Dec 17 Ghislaine Maxwell won't testify at her sex trafficking trial By Tom Hays, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Maxwell's defense called another of Jeffrey Epstein's one-time paramours to the stand earlier Friday, who told the jury that she trusted Epstein with her young daughters and denied taking part in a group sexual encounter with a key accuser. Continue reading
Dec 16 Ex-Epstein worker says she 'never' saw misconduct by Maxwell By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A former office for financier Jeffrey Epstein has testified at Maxwell's sex abuse trial she didn't witness misconduct by Maxwell during the six years she worked with her. Continue reading
Nov 30 First accuser takes stand at trial of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell By Larry Neumeister, Tom Hays, Associated Press A woman testified on Tuesday that she had repeated sexual contact with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein when she 14 and that Ghislaine Maxwell was there when it happened. Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch 4:42 News Wrap: Iran presses for end to U.S. sanctions at nuclear talks In our news wrap Monday, Iran pressed for an end to U.S. sanctions as talks resumed on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. A federal judge in St. Louis blocked a federal COVID vaccine mandate for health care workers in 10… Continue watching
Nov 29 Two years after suicide of Jeffrey Epstein, sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell to begin By Associated Press Two years after Jeffrey Epstein's suicide behind bars, a jury has been picked in New York City to determine whether Ghislaine Maxwell was his puppet or accomplice. Continue reading
Aug 09 Epstein accuser sues Prince Andrew, citing sexual assault when she was 17 By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Lawyers for Virginia Giuffre filed the lawsuit Monday in Manhattan federal court. According to the lawsuit, the prince abused Giuffre on multiple occasions when she was under the age of 18. Continue reading
Dec 27 2020 in review: Stories you may have missed and why they matter By Molly Enking It’s been decades since one world event has dominated the news cycle so completely. We lost more than 1.75 million people globally and more than 330,000 in the U.S. to COVID-19. Here’s a list of some other events that shook the… Continue reading
Oct 22 Ghislaine Maxwell denied recruiting girls for sex with powerful men in 2016 deposition By Jim Mustian, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend denies introducing Britain's Prince Andrew to any underage sex partners in a defensive and combative deposition made public Thursday. Continue reading
Jul 23 Judge won't silence anyone in Epstein-related prosecution By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press The judge presiding over the criminal sex abuse case against Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, refused Thursday to ban prosecutors or lawyers for alleged victims from commenting publicly. Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch 6:25 News Wrap: UK reverses course, bans Huawei from 5G mobile network In our news wrap Tuesday, the British government reversed course and will ban Chinese telecom giant Huawei from its next-generation mobile phone system. The U.S. had pushed for the change. Also, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security dropped its directive… Continue watching