Jeffrey Epstein

Prosecutors have accused Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite, of helping Jeffrey Epstein “recruit, groom and ultimately abuse" underage girls. 

Ghislaine Maxwell's defense has received permission to call memory expert Elizabeth Loftus, known for testifying about false memories in the Harvey Weinstein and Ted Bundy trials, to the stand.

U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan will question 231 potential jurors about their knowledge of the case, past media exposure and ability to attend the lengthy trial expected to carry over into 2022.

As Ghislaine Maxwell's trial is set to begin, a federal judge denied her bail request for a 4th time saying she was too great of a flight risk. 

A judge ruled that accusers of socialite Ghislaine Maxell, a longtime confidante of Jeffrey Epstein, may use pseudonyms or first names to protect their privacy.

Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys will be asking a federal judge to exclude testimony in her upcoming federal trial from one of her accusers and exclude evidence seized from a search of Epstein’s Palm Beach home in 2005.

The Metropolitan Police launched the review after Virginia Roberts Giuffre accused Prince Andrew in a civil lawsuit filed in August of sexually abusing her on three separate occasions while she was a minor.

Attorneys representing Prince Andrew and his accuser Virginia Giuffre also sparred over whether the royal had been properly served with the lawsuit.

“In this country no person, whether president or prince, is above the law,” Virginia Giuffre’s legal team wrote in a complaint filed last month.

Ghislaine Maxwell, the jailed socialite accused of playing a central role in Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring, had requested prosecutors hand over the two names to avoid an ambush in the courtroom.