Ghislaine Maxwell: the socialite accused of sex-trafficking

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A British socialite stands accused of creating a network of underage sex-trafficking victims for her companion, Jeffrey Epstein.  As Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial begins, here’s what we know about the allegations against her ...

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00:00They asked me to please take off my clothes.

00:04We need to get to the bottom of everybody who was involved with that,

00:08starting with Ghislaine Maxwell.

00:22After developing a rapport with the victims,

00:25Maxwell then tried to normalize sexual abuse with a minor victim

00:29through a process known as grooming.

01:30I want also to thank the press

01:34for their courtesy and consideration

01:40to my mother and to us at this time,

01:47which we appreciate very much.

01:59It is not because I'm after power.

02:10I believe that I could make them a new status.

02:13I could give them the edge commercially that they have not had for many years

02:18and to make them more profitable.

02:59Each ambassador can hear what's what we want

03:17and all politicians know that no sustainable ocean

03:20means we won't vote them back into power.

03:22If we won't vote them back into the power,

03:24then they're out and we'll find someone who will.

03:29Ghislaine Maxwell and you have devised several schemes

03:42to lure underage girls to you for sex.

03:45Isn't that correct?

03:46I was recruited at a very young age from Mar-a-Lago

03:49and entrapped in a world that I didn't understand.

04:00They asked me to please take off my clothes.

04:06Ghislaine started taking off her clothes.

04:09I didn't know what to do.

04:12Ghislaine was behind and touching me.

04:14She had me flip over to my back

04:16and then she pulled the sheet down so that my breasts were exposed.

04:20She remembers how Ghislaine then went on to massage her chest.

04:27Maxwell was among Epstein's closest associates

04:52and helped him exploit girls

04:55who were as young as 14 years old.

04:59Maxwell played a critical role

05:02in helping Epstein to identify a friend and groom,

05:07minor victims for abuse.

05:25I won't stop fighting.

05:34I will never be silenced

05:36until these people are brought to justice.

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