This courtroom sketch programs Ghislaine Maxwell (C) going into court followed by 2 United States Marshalls, for her trial on charges of sex trafficking, in New York City, on December 2, 2021.
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Jurors at Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial ended their 2nd day of considerations Tuesday without reaching a decision on charges implicating her of grooming a number of minor ladies to be sexually abused by the late Jeffrey Epstein.
But the jury did send a number of notes throughout what was their very first complete day of mulling the charges in Manhattan federal court.
Jurors asked to see records of the testament of 3 females who have actually implicated Maxwell of facilitating their abuse, which they were permitted, and the FBI notes on an interview with among the accusers in 2007, which they were rejected.
The jury likewise asked whether they might think about the testament of a 2nd accuser as proof that may support 2 counts of conspiracy that Maxwell deals with.
Judge Alison Nathan notified jurors they might think about that testament for that function.
Jurors will resume their considerations Wednesday early morning. Nathan informed them it is possible they may ponder on Thursday, 2 days prior to Christmas, if they can not reach a decision Wednesday.
The jury, consisted of 6 guys and 6 females, started pondering late Monday afternoon after hearing closing arguments and directions from Nathan on the law, however went house for the day quickly later.
Maxwell, 59, is charged with criminal offenses connected to her supposed recruiting years ago of the 3 ladies for abuse by Epstein, the disgraced cash supervisor who eliminated himself in a Manhattan federal prison in August 2019 while awaiting his own trial on kid sex trafficking charges.
“Ghislaine Maxwell was dangerous,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Alison Moe stated in closing arguments.
Moe called Maxwell a “sophisticated predator who knew exactly what she was doing.”
Maxwell did not take the witness stand at her trial, which startedNov 29, informing Nathan that there was no requirement to do so due to the fact that district attorneys had actually stopped working to show their case versus her after a number of weeks of proof and testament.
“Ghislaine Maxwell is an innocent woman, wrongfully accused of crimes she did not commit,” her lawyer, Laura Menninger, informed jurors Monday.
Maxwell has actually been held without bail because her arrest in July 2020.
