The sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell began Monday with New York federal prosecutors and her defense team offering opposing portraits of the British socialite and sparring over her role in financier Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sex abuse of underage girls.
In opening statements, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz said in a federal court in Manhattan that, between 1994 and 2004, Ms. Maxwell recruited young teenagers for Epstein and normalized abusive behavior, including showing them how to give him massages.
