Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual encounters with Jeffrey Epstein. Here's an explanation of what comes next for Maxwell
U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan did not say when Maxwell would be sentenced.WILL MAXWELL APPEAL?
Maxwell's lawyer Bobbi Sternheim told reporters the defense was disappointed with the verdict and will appeal.Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell sits as the guilty verdict in her sex abuse trial is read in a courtroom sketch in New York City, U.S., December 29, 2021. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY"We have already started working on the appeal, and we are confident that she will be vindicated," Sternheim said outside of the courthouse.
While the judge dealt several blows to the defense - ruling, for example, that their witnesses could not testify anonymously as some of Maxwell's accusers did - legal experts said Maxwell would struggle to clear the high legal bar needed to overturn a guilty verdict. To succeed, her lawyers would have to show that the judge violated federal rules of evidence or abused her discretion, and that the error impacted the verdict.The two perjury counts relate to allegations that Maxwell lied under oath about her role in Epstein's abuse during a deposition for a separate civil suit in 2016. Nathan in April granted Maxwell's request to sever the two charges from the rest of the counts.
Maxwell will return to Brooklyn's notorious Metropolitan Detention Center, where she has been held in isolation since July 2020. Maxwell has said she has been served moldy food at the jail and that the smell of raw sewage has permeated her cell.Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York Editing by Alistair Bell and Michael PerrySubscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
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