Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial begins today in New York; She faces up to 80 years in prison if found guilty.
Maxwell, 59, is charged with recruiting and grooming four underage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to abuse from 1994 to 2004.
Maxwell has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and other charges and has been awaiting trial for over a year in ‘hell-hole’ Brooklyn prison.
The high-profile trial is expected run to mid-January with opening statements beginning Monday.
Lines formed outside the New York courthouse Monday two hours before the start the trial. Maxwell’s brother Ian claimed she was paying a ‘blood price’ because Jeffrey Epstein dodged justice.
Sarah Ransome, one of several women who have accused Epstein and Maxwell of sexual abuse, was seen arriving at the courthouse Monday morning.
Ransome, who was born in South Africa to wealthy British parents, claimed she tried to escape Epstein’s ‘pedophile island’ through shark-invested waters after being raped three times in one day.
