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Ghislaine Maxwell

Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison

NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for trafficking young sexual abuse victims to financier Jeffrey Epstein, a recognition of her extensive role in recruiting the girls and young women and facilitating their encounters.

U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan had calculated the federal sentencing guidelines to suggest a 15-to-19-year prison term for Maxwell, 60, who as Epstein’s longtime girlfriend managed an evolving roster of victims to give him daily sexualized massages.

But after hearing from several victims who said they are still affected by the abuse they suffered, and from Maxwell herself, Nathan imposed a two-decade sentence. She said it was “important to note [Maxwell’s] lack of acceptance of responsibility” for the abuse, which occurred between 1994 and 2004.

The judge shot down Maxwell’s repeated claim that she was being punished in lieu of Epstein, who died in a New York City jail cell in 2019 as he awaited his own federal trial.

Maxwell “is not being punished as a proxy for Mr. Epstein or in place of Mr. Epstein,” she said. The former British socialite, Nathan added, “provided an initial veneer of responsibility and even safety” to the victims she recruited, then “normalized” the abuse they experienced.

Maxwell, speaking in measured tone as she read a prepared statement from a lectern at the center of the packed courtroom, told the victims she wanted “to acknowledge their suffering. … I empathize deeply with all of them.”

She also called meeting Epstein “the greatest regret of my life.” – Source

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