Nearly two weeks into Ms. Maxwell’s trial, jurors have heard from three women who said they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein. A fourth accuser is expected to testify before the government rests.
By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Prosecutors in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial called the fourth and final accuser to testify Friday morning against the close confidante of billionaire businessman Jeffrey Epstein.
Maxwell, 59, will now have an opportunity to mount a defense in the trial, which is moving faster than initially expected. An attorney for Maxwell said on Friday the defense anticipated its case would last no more than four days, and more likely two or three. Proceedings will resume on Dec. 16.
Manhattan prosecutors finished presenting their case Thursday against Ghislaine Maxwell, accused of recruiting and grooming teen girls to be abused by her and the late financier, Jeffrey Epstein.
CNN, WPTV By Lauren del Valle and Jay Croft, CNN The government on Friday rested its case in the criminal sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell after prosecutors called 24 witnesses across 10 days of testimony.
A fourth woman has testified in the case against the alleged associate of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell is accused of sex trafficking and other charges.
Prosecutors completed presenting their case against Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday, after a key accuser at the British socialite's sex-abuse trial testified that Maxwell and her companion, Jeffrey Epstein, forced themselves on her when she was just 16.
A woman testified Friday at the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell that the British socialite touched her breasts during a massage at the New Mexico ranch owned by the late American financier…