#348: Ghislaine Maxwell Guilty Verdict Part 1

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🗓️ 1 January 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On Wed, Dec 29th, a jury in a New York federal court found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on five of six counts related to her role in Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of minor girls between 1994 and 2004.

Maxwell was found guilty of five federal charges: sex trafficking of a minor, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and three related counts of conspiracy. She was acquitted on the charge of enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts.

Maxwell, who now faces up to 65 years in prison, showed no reaction when the verdicts were read, though she did have a notable quote to the Judge, which we discuss.

We at RCP, and Laura in particular, followed this case closely, and now that there is a verdict, we wanted to share our thoughts and expert analysis with our listeners. There is a lot to analyze including the charges, the prosecution and defense strategy, the “false memory“ expert, the verdict as well as the potential repercussions of this landmark case, and what it means for sex traffickers and those who enable and aid and abet sex offenders.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Real Crime Profile ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:07.0	Again, this is a big day for a number of women, not just the four that were their center of this trial,
0:14.0	but the dozens of women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse and never got to see his case go to trial.
0:41.0	The Supreme Court has been found guilty of five of six counts by a federal jury of 12.
0:46.0	Behind me, just moments ago, the jurors delivering the verdict, the four person who's a, we don't have her identity,
0:53.0	but it is a woman who's the four person finding her guilty of all counts, except for count two, which is the enticement of an individual under the age of 17,
1:02.0	and referring to the victim identified only by a pseudonym as Jane to travel with the intent to engage in an illegal sexual activity.
1:11.0	That was the only not guilty count that's count two, but I think most important to call as far as Galen Maxwell's future,
1:17.0	having turned 60 years old just several days ago on Christmas Day, is that she was convicted of count six,
1:23.0	sex trafficking of an individual under the age of 18 that's tied to the victim, identified as Carolyn for her future's sake,
1:31.0	that count carries a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison, even if she was only to receive half of it,
1:38.0	that would mean that she would be in jail until she was at least 80 years old.
1:48.0	Hi, everyone and welcome to Real Crime Profile. I'm Laura Richards, Criminal Behavioral Analyst, former New Scotland Yard,
1:54.0	founder of Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service and Host of the Podcast Crime Analyst,
1:58.0	and with me today is...
2:00.0	Hi, I'm Jim Clementi, Uttar FBI, ProPiLiformer and NewXC Prosecutor, right-wingers of CBS Criminal Minds and Co-host of Best Case, Worst Case, the Podcast.
2:08.0	And...
2:09.0	And I am Lisa Zanvedi, I'm former casting director of Criminal Minds, and I have a podcast called Killer Casting Podcast,
2:16.0	and we're jumping on, because there's news, there is news all over the damn place.
2:20.0	There's a lot of news, and I certainly was waiting, and I was texting both of you about the Maxwell trial,
2:27.0	because there's been little coverage in the UK, not that I'm in the UK, but people are asking me what was happening with the case.
2:34.0	And of course, suddenly the world's media jumped in when there was a verdict yesterday, when I'm saying yesterday it's December 29th.
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