British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted on Wednesday by a New York federal court jury of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Family believes Maxwell is innocentHer brother, Kevin Maxwell, said the family believes she will be vindicated on appeal. Lawyers Bradley J. Edwards, right, and Brittany Henderson, who represent two of Jeffrey Epstein's victims, leave the federal courthouse following testimony at Ghislane Maxwell's trial on Dec. 1 in New York. "The charges against Ghislaine Maxwell are for things that Jeffrey Epstein did," one of Maxwell's lawyers, Bobbi Sternheim, emphasized to the jury. "But she is not Jeffrey Epstein and she is not like Jeffrey Epstein."

Source: CBC News December 30, 2021 00:17 UTC