'I looked up to her very much,' said Maxwell's former assistant, who worked with her from 1996 to 2002.
began on Thursday, with its first witness discussing how she had only admiration for her.
Cimberly Espinosa was called as the defense's first witness in the case against Maxwell, who is accused of recruiting four young girls for sex trafficking along with. Espinosa worked as Maxwell's assistant from 1996 to 2002. She even attributed her current career to the opportunities afforded to her by being Maxwell's assistant.
Among her roles were maintaining"all scheduling and appointments" for Maxwell, as well as organizing"special events and dinner parties, including invitations, menus, and outside contractors." Espinosa was also said at the trial to be the"key contact" for Maxwell during her tenure.The former assistant was asked about one of Maxwell's accusers, who is referred to as Jane throughout the trial to protect her identity.
This courtroom sketch shows Ghislaine Maxwell, center, seated in court at the defense table between two US Marshals seated in foreground, watching proceedings in her sex abuse trial in New York on December 10, 2021.The defense case began after the jury heard four women detail accusations that they were teens when they became victims of a sex-abuse scheme devised by Maxwell and Epstein. The British socialite's attorneys are expected to make their case that Maxwell isn't the one to blame.
The government's case lasted only two weeks and the defense case could last just two days. Both sides streamlined their witness lists without revealing why, making the trial end well short of an original six-week estimate.
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