Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys launched their defense of Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidante by putting on the stand a former assistant who insisted she “never” saw any abuse.
— that Maxwell not only trained them to sexually satisfy Epstein but that she also sometimes participated in orgies with them.
The defense began presenting its case on the 11th day of the closely watched trial in the Southern District of New York by swearing in Cimberly Espinosa, 55.“I highly respected her and looked up to her very much, and I learned a lot from her,” Espinosa said. “I attribute my career to her. She treated me fair, and it was fun. She was demanding, wanted things done fast, like yesterday.”
Epstein, she said, was a generous boss who paid for her personal trainer and got his employees tickets to see"The Lion King" on Broadway., the first woman who testified against Maxwell, several times and spoke with her mother.
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