{"id":1530718,"date":"2022-06-28T14:49:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T18:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1530718"},"modified":"2022-06-28T14:49:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T18:49:28","slug":"breaking-epstein-sex-trafficker-ghislaine-maxwell-learns-how-many-years-she-will-spend-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-epstein-sex-trafficker-ghislaine-maxwell-learns-how-many-years-she-will-spend-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Epstein Sex Trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell Learns How Many Years She Will Spend In Prison"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fbreaking-epstein-sex-trafficker-ghislaine-maxwell-learns-how-many-years-she-will-spend-in-prison%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=1530718&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>Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime companion of child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison after being convicted on multiple conspiracy and sex trafficking charges.<\/p>\n<p>The sentencing comes two years after Maxwell, 60, was arrested at her secretive million-dollar home in New Hampshire and was brought to New York to face justice. She has been in federal custody ever since because she was denied bail.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell was convicted in December of conspiring with Epstein to recruit, groom, and sexually abuse young girls. She was convicted of \u201csex trafficking of a minor, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and three related counts of conspiracy,\u201d CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/28\/us\/ghislaine-maxwell-sentencing\/index.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/06\/28\/nyregion\/ghislaine-maxwell-news-epstein\">noted<\/a> that Maxwell\u2019s lawyers tried to cast her as a victim in the case, claiming that the U.S. government only went after her following Epstein\u2019s death in prison. Bloomberg News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/ghislaine-maxwell-be-sentenced-sex-trafficking-conviction-2022-06-28\/\">added<\/a> that in her sentencing memo, \u201cMaxwell argued for leniency, saying she and her siblings had been mentally and physically abused as children by their father, British publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere would be no trial for Epstein and no public vindication and justice for his accusers,\u201d the lawyers wrote. \u201cThe government now had a huge hole to fill: Epstein\u2019s empty chair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The office of Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, slammed the attempts from Maxwell and her team to try to shift blame for her actions.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said that her attempt \u201cto cast aspersions on the government for prosecuting her, and her claim that she is being held responsible for Epstein\u2019s crimes, are both absurd and offensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of showing even a hint of acceptance of responsibility, the defendant makes a desperate attempt to cast blame wherever else she can,\u201d the prosecutors added.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This is a breaking news story; refresh the page for updates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime companion of child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison after being convicted on multiple conspiracy and sex trafficking charges. 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