After skating for years, Ghislaine Maxwell is convicted of abusing girls with Jeffrey Epstein.
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She was convicted on five of six charges, after a two-and-a-half-week trial in a Manhattan federal courthouse.
Maxwell now faces a second trial on two perjury charges.
The 60-year-old potentially faces decades in prison.
Behind the glitz was a dark secret.
They used their wealth and privilege to shelter themselves from retribution for abusing teenage girls for years.
Epstein organized a science event with Stephen Hawking, attended a tech dinner with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.
Maxwell was the lady of the house, Pomerantz said, and she and Epstein were partners in crime.
Jane recalled visiting Epsteins Palm Beach estate beginning when she was 14.
I was frozen in fear, Jane told the jury.
Then they fondled each other.
She said Maxwell also sometimes participated and would touch her breasts.
Prosecutors repeatedly made the point that Epstein used his extreme wealth to keep vulnerable girls coming back to him.
I have nightmares about them.
But perhaps the most devastating testimony came from a victim who testified under her first name, Carolyn.
Carolyn was 14 at the time.
Beyond victims, several of Epsteins former employees testified.
After her father died in 1991, she moved to a significantly smaller apartment, the pilot recalled.
You know exactly what that money was for, assistant U.S. Attorney Alison Moe told jurors.
The prosecution had its share of hiccups, however.
Prosecutors ended up dropping Janes brother as a witness.
She said she was billing Maxwell $600 an hour to testify.
Shes being tried here for being with Jeffrey Epstein, said Menninger.
And maybe that was the biggest mistake of her life, but it was not a crime.
But prosecutors spoke directly to the notion that Maxwell was a bystander or an unwitting participant.
The evidence at this trial showed you that Ghislaine Maxwell made her own choices.
She committed crimes hand-in-hand with Jeffrey Epstein.
She was a grown woman who knew exactly what she was doing, Moe told jurors.
And now shes sitting here in this courtroom being held accountable for breaking the law.
