{"id":1107157,"date":"2021-12-10T18:45:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T23:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1107157"},"modified":"2021-12-10T18:45:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T23:45:08","slug":"witness-in-maxwell-trial-alleges-nude-massage-pulled-down-the-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/witness-in-maxwell-trial-alleges-nude-massage-pulled-down-the-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Witness In Maxwell Trial Alleges Nude Massage: \u2018Pulled Down The Sheet\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwitness-in-maxwell-trial-alleges-nude-massage-pulled-down-the-sheet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1107157&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p dir=\"ltr\">The highly anticipated testimony of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffry Epstein accuser Annie Farmer took place Friday morning in Maxwell\u2019s sex trafficking trial in lower Manhattan. On the stand, she described inappropriate behavior from the powerful pair that she alleges took place when she was just 16, in 1996. The testimony was compelling but offered few details about Maxwell\u2019s involvement in Epstein\u2019s abuse of young girls.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Farmer, 42, with long blonde hair and glasses, wore a smart black-and-white checked blouse, her demeanor was calm and collected, and unlike previous witnesses, at no point did she appear even close to breaking down. She is the only accuser in the trial to use her actual full name.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Her account opened with a trip to New York City in 1995 to visit her sister, Maria Farmer, an aspiring painter and employee of Epstein. It was a trip allegedly paid for by the multi-millionaire.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">During that trip, she described attending the movie \u201c[12] Monkeys\u201d with Epstein and her sister. During the film, Farmer claimed, \u201cat some point he [Epstein] reaches over, starts to reach for my hand \u2026 interlocking his hand in mine.\u201d She said she had her legs crossed and that Epstein \u201cbegan rubbing my foot and leg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Farmer claims that she did not tell her sister about the incident, but she did write about it in a journal entry dated January 7th, 1996. In the journal she wrote, \u201cIt was one of those things that gave me a weird feeling, but it wasn\u2019t that weird and was probably normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The teenage Farmer went on to write in that entry that \u201cI think he\u2019s a relaxed guy who likes to flirt, or was being fatherly or something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">She testified that during the trip, she and Epstein discussed her college plans and a potential summer trip abroad to beef up her resume. Epstein, she claimed, eventually paid for her journey to Thailand and Vietnam in July of that year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The first substantial mention of Maxwell during the government\u2019s direct examination of Farmer centered on a trip she took alone to Epstein\u2019s New Mexico ranch in April of 1996.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There, she claims she went to another movie, \u201cPrimal Fear,\u201d this time with Epstein and Maxwell, and went on to say that similar touching by Epstein occurred, \u201cRight away he took my hand and started to caress it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a particularly creepy moment, Farmer testified that while she was at the ranch in New Mexico, \u201cit was decided that I learn how to give Epstein a foot massage.\u201d Maxwell was her tutor in this lesson, Farmer claimed, saying, \u201cShe [Maxwell] had one of his feet in her hands and instructed me to hold the other one and showed me how to rub it.\u201d Of Epstein, she added, \u201cHe seemed to be enjoying it; he made groaning noises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This echoed testimony this week by another accuser, who went by \u201cJane,\u201d who also said that Maxwell told her to massage Epstein\u2019s feet, as well as photos put in evidence Tuesday of Maxwell herself giving him a foot massage on a private plane.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Farmer, in the most damning testimony regarding Maxwell, detailed an alleged massage given to her by the defendant while Farmer was naked. At one point during the massage, she alleged that \u201cshe [Maxwell] pulled down the sheet and exposed my breasts \u2026 started rubbing on my chest and upper breasts.\u201d Farmer recalled that she \u201cwanted so badly to get off that table\u201d but also noted Maxwell did not touch her nipples.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Finally, Farmer said that while at the ranch, in bed in the morning, Epstein came in and \u201csaid he wanted to cuddle and so he climbed into bed with me,\u201d adding that, \u201che pressed his body against me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On cross examination, defense attorney Laura Menninger focused, rather effectively, on just how little of Farmer\u2019s account had anything to do with Maxwell. Farmer acknowledged that Maxwell had not even been present in New York during her trip there when she met Epstein.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Further, she never spoke to Maxwell before the New Mexico trip, offered no evidence that Maxwell had anything to do with arranging the trip, and admitted that Maxwell appears nowhere in the journal she kept at the time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The next witness was David Mulligan, Farmer\u2019s high school boyfriend. He testified that they began dating in the fall of 1996 and that Farmer had recounted to him the alleged abuse at the hands of Epstein and Maxwell in both New York and New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This corroborated Farmer\u2019s testimony, except for one detail. While Mulligan recalled that Epstein followed Farmer from the alleged massage with Maxwell into her room for the cuddle session, Farmer had said it happened as she was waking up in the morning.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The final witness was Farmer\u2019s mother, Janice Swain. She testified that she gave permission for both the New York and New Mexico trips, as well as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The highly anticipated testimony of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffry Epstein accuser Annie Farmer took place Friday morning in Maxwell\u2019s sex trafficking trial in lower Manhattan. On the stand, she described inappropriate behavior from the powerful pair that she alleges took place when she was just 16, in 1996. The testimony was compelling but offered few details about Maxwell\u2019s involvement in Epstein\u2019s abuse of young girls.Farmer, 42, with long blonde hair and glasses, wore a smart black-and-white checked blouse, her demeanor was calm and collected, and unlike previous witnesses, at no point did she appear even close to breaking down. She is the only accuser in the trial to use her actual full name.Her account opened with a trip to New York City in 1995 to visit her sister, Maria Farmer, an aspiring painter and employee of Epstein. It was a trip allegedly paid for by the multi-millionaire.During that trip, she described attending the movie \u201c[12] Monkeys\u201d with Epstein and her sister. During the film, Farmer claimed, \u201cat some point he [Epstein] reaches over, starts to reach for my hand \u2026 interlocking his hand in mine.\u201d She said she had her legs crossed and that Epstein \u201cbegan rubbing my foot and leg.\u201dFarmer claims that she did not tell her sister about the incident, but she did write about it in a journal entry dated January 7th, 1996. In the journal she wrote, \u201cIt was one of those things that gave me a weird feeling, but it wasn\u2019t that weird and was probably normal.\u201dThe teenage Farmer went on to write in that entry that \u201cI think he\u2019s a relaxed guy who likes to flirt, or was being fatherly or something.\u201dShe testified that during the trip, she and Epstein discussed her college plans and a potential summer trip abroad to beef up her resume. Epstein, she claimed, eventually paid for her journey to Thailand and Vietnam in July of that year.The first substantial mention of Maxwell during the government\u2019s direct examination of Farmer centered on a trip she took alone to Epstein\u2019s New Mexico ranch in April of 1996.There, she claims she went to another movie, \u201cPrimal Fear,\u201d this time with Epstein and Maxwell, and went on to say that similar touching by Epstein occurred, \u201cRight away he took my hand and started to caress it,\u201d she said.In a particularly creepy moment, Farmer testified that while she was at the ranch in New Mexico, \u201cit was decided that I learn how to give Epstein a foot massage.\u201d Maxwell was her tutor in this lesson, Farmer claimed, saying, \u201cShe [Maxwell] had one of his feet in her hands and instructed me to hold the other one and showed me how to rub it.\u201d Of Epstein, she added, \u201cHe seemed to be enjoying it; he made groaning noises.\u201dThis echoed testimony this week by another accuser, who went by \u201cJane,\u201d who also said that Maxwell told her to massage Epstein\u2019s feet, as well as photos put in evidence Tuesday of Maxwell herself giving him a foot massage on a private plane.Farmer, in the most damning testimony regarding Maxwell, detailed an alleged massage given to her by the defendant while Farmer was naked. At one point during the massage, she alleged that \u201cshe [Maxwell] pulled down the sheet and exposed my breasts \u2026 started rubbing on my chest and upper breasts.\u201d Farmer recalled that she \u201cwanted so badly to get off that table\u201d but also noted Maxwell did not touch her nipples.Finally, Farmer said that while at the ranch, in bed in the morning, Epstein came in and \u201csaid he wanted to cuddle and so he climbed into bed with me,\u201d adding that, \u201che pressed his body against me.\u201dOn cross examination, defense attorney Laura Menninger focused, rather effectively, on just how little of Farmer\u2019s account had anything to do with Maxwell. Farmer acknowledged that Maxwell had not even been present in New York during her trip there when she met Epstein.Further, she never spoke to Maxwell before the New Mexico trip, offered no evidence that Maxwell had anything to do with arranging the trip, and admitted that Maxwell appears nowhere in the journal she kept at the time.The next witness was David Mulligan, Farmer\u2019s high school boyfriend. He testified that they began dating in the fall of 1996 and that Farmer had recounted to him the alleged abuse at the hands of Epstein and Maxwell in both New York and New Mexico.This corroborated Farmer\u2019s testimony, except for one detail. While Mulligan recalled that Epstein followed Farmer from the alleged massage with Maxwell into her room for the cuddle session, Farmer had said it happened as she was waking up in the morning.The final witness was Farmer\u2019s mother, Janice Swain. She testified that she gave permission for both the New York and New Mexico trips, as well as the summer abroad. But she also admitted that she never spoke with Maxwell, and all of her conversations were with Epstein himself.And she also contradicted an important detail laid out by her daughter. Swain claimed that Maxwell had picked up Farmer from the airport in New Mexico; Farmer testified that it was a driver.After Swain\u2019s testimony, the government rested.In some sense, Friday was a microcosm of the entire government case. The testimony made Epstein look absolutely awful, but connections to Maxwell were tenuous, few, and far between. Throughout the last two weeks, the prosecution has laid out a damning, open and shut case against the wealthy man with friends in high places, who took his own life, but against Maxwell, their case seems far shakier. And after all, it is Maxwell, not Epstein, who is on trial here.Next week, court will not be in session Monday through Wednesday;\u00a0on Thursday, the defense is scheduled to begin presenting its case.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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