Ghislaine Maxwellright-hand man and former partner of Jeffrey Epstein, was sentenced this Tuesday June 28th up to 20 years in prison for involvement in child trafficking with a mogul between 1994 and 2004.. This will also have to to compensate victims in the amount of $750,000. His defense said the lawsuit would be little more than a settling of scores that could not be done with Epstein after he killed himself in prison in 2019 while awaiting his own trial.

Despite this opinion, Maxwell got the best of the sentences he faced. After a people’s jury found her guilty of five crimes of sex trafficking, prosecutors initially requested a sentence of 30 to 55 years for her, although they later reduced the possibility of 24 to 30 years and the option of 20 years as the most possible of all and the one that was finally dictated by the judge.

Lawyer Ghislaine Maxwell after his conviction

Maxwell, according to many media reports, He showed no remorse for what was now being shown in front of the justice he had done with his former partner.. She simply complained, on the one hand, about meeting Epstein, whom she defined as “a manipulator, cunning and controller who deceived everyone around him”; and on the other, the damage that these female victims might have suffered, from which she hoped they would find redress now that she had paid for the crimes.

Virginia Gouffre

This court, despite the fact that it could not put the main culprit in the dock, was one of the brightest and most important discoveries of the #MeToo movement. (along with the Harvey Weinstein case), which has prompted women around the world to publicly denounce the abuse they have suffered at the hands of powerful people. During the trial, four women testified, recounting horrific stories of what they experienced as being smaller with the then-couple.

Prince Andrei, third in the case

She was joined, although not being an active participant in the trial, Virginia Giuffre is arguably the biggest media victim of the case, admitting to being the sex victim of England’s Prince Andrew.. His public testimony cost him an unprecedented scandal in the royal crown, so Queen Elizabeth II decided to strip him of all the titles and honors of a member of the royal family. His case was closed in February 2022 with a large sum of money (saying £10 million to £12 million, reduced to £7 according to The Sun) to a charity that supports the victims. rights.