Watch live: Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison
She also receives a fine of $750,000 .Judge Alison Nathan says the sentencing guideline is 188 to 235 months, but that that is"only one factor" to be considered.
She contests the sentence proposed by the prosecution, saying is the same as Jeffrey Epstein would have faced and that he is"far more culpable than Ghislaine Maxwell".This is the full victim impact statement by Elizabeth Stein, which she is now reading a shortened version of in court: Her usual salesperson wasn't there so I helped her. Ghislaine was electrifying and we hit it off immediately.
When I arrived, the hotel concierge told me Ms Maxwell was in the bar and wanted me to meet someone. It was Jeffrey Epstein.Afterwards, I tried to pretend everything was normal. I returned to my classes at FIT and continued work at Henri Bendel, but I started to crack.Shortly after my first meeting with Epstein and Maxwell, I was offered a full-time position at Henri Bendel.
Seizing on this new vulnerability, they began trafficking me to their friends. By that time I was trapped. Everywhere I went, they found me. In 1997, I moved to Philadelphia with the hopes of finally starting law school.It would be the first of over two dozen hospitalisations in the decades following my involvement with Epstein and Maxwell.
I had tried almost every psychological intervention possible in my efforts to get better, but my new psychiatrist suggested something I had not tried before, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Twenty five years after meeting them, my experience was validated. I could finally see the possibility of closure.
The only pronounced difference between my life experience and theirs is that one day, when I was doing my job I met Ghislaine Maxwell who fed me to Jeffrey Epstein.Overcoming what happened to me became my decades-long, full-time career. In that, I have been successful. Sometimes I was subjected to sexual predation multiple times per day, both in his New York mansion and on his private island, St Little James in the US Virgin Islands.
They would tell her that Epstein was a very wealthy, generous man whose primary purpose was to help the less fortunate. In my case, Epstein and Maxwell used my damaged upbringing, naivety, lack of a long-term visa, lack of education and my desire to go to FIT to manipulate and ensnare me. I have worked hard with several mental health professionals who have diagnosed me with extreme symptoms of anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, PTSD, and tendencies to self-harm.
Because of her wealth, social status and connections, she believes herself beyond reproach and above the law. Your honour, my name is Virginia Roberts Giuffre. For more than two years, from age 16 to 19, I was abused by Ghislaine Maxwell. Just hours later, you and he abused me together for the first time. Together, you damaged me physically, mentally, sexually, and emotionally.I want to be clear about one thing: without question, Jeffrey Epstein was a terrible paedophile. But I never would have met Jeffrey Epstein if not for you.And then, Ghislaine, like a wolf in sheep's clothing, you used your femininity to betray us, and you led us all through it.
My life as a young person was just beginning. You robbed me of that by exploiting my hopes and ambitions. Ghislaine, you deserve to spend the rest of your life in a jail cell. You deserve to be trapped in a cage forever, just like you trapped your victims.Despite you, I have grown into a woman who tries to do good in the world - a woman who, on her best days, feels like she is making a difference.
This is the full victim impact statement by the accuser known as"Kate", which she is expected to read in court: It has been proven to be true for me - and for many survivors of this kind of grooming and insidious abuse with whom I have spoken - that the experience of looking at my own baby girl and imagining her falling victim to such atrocities awakened compassion in me for myself as a young girl and for the many, many others who suffered because of Ghislaine Maxwell.
The many acts that were perpetrated on me by Epstein, including rape, strangulation and sexual assault, were never consensual and would have never occurred had it not been for the cunning and premeditated role Ghislaine Maxwell played.Being around her was like being spun really fast in a circle and then trying to maintain balance.
At the age of 45, at 19 years of continuous sobriety and, after many years of engaging in different modalities of therapy, I am beginning to see some light in deprogramming my own mind and body from the messages I was programmed with because of this abuse.Speaking out about what happened to me opened me up to much criticism and forced me to relive parts of my story that I would have preferred to have done privately in the safety of trusted individuals.I do not, however, regret it for one moment.
I remain in deepest gratitude to the people of the jury - who gave up their time and energy to be part of this great judicial system - that saw a fair trial was executed.I remain in deepest gratitude to my partner, friends and family, who tirelessly supported me through this unnatural and traumatic time.
Something would bring to mind this experience and my body would respond with an upset stomach and physical shakiness. When predators groom and then abuse or exploit children and other vulnerable people, they are, in a sense, training them to distrust themselves. I felt tremendous survivor guilt when I heard what other girls and young women had experienced at the hands of Maxwell and Epstein.
My sister's abuse - the sexual assault, Maxwell's threats that stole her sense of safety and her career, the way they used her to get to me - had devastating effects on her and as my family watched her grow more isolated and more physically ill from the stress of all of it, we all felt powerless. When my sister and I first spoke out to the media about what happened to us, Maxwell lied about us and threatened Maria, thus helping shut down investigations into Epstein's behaviour so they could together continue to harm children and young women.
Once arrested, Maxwell faced another choice. She could admit her participation in this scheme, acknowledge the harm caused or even provide information that could have helped hold others accountable.
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