Jury finds Ghislaine Maxwell guilty in sex trafficking case

Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty on five of the six charges related to sex trafficking.

The British socialite faced six charges related to sex trafficking. She was found guilty on all counts except for the second one. 

Prosecutors alleged that she groomed women, some as young as 14, to be sexually abused by her boyfriend, Jeffrey Epstein.

The 60-year-old Maxwell faced up to 70 years in prison if convicted on all charges.

Her defense argued that she is acting as a stand-in for Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting federal sex-trafficking charges.

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