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NEW YORK (AP) — The sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell is speeding to a conclusion. The jury began deliberations late Monday in Manhattan federal court. The jury went home after less than an hour.
Earlier, a prosecutor said during closing arguments that the 59-year-old Maxwell is a dangerous predator who helped Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. A defense lawyer said Maxwell is an innocent woman wrongfully accused of crimes she did not commit.
Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan federal jail cell in August 2019 as he awaited a sex trafficking trial.
Maxwell has been held without bail since she was arrested in July 2020.
If convicted on all counts, Maxwell faces a maximum of 70 years in prison.
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