Maxwell Found Guilty (But What Happens Next?) - Irishman In America With Marion McKeone (Mini Pod)

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Jarlath Regan

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🗓️ 31 December 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Wednesday saw Ghislaine Maxwell convicted of sex trafficking but will this actually result in further charges, jail time and will others implicated in the case go to prison? Sunday Business Post US correspondent and our good friend Marion McKeone, explains what just happened, whether Maxwell’s appeal is already dead in the water and what she say while in the courtroom. With 300,000 new cases of Covid detected, is America even paying attention? Will this encourage or discourage other victims to come forward? We get an assessment of the Maxwell defence team and how their bully boy tactics backfired so horribly for the British socialite. Both Jarlath and Marion were caught off guard by this verdict. Why were so many so sure she would walk? To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 500 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Supplementary research provided by John Meagher. If you would like a story discussed, get in touch, the Irishman Abroad Liveline is now open. You can now get in touch with us and feature on our shows by sending your WhatsApp voice note to 0044 7543 122 330. Why not pose a running question to Irish Olympic Legend Sonia O'Sullivan or ask our America Correspondent Marion McKeone her thoughts on a current talking point Stateside? Of course, if you have an issue with traffic or elephants on the loose in your area, Jarlath can do his best to sort that out too. Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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0:00.0	Gillen Maxwell has been found guilty of five of the six charges against her.
0:07.0	Galane Maxwell faces up to 65 years in prison.
0:11.0	Maxwell found guilty on five of six counts related to sexual abuse and trafficking.
0:16.0	On Wednesday, a federal jury in New York found Jeffrey Epstein's former confidant,
0:20.0	Gilane Maxwell, guilty.
0:21.9	We have the verdict now. We have a guilty verdict on five of the six charges. Today on
0:30.1	Irishman in America with Marion McKeown, we look at the verdict in the trial of Gulenin Maxwell.
0:35.7	The British socialite and friend to the stars was
0:38.0	found guilty by a US jury on Wednesday of helping the late finance here Jeffrey Epstein sexually
0:43.2	abuse teenage girls. It's that simple. Is it the final nail or just the beginning of a lengthy
0:50.0	appeals process? Will she serve the decades that many news outlets are predicting? Or is there another
0:57.4	twist in this already grotesque story of abuse of power influence and vulnerable young women?
1:04.6	I don't know about you, Marion, but I did not see this verdict coming and all the chatter I heard suggested that the prosecution had
1:13.3	somewhat botched the case and the defensive seemed confident that she was going to be walking
1:18.9	free by the weekend. Yeah, hello to you, John. I have to say that I felt, and I know we discussed, the prosecution did not do a good case,
1:30.8	but as I think we spoke in recent weeks, the evidence to me, having sat there, was just
1:37.4	overwhelming. It was overwhelming. I could not see any way that she could be acquitted on all charges. Now, I actually,
1:46.1	funnily enough, thought that maybe the conspiracy ones might be harder to establish, but to some
1:53.0	degree, because, you know, with a conspiracy, it's conspiracy with who and, you know, Epstein
1:57.9	being dead, you know, was, although albeit he is a convicted pedophile,
2:03.5	and he, you know, he did plead guilty to solicit underage girls, but conspiracy to commit
2:09.5	sex trafficking of minors, like, you know, that's where you wonder, well, conspiracy with who,
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