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Ghislaine Maxwell asks court for sex trafficking sentence of ‘well below’ 20 years
The disgraced British socialite’s lawyers argued that she was threatened in jail and cannot be made proxy for Jeffrey Epstein
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Ghislaine Maxwell asks court for sex trafficking sentence of ‘well below’ 20 years
The disgraced British socialite’s lawyers argued that she was threatened in jail and cannot be made proxy for Jeffrey Epsteinwww.theguardian.com
So she has a list of mitigating reasons for doing the things she still claims she didn’t do.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Maxwell just said this to the court:
For the first time beyond very brief statements such as confirming her name, the court is now hearing from Ghislaine Maxwell.
She says she "empathised deeply with all the victims in this case".
She says her association with Epstein "will permanently stain me" and that it "is the biggest regret of my life than I ever met him".
"I believe Jeffrey Epstein fooled all of those in his orbit," she says.
"His victims considered him a mentor, friend, lover. Jeffrey Epstein should have stood before you. In 2005. In 2009. And again in 2019. But today it is for me to be sentenced."
"I'm sorry for the pain that you have experienced," she adds.
"I hope my conviction brings closure. I hope it brings peace and finality.
"I also acknowledge the pain this case has brought to those that l love.
"It is my sincerest wish to all those in this courtroom that this day brings a terrible chapter to an end.
"May this day help you travel from the darkness into the light."
Her scumbag siblings still maintain she did nothing wrong…
For the first time beyond very brief statements such as confirming her name, the court is now hearing from Ghislaine Maxwell.
She says she "empathised deeply with all the victims in this case".
She says her association with Epstein "will permanently stain me" and that it "is the biggest regret of my life than I ever met him".
"I believe Jeffrey Epstein fooled all of those in his orbit," she says.
"His victims considered him a mentor, friend, lover. Jeffrey Epstein should have stood before you. In 2005. In 2009. And again in 2019. But today it is for me to be sentenced."
"I'm sorry for the pain that you have experienced," she adds.
"I hope my conviction brings closure. I hope it brings peace and finality.
"I also acknowledge the pain this case has brought to those that l love.
"It is my sincerest wish to all those in this courtroom that this day brings a terrible chapter to an end.
"May this day help you travel from the darkness into the light."
Her scumbag siblings still maintain she did nothing wrong…
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
20 years.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Turned out nice again
equationgirl
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She didn't exactly take responsibility for anything in that statement.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Surprised Andrew didn’t pop over to give a character reference for his old buddy/flame. An honourable prince with tales of derring-do in his naval days would surely have swung a lower sentence for her, no sweat.
equationgirl
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The US prison system isn't renowned for increasing prisoner life expectancy.
That said, if she showing good behaviour she could be eligible for parole at some point, if she's not dead.
That said, if she showing good behaviour she could be eligible for parole at some point, if she's not dead.
cupid_stunt
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Apparently she got fined $750k too.
But, she's already got an appeal coming up about her conviction anyway.
But, she's already got an appeal coming up about her conviction anyway.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
. Nah.
tim
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There isn't a secret about who the abusers were. The visits made to Epstein's properties were meticulously recorded. Maxwell will serve time but the high-status rapists she enabled will suffer fleeting reputational damage.
Andrew is now officially mates with a convicted and incarcerated child sex trafficker who he hid behind to make Epstein the 'plus one'.
Hopefully no way back for any of them but that she is imprisoned whilst he isn't is a sad but unsurprising indictment.
Hopefully no way back for any of them but that she is imprisoned whilst he isn't is a sad but unsurprising indictment.
mx wcfc
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It is,
Andrew will never leave the UK and is effectively under house arrest in Scotland (he'll live, I know) (oohhhh, what about the Scottish independence vote?)
we'll never extradite him. But he's an insignificant piece of shit in the grand order of things. If Maxwell named a few big US politicians and business people, that would be fun if they got jailed.
and more importantly some sort of closure for the victims.
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There's no parole in the US federal system - with consistent good behaviour, she might be able to get her sentence reduced by two or three years, with the possibility of a little more time off if she takes part in programs to prevent reoffending.
Her other options would be an appeal of the sentence or a pardon from the president, and I don't think even a second-term Trump would be willing to take that step.
tim
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We know, for example, that Clinton and Trump were guests of Epstein. We also have that video of Trump making jokes about Epstein's paedophillia. If there was a political willthere would be investigations and prosecutions, but as Epstein's associates are rich powerful men from across the political divide nothing will be done. Maxwell was prosecuted because she is expendable.
mx wcfc
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That's probably key.
Makes you wonder the sums involved in buying off the rest of the victims.
Perhaps 'the others' are all covered by the sweetheart deal. Curious that a son of a head of state would be the fall guy though.
tim
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She named Dershowitz too. He is still publicly active.
tim
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He's not in gaol, is he? His stupidity and arrogance probably prevented him from doing a deal earlier.
Cid
Proper break this time
I would imagine it’s more paying the lawyers to intimidate any victims.
equationgirl
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A fascinating read from the producer behind the Maitliss interview
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A fascinating read from the producer behind the Maitliss interview
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drowning not waving
Utterly utterly deluded. Offering to give the Newsnight team a jovial tour of the Palace once they'd wrapped. Given two giftwrapped opportunities in the interview to say he regretted his relationship with Epstein, instead opting to praise him for the doors he had opened for him. And they still thought it went well.
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