Ghislaine Maxwell's defense lawyers on Friday will once again attempt to persuade jurors in the British socialite's sex abuse trial that the accounts of her four accusers are not credible.
Her lawyers indicated they could rest their case as soon as Friday afternoon or Monday morning, paving the way for closing arguments next week in the trial of the onetime associate of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comMaxwell, 59, is accused of recruiting teenage girls to have sexual encounters with Epstein.
Undermining the women's credibility is crucial for the defense. Maxwell's attorneys have argued the women's memories have become corrupted over time, and that they are motivated by money to implicate Maxwell. Jurors will also hear from Robert Glassman, an attorney for another accuser known as Jane, about whether he told Jane that cooperating with prosecutors would help a claim she made to a victims' compensation fund run by Epstein's estate.
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