Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced to 20 Years for Sex Trafficking Underage Girls With Jeffrey Epstein

variety.com:

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentGhislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years for facilitating financier Jeffrey Epstein in sexually abusing underage girls.The British socialite and close confidante to Epstein was convicted in December on federal sex trafficking charges for luring underage girls to engage in sex acts with Epstein.On Tuesday morning, Maxwell was brought into the courtroom in ankle shackles where judge Alison J.

Nathan said, “I find that the defendant’s criminal activity was extensive,” according to the New York Times.Numerous victims impact statements were made ahead of the sentencing, including from one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers, Virginia Giuffre, whose lawyer read her statement to Maxwell. “I would never have met Jeffrey Epstein but for you,” Giuffre’s statement read. “You deserve to spend the rest of your life in a jail cell…You deserve to be trapped in a cage.”Annie Farmer, who testified that Epstein and Maxwell lured her to Epstein’s ranch when she was 16 years old in 1996, told the court, “Maxwell had many opportunities to come clean…but instead continued to make choices that caused more harm.” Another victim, Kate, who had testified that she met Maxwell when she was 17 years old, also addressed the court.Maxwell spoke ahead of the sentencing, telling the judge, “Your honor, it is hard for me to address the court after listening to the pain and anguish expressed in the statements made here today.