Video / Sky NewsThe jury deliberating the fate of Ghislaine Maxwell at her sex trafficking trial requested a whiteboard and different-coloured sticky notes on Monday (US time) as it signalled it had plenty of work to do after a long holiday weekend. Maxwell's lawyers say she was a US government scapegoat after Epstein killed himself in 2019 in a Manhattan federal jail cell while awaiting a sex trafficking trial. In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell (left) pulls down her mask to talk to one of her lawyers, Jeffrey Pagliuca, during Maxwell's sex trafficking trial on Monday. They have given little hint of their overall progress on six charges, including a sex trafficking count that carries a potential penalty of up to 40 years in prison. Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein in a photo submitted in evidence by the Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 28, 2021 05:02 UTC