Ghislaine Maxwell's family launch appeal after she's found guilty of helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse teenage girls
As the verdict was read, Maxwell appeared to show little reaction behind a black mask.
"The road to justice has been far too long but today, justice has been done," said US attorney Damian Williams. Prosecutors called her the “lady of the house” from 1994 to 2004 - during that time, Maxwell was romantically involved with and then later worked for Epstein.Epstein killed himself in the Manhattan federal jail cell where he was awaiting his own sex trafficking trialThey argued the memories of her accusers were corrupted by the passage of time and the influence of lawyers steering them toward multimillion-dollar payouts from a fund set up to compensate Epstein victims.
The trial heard from four female accusers - Annie Farmer, who was 16 when she met Maxwell, and was the only one of the four to have testified using her full name.Annie Farmer told the court that Maxwell told her to undress for a massage and was left “frozen” after the socialite rubbed her breasts. Ms Farmer added: “I was surprised. I wanted so badly to get off the table and have this massage be done. I was fearful… I had this sense that Epstein could see me.”