Carolyn testified<\/a> that when she was also 14, a friend of her boyfriend\u2019s asked her if she wanted to make money by giving massages to a man who turned out to be Mr. Epstein. Ms. Maxwell met her and the friend at the door to Mr. Epstein\u2019s Palm Beach house; Carolyn told the jury that in the years that followed, she visited the house two or three times a week to perform sexualized massages in appointments that were often arranged by Ms. Maxwell, whom she said she always saw when she entered the house through the kitchen door.<\/p>\nCarolyn\u2019s experience formed the basis of the weightiest count on which Ms. Maxwell was convicted \u2014 sex trafficking of a minor. The jury had to find that Ms. Maxwell recruited Carolyn to engage in sex acts with Mr. Epstein and encouraged her to recruit other girls, and that the girls received money or gifts in exchange, as Carolyn testified.<\/p>\n
Two other prosecution witnesses, Larry Visoski and David Rodgers, former pilots who had flown Mr. Epstein\u2019s planes, both testified that Ms. Maxwell had unique authority among his employees. She was his \u201cNo. 2,\u201d each man told the jury.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis case is about Ghislaine Maxwell, the crimes she committed,\u201d another prosecutor, Maurene Comey, said in a government rebuttal. \u201cIt\u2019s about the children that she targeted, the steps that she took to serve those children up to be abused. It\u2019s about her own participation in that abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms. Farmer, one of the accusers who testified against Ms. Maxwell, said in a statement that she was \u201crelieved and grateful that the jury recognized the pattern of predatory behavior that Maxwell engaged in for years and found her guilty of these crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe has caused hurt to many more women than the few of us who had the chance to testify in the courtroom,\u201d Ms. Farmer said.<\/p>\n
Ms. Maxwell chose not to testify, but her lawyers sought to undermine the government\u2019s portrayal of their client, sharply cross-examining the accusers to raise questions about the reliability of their testimony, and offering witnesses who worked for Mr. Epstein and said they had not seen the kind sexual abuse that was described at the trial. The defense also presented an expert who testified about the fallibility of memory.<\/p>\n
But Ms. Maxwell\u2019s lawyers, who once said they would need two weeks to present her case, rested their case after only two days, after unsuccessfully arguing for more time to summon additional witnesses.<\/p>\n
During their five days of deliberation, jurors sent notes seeking transcripts of testimony from more than a dozen witnesses, clarification on the law and office supplies. As the week wore on with no verdict in sight, and Omicron cases spread across the city, Judge Nathan raised concerns that an infection might cause a mistrial.<\/p>\n
She told jurors on Tuesday that they might have to deliberate through Friday. On Wednesday afternoon, the jurors asked for a transcript of Mr. Visoski’s testimony. Two and a half hours later, they had a verdict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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