Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell begin their defense in child sex trafficking trial

The attorneys of Ghislaine Maxwell They began their defense in the trial for sex trafficking of minors on Thursday, calling the former assistant of the British celebrity as a witness, in an attempt to discredit one of his accusers.

Maxwell, 59, is accused of grooming underage girls to be sexually exploited by her partner, the millionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who committed suicide in prison two years ago while awaiting his own trial.

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The defendant pleaded not guilty to six counts of seduction and transportation of minors for sexual purposes.

The first witness called by the defense was Cimberly Espinosa, who said that she was hired at the age of 28 in October 1996 to work as an administrative assistant with the legal team of Epstein.

After a month the witness became an assistant to Maxwell and worked for her for six years, until the summer of 2002.

He claimed that Maxwell was “demanding” but what “I enjoyed the challenge “ from working with her on tasks like organizing meetings, scheduling calls, and making dinner reservations.

The woman was questioned about another witness in the case presented under the pseudonym “Jane”And that she claimed to have been recruited by Maxwell at a summer camp when she was 14 years old.

“Jane”Said that sexual encounters with Epstein became routine, with the presence of Maxwell in some of them.

In this regard, Espinosa testified that “Jane“She came to the office regularly and felt that she had a” love affair “with Epstein. In addition, the girl’s mother also came to the office and referred to her daughter as the “goddaughter”By Epstein.

“A little flirtatious”

Espinosa added that when she first started working for Epstein in 1996 she thought he and Maxwell “They were a couple”. “They were a bit flirtatious”he explained.

However, in the last years in his position, Espinosa reported that they “They had separated.” “Ghislaine started dating other men.”

On the other hand, Espinosa indicated that he believed that Epstein was cheating on Maxwell with another woman who regularly visited him in his office. The witness added that many of the women who visited him appeared to be 18 years old.

For its part, Maxwell’s defense seeks to challenge the memories and testimonies of the four accusers by calling psychologist Elizabeth Loftus, an expert in “False memories”.

The defense indicated that it plans to call 35 witnesses in the process.

Maxwell, daughter of the late renowned media entrepreneur Robert Maxwell, faces a life sentence if found guilty.

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