“These Girls Were Just a Means to Support Her Lifestyle”: The Case Against Ghislaine Maxwell Gets Underway

“Is this about the woman?” a passerby asked the rows of camera crews assembled outside a Manhattan courthouse early Monday morning. A line to enter the building had stretched down the street—a roundabout answer to the question. Yes it was about the woman, Ghislaine Maxwell, who, just over two years after Jeffrey Epstein killed himself while awaiting trial in a nearby federal prison, was finally set to stand trial for her alleged role in the financier’s decades of sexual predation. Maxwell has pleaded not guilty on all counts she faces, including charges related to the sex-trafficking of minors. Prosecutors claim… Read Full Article