{"id":1129330,"date":"2021-12-17T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1129330"},"modified":"2021-12-17T18:45:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T23:45:03","slug":"defense-rests-in-ghislaine-maxwell-sex-trafficking-trial-closing-arguments-begin-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-rests-in-ghislaine-maxwell-sex-trafficking-trial-closing-arguments-begin-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense Rests In Ghislaine Maxwell Sex Trafficking Trial; Closing Arguments Begin Monday"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fdefense-rests-in-ghislaine-maxwell-sex-trafficking-trial-closing-arguments-begin-monday%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=1129330&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\">It\u2019s over. In a surprise move, the defense for Ghislaine Maxwell rested their case Friday afternoon in her sex trafficking trial in federal court. Closing arguments are set to begin Monday morning. The trial had been expected to last up to six weeks, instead, thus far, it has taken a mere 12 days.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The first defense witness of the day was FBI Special Agent Jason Richards who interviewed Maxwell accuser and witness Carolyn, who had testified under only her first name that the defendant and Jeffy Epstein had sexually abused her when she was 14.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In Richards\u2019 testimony, it was revealed that he interviewed Carolyn in 2006, at which time she allegedly told him that she had obtained Epstein\u2019s phone number from the phone book and that it was Epstein, not Maxwell, who called her back. This is at odds with the account Carolyn gave during the trial.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Next, another special agent, this time Amanda Young, took to the plexiglass-contained witness box. Again, this testimony focused on an interview with an accuser; this time the woman who testified under the fake name Jane, who Young met with in 2019.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a key piece of that interview, Young confirmed that \u201cJane was not sure if Maxwell ever called her to make appointments\u201d for sexualized massages. The report from the interview, known as a \u201c302,\u201d also stated that Jane was not sure if she had ever been in a room with just Epstein and Maxwell.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">After the morning break, Eva Andersson Dubin, a former girlfriend of Epstein\u2019s and former Miss Universe contestant, was sworn in. Dr. Dubin, an internist, now lives in New York City with her husband Glenn Dubin. She dated Epstein from 1983 to 1990 or 1991, off and on. She and her husband remained friends with Epstein and Maxwell and were frequent guests on his private planes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The defense team asked about Epstein\u2019s relationship with her three children, who as kids referred to him, somewhat oddly, as Uncle F. She testified that she was comfortable with the relationship her kids, including two daughters, had with Epstein. In an awkward moment even for a trial replete with them, Dubin was asked if she ever engaged in group sex or group sexualized massages with Epstein. She replied simply, \u201cAbsolutely not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On cross-examination, when Assistant U.S. Attorney Alison Moe asked Dubin if Epstein and Maxwell had an open relationship when they [Epstein and Maxwell] dated, the former girlfriend of Epstein said, \u201cI can\u2019t say if I know, if they did or did not.\u201d At the end of the cross, Moe asked if Dubin had any memory issues, and it turns out she allegedly does, testifying that owing to what she believes is a medical condition, it is hard for her to remember deep into the past or even events as recent as a month ago.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The final witness of the trial was Michelle Healy, a former receptionist and assistant of Epstein\u2019s and Maxwell\u2019s. Of working for the latter, she stated that \u201cShe was fantastic; she taught me a lot. I respected her; she was tough but she was great.\u201d Healy testified that she never saw any \u201cinappropriate behavior with teenage females.\u201d She was also asked if she ever got frisky with Epstein in a group setting and gave the very same answer as Dubin, \u201cAbsolutely not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">With that, the trial broke for lunch, and broke and broke and broke. Over two hours later, confused journalists were pacing the halls of the Thurgood Marshall federal courthouse, or smoking on the front steps trying to figure out exactly what was going on. There had been matters discussed in the morning involving outstanding witnesses and their potential availability.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">When Judge Alison Nathan reappeared behind the bench, it became clear that counsel for both sides had agreed to a slew of stipulations to statements that witnesses would give, in lieu of live testimony. These were mainly technical matters involving the exact dates of events or perceptions from the released witnesses.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Closing arguments are always important, but in this case, arguably more so than usual, as both the prosecution and defense cases turned out to be brief, and frankly, disjointed. There are many loose ends for both sides to tie up. The prosecution will hammer home how close Epstein and Maxwell were, and that she must have known what was going on. The defense will seek to call into doubt her accusers, and also point to a lack of hard evidence on the specific charges of enabling or enticing a minor to cross state or international borders for sex.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Maxwell herself did not testify. Asked Friday by the judge if she would, she stood up, her attorney Bobbi Sternheim\u2019s arm draped upon her shoulder, and said in her posh British accent, \u201cThe government has not proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt, so there is no need for me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s over. In a surprise move, the defense for Ghislaine Maxwell rested their case Friday afternoon in her sex trafficking trial in federal court. Closing arguments are set to begin Monday morning. The trial had been expected to last up to six weeks, instead, thus far, it has taken a mere 12 days.The first defense witness of the day was FBI Special Agent Jason Richards who interviewed Maxwell accuser and witness Carolyn, who had testified under only her first name that the defendant and Jeffy Epstein had sexually abused her when she was 14.In Richards\u2019 testimony, it was revealed that he interviewed Carolyn in 2006, at which time she allegedly told him that she had obtained Epstein\u2019s phone number from the phone book and that it was Epstein, not Maxwell, who called her back. This is at odds with the account Carolyn gave during the trial.Next, another special agent, this time Amanda Young, took to the plexiglass-contained witness box. Again, this testimony focused on an interview with an accuser; this time the woman who testified under the fake name Jane, who Young met with in 2019.In a key piece of that interview, Young confirmed that \u201cJane was not sure if Maxwell ever called her to make appointments\u201d for sexualized massages. The report from the interview, known as a \u201c302,\u201d also stated that Jane was not sure if she had ever been in a room with just Epstein and Maxwell.After the morning break, Eva Andersson Dubin, a former girlfriend of Epstein\u2019s and former Miss Universe contestant, was sworn in. Dr. Dubin, an internist, now lives in New York City with her husband Glenn Dubin. She dated Epstein from 1983 to 1990 or 1991, off and on. She and her husband remained friends with Epstein and Maxwell and were frequent guests on his private planes.The defense team asked about Epstein\u2019s relationship with her three children, who as kids referred to him, somewhat oddly, as Uncle F. She testified that she was comfortable with the relationship her kids, including two daughters, had with Epstein. In an awkward moment even for a trial replete with them, Dubin was asked if she ever engaged in group sex or group sexualized massages with Epstein. She replied simply, \u201cAbsolutely not.\u201dOn cross-examination, when Assistant U.S. Attorney Alison Moe asked Dubin if Epstein and Maxwell had an open relationship when they [Epstein and Maxwell] dated, the former girlfriend of Epstein said, \u201cI can\u2019t say if I know, if they did or did not.\u201d At the end of the cross, Moe asked if Dubin had any memory issues, and it turns out she allegedly does, testifying that owing to what she believes is a medical condition, it is hard for her to remember deep into the past or even events as recent as a month ago.The final witness of the trial was Michelle Healy, a former receptionist and assistant of Epstein\u2019s and Maxwell\u2019s. Of working for the latter, she stated that \u201cShe was fantastic; she taught me a lot. I respected her; she was tough but she was great.\u201d Healy testified that she never saw any \u201cinappropriate behavior with teenage females.\u201d She was also asked if she ever got frisky with Epstein in a group setting and gave the very same answer as Dubin, \u201cAbsolutely not.\u201dWith that, the trial broke for lunch, and broke and broke and broke. Over two hours later, confused journalists were pacing the halls of the Thurgood Marshall federal courthouse, or smoking on the front steps trying to figure out exactly what was going on. There had been matters discussed in the morning involving outstanding witnesses and their potential availability.When Judge Alison Nathan reappeared behind the bench, it became clear that counsel for both sides had agreed to a slew of stipulations to statements that witnesses would give, in lieu of live testimony. These were mainly technical matters involving the exact dates of events or perceptions from the released witnesses.Closing arguments are always important, but in this case, arguably more so than usual, as both the prosecution and defense cases turned out to be brief, and frankly, disjointed. There are many loose ends for both sides to tie up. The prosecution will hammer home how close Epstein and Maxwell were, and that she must have known what was going on. The defense will seek to call into doubt her accusers, and also point to a lack of hard evidence on the specific charges of enabling or enticing a minor to cross state or international borders for sex.Maxwell herself did not testify. Asked Friday by the judge if she would, she stood up, her attorney Bobbi Sternheim\u2019s arm draped upon her shoulder, and said in her posh British accent, \u201cThe government has not proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt, so there is no need for me to testify.\u201d But that, of course, will be for the jury to decide in its deliberations, which will likely begin on Tuesday.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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