Dec 20 Jury to decide in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial By Larry Neumeister, Tom Hays, Associated Press The fate of Ghislaine Maxwell is now squarely in the hands of a jury. The jury received the case in Maxwell's sex-trafficking trial just before 5 p.m. Monday, after prosecutors and Maxwell's defense attorneys delivered closing arguments. Continue reading
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
Dec 10 Prosecution rests in sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell By Larry Neumeister, Tom Hays, Associated Press Prosecutors at the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell have completed presenting their case against the British socialite accused of sexually abusing teenage girls with her late companion, financier Jeffrey Epstein. 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 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 26 U.S. closing troubled NYC jail where Epstein died by suicide By Michael R. Sisak, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The federal Bureau of Prisons said the Metropolitan Correctional Center will be closed at least temporarily to address issues that have long plagued the facility, including lax security and crumbling infrastructure. 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
May 28 Senate confirms geneticist Eric Lander as Biden science adviser By Matthew Daly, Associated Press His nomination was delayed for months as senators sought information about meetings he had with the late Jeffrey Epstein, a disgraced financier who was charged with sex trafficking before his apparent suicide. Continue reading
May 21 Epstein guards to skirt jail time in deal with prosecutors By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The two Bureau of Prisons workers tasked with guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself in a New York jail have admitted they falsified records, but they will skirt any time behind bars under a deal with federal prosecutors. Continue reading