Just about the time you think we might have a hung jury unable to deliver a verdict in a high-profile trial ⌠we get a verdict in a high-profile trial.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the one-time girlfriend and accomplice to the late millionaire sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, is now a convicted sex trafficker herself.
A jury delivered the news to Maxwell today after five days of deliberation.
Is this the right verdict? Based on what I know â which admittedly isnât much â it looks as though justice has been delivered. Jurors accepted the testimony that Maxwell assisted Epstein in his quest for young girls with whom he had sex or who he peddled for sex with others.
It was ghastly and gruesome testimony to be sure. As USA Today reported:Â The verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring sordid accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14, told by four women who described being abused as teens in the 1990s and early 2000s at Epsteinâs palatial homes in Florida, New York and New Mexico.
Epstein, who was jailed a couple of years ago on sex charges, hanged himself in his New York City jail cell. The world is better off without him staining it with his presence.
Maxwell faces a lengthy prison sentence. My hope is that she gets the maximum.
Oh, and unlike the reaction delivered by Donald Trump when he heard about her arrest in 2019, I do not âwish her well.â I wish her nothing but misery.
This verdict caused me to review what was documented about the disposition Epsteinâs sex charges in Florida. What occurred there, the reduction in charges plea bargaining, was a crime in itself. The federal judge, Acosta, appears to be compromised. It has every appearance of a Palm Beach screw-over. Topped off by trump appointing Acosta Sec of Labor.
If you havenât watched it already, watch the documentary about how Palm Beach County Sherriffâs Dept. Investigated Epstein. Itâs on Netflix.
How that guy got off so easily is shocking.