Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell Update: Guilty on 5 of 6 counts

[KootenayFlamesFan]

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[KootenayFlamesFan]

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[PeteMoss]

Sooooooo... Conspiracy theorist.... Thoughts on this?

[MoneyGuy]

Finally, some good news. I hope they lock her up and throw away the key.

[Coach]

I hope she stays alive long enough to chirp on everyone.

[Bagor]

Guilty on all counts except #2.

What has Maxwell been found guilty of?

Let's take another look at the charges Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty of at her trial in New York.The jury found the 60-year-old guilty on five out of the six charges she faced.

They are:

Count One: conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison

This count charges Maxwell with knowingly and wilfully participating in plans to encourage or coax underage girls to travel across state lines for criminal sexual activity. It applies to multiple alleged victims between 1994 and 2004.

Count Three: conspiracy to transport minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison;

Like count one, this also charges Maxwell with knowingly and wilfully participating in plans to encourage or coax underage girls to travel.

Count Four: transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison;

This count charges Maxwell with knowingly helping Jane travel across state lines, between 1994 and 1997, intending for her to have sex with Epstein. A former pilot of Epstein testified that a woman named “Jane” was aboard Epstein’s private plane on flights to and from Michigan, and this is backed up by flight logs released by prosecutors.

Count Five: conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, which carries a statutory maximum of five years in prison;

This count charges Maxwell with knowingly and wilfully participating in plans to recruit underage girls to have illegal sex by force, fraud or coercion. It applies to multiple alleged victims between 1994 and 2004.

Count Six: sex trafficking of a minor, which carries a statutory maximum of 40 years in prison.

This count charges Maxwell with recruiting an underage girl - “Carolyn” - to have sex with Epstein and others by force, fraud or coercion, between the years 2001 to 2004. Carolyn described to the court “hundreds” of paid sexual encounters at Epstein’s Florida home from age 14 to 18; much of her testimony was also corroborated by her ex-boyfriend

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-59435616

1,3,4 and 5 have seriously low maximum penalties considering the magnitude of the offence.

[zamler]

Originally Posted by Coach

I hope she stays alive long enough to chirp on everyone.

Will never happen too many powerful people would burn as a result. She'll either end up dead or never reveal anything in exchange for staying alive.

[Coach]

Yeah, why do those sentences have maximums at all?

[Coach]

Originally Posted by zamler

Will never happen too many powerful people would burn as a result. She'll either end up dead or never reveal anything in exchange for staying alive.

Just trying to have a little hope that something good could happen.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Facing 65 years in prison? I suspect she might start singing like a canary before sentencing looking for a reduced term or a chance on skating completely. Otherwise, she's going to have a short life in prison, even in a woman's facility. Sex traffickers of children are just above cho-mos in the prison pecking order. She'll start dropping names in hopes of saving herself from the hell she's about to go through.

[dammage79]

Yay guilty. Sad she's rich and can pay for Martha Stewart jail.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Yay guilty. Sad she's rich and can pay for Martha Stewart jail.

She's been worknig for Epstien for decades. Maybe all her money should be confiscated, since it is technically proceeds of crime?

[Bagor]

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[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Yay guilty. Sad she's rich and can pay for Martha Stewart jail.

Is there a rich people jail for these types of crimes? I thought the fancy jails were limited to white collar crimes related to shady business dealings.

[CaptainCrunch]

I doubt she's going to a club fed. At the same time now that the guilty verdict has happened there will be pressure on her to talk in exchange for a lesser sentence.


But then again she's got at least two former presidents and a member of the royal family and some mega millionaire and billionaires on the old rolodex.

[Strange Brew]

Elizabeth Holmes up next?

[CaptainCrunch]

6th day of deliberation for Holmes.

[2Stonedbirds]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

Sooooooo... Conspiracy theorist.... Thoughts on this?

Probably die of multiple gunshot wounds to the head.
Will be proclaimed as worst case of suicide ever.

[Azure]

Not surprised that she was found guilty.

But let me guess, all evidence to be sealed now?

[zamler]

Epstein's black book was ordered sealed during this trial we'll never see what's in it.