26 Jun 2022

Ghislaine Maxwell's ongoing bid for freedom

From Sunday Morning, 11:45 am on 26 June 2022

The former British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell will be sentenced on Tuesday. She was convicted of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual encounters with Jeffrey Epstein. A sex trafficking charge is the most serious of the offences, it carries a maximum prison term of 40 years. She can still lodge an appeal with the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in the US, but we're told that successes in doing that are few.

Victoria Bekiempis writes for the Guardian and has been following the trial in New York. She talks to Jim. 

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 20:  Founder, Terrama Ghislaine Maxwell attends the 4th Annual WIE Symposium at Center 548 on September 20, 2013 in New York City.

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