Nation Jun 29 R. Kelly is sentenced 30 years in sex trafficking case By Tom Hays, Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press
Nation Apr 01 Judge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction despite concerns about juror A judge has declined to throw out Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking conviction, despite a juror's failure to disclose he'd been a victim of childhood sexual abuse. By Tom Hays, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press
Nation Mar 01 Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs sex trafficking defense in a homicide trial The Wisconsin Supreme Court is grappling with whether to allow a woman accused of killing a man to argue at trial that the homicide was justified because she was a sex trafficking victim. By Todd Richmond, Associated Press
Nation Jan 20 Ghislaine Maxwell files for new trial citing concerns about juror Ghislaine Maxwell has formally requested a new trial, less than a month after her conviction on sex trafficking charges. By Associated Press
Nation Dec 29 Watch 5:18 How prosecutors proved Ghislaine Maxwell was Epstein’s ‘enabler-in-chief’ British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of luring teenage girls into sexual abuse by the late Jeffrey Epstein. A federal jury in New York found her guilty on five of six counts Wednesday, after deliberating for five full days. Moira…
Dec 20 Watch 7:05 What we’ve learned from the Ghislaine Maxwell trial By John Yang, Courtney Norris Closing arguments were made Monday in the federal sex-trafficking and conspiracy trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffery Epstein. Maxwell faces six counts for allegedly aiding and abetting Epstein’s abuse of underage teens. She is accused… Continue watching
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
Oct 20 R. Kelly’s Chicago trial on federal sex charges set Aug. 1 By Associated Press A federal judge has ordered R&B superstar R. Kelly to stand trial in Chicago on child pornography and obstruction of justice charges next year after the scheduled sentencing for his conviction in an earlier sex trafficking trial in New York. Continue reading
Sep 27 R&B superstar R. Kelly convicted in sex trafficking trial By Tom Hays, Associated Press R. Kelly has been convicted in a sex trafficking trial after several accusers testified in lurid detail how he subjected them to perverse and sadistic whims when they were underage. Continue reading
May 17 Gaetz associate pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges By Michael Balsamo, Mike Schneider, Associated Press Greenberg pleaded guilty to charges including sex trafficking of a minor and admitted he paid at least one underage girl to have sex with him and other men. Continue reading