Victims react to Ghislaine Maxwell being found guiltyThe Guardian, LOS ANGELESA Manhattan jury’s decision to find Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of sex trafficking has left victims of the British socialite and her former boyfriend, Jeffrey Epstein, “relieved and grateful.”Maxwell was found guilty on five of six charges for her involvement in Epstein’s sexual abuse of teenage girls. Prosecutors said that Maxwell “preyed on vulnerable young girls, manipulated them and served them up to be sexually abused.”A courtroom sketch shows Ghislaine Maxwell listening as the guilty verdict in her sex abuse trial is read in New York City on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters“I am so relieved and grateful that the jury recognized the pattern of predatory behavior that Maxwell engaged in for years and found her guilty,” said Annie Farmer, one of the victims who testified at the trial. “As the verdict was read, Maxwell struggled to stand, but said nothing,” Brown wrote on Twitter. Late on Wednesday, Maxwell’s brother, Kevin Maxwell, said the family stood by her and believed that she would be vindicated during the appeals process.

Source: Taipei Times December 31, 2021 03:59 UTC