Ghislaine Maxwell Blames Tough Adolescence, Asks For Lighter Sentence
(CNN)Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell have requested a judge to sentence her to a significantly decrease sentence than recommended through the authorities, saying her hard formative years made her at risk of Jeffrey Epstein and that she should not face a harsh sentence due to his moves. Maxwell, 60, became convicted through a jury in December of 5 federal expenses, together with sex trafficking of a minor, after a month-long trial in which jurors heard testimony about her dating with the late Epstein. Prosecutors argued all through Maxwell's trial that she helped him set up a scheme to lure younger girls into sexual relationships between 1994 to 2004. Epstein changed into determined useless in a federal detention facility shortly after being indicted for allegedly strolling a sex trafficking ring of underage women, and Maxwell was arrested the subsequent yr. "But this Court cannot sentence Ms. Maxwell as though she have been a proxy for Epstein clearly due to the fact Epste...