BREAKING: Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls for at least a decade between the 1990s and 2000s.
, whose late father rose to prominence in the U.K. as a media baron and member of Parliament, faced a district court hearing in Manhattan that lasted several hours from the late morning until mid-afternoon. last December of conspiring with Epstein — her longstanding associate and romantic partner for a time — to groom, recruit and sexually abuse minors as part of the late financier's now-infamous trafficking ring.
Bobbi Sternheim, Maxwell's defense lawyer, requested her transfer to a women's prison in Danbury, Connecticut, along with her enrollment in a family initiated treatment program to address past trauma. Her legal team was given 14 days to appeal Maxwell's sentence. "Today's sentence holds Ghislaine Maxwell accountable for perpetrating heinous crimes against children," Williams wrote in a
Ghislaine Maxwell, pictured with Jeffrey Epstein, was sentenced Tuesday for her role in recruiting and abusing minors.
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