Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial will start in November on charges that she recruited teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse over a 10-year period, a judge has said. Judge Nathan said jury selection can occur in the week of November 15. The judge recently scrapped a July 12 trial date after defence lawyers complained that sex trafficking charges added in March left them insufficient time to investigate and prepare for trial. Defence lawyers have challenged the charges on numerous grounds, although Judge Nathan has rejected most of them. Epstein killed himself in August 2019 in a federal Manhattan jail as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges.

Source: Irish Independent May 11, 2021 22:07 UTC