helping the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. Photo by Jane Rosenberg/REUTERS
Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison

The sentencing Tuesday was the culmination of a prosecution that detailed how Epstein and Maxwell flaunted their riches and associations with prominent people to groom vulnerable girls and then exploit them.