Trial of man accused of being part of sex ring with SA's version of Jeffrey Epstein set to begin
JOHANNESBURG - The trial of a man accused of being part of a sex ring with prominent human rights lawyer Paul Kennedy is set to begin in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday morning.Kennedy died by suicide last year while facing charges relating to the possession of child pornography.
The State believes that like Epstein’s right-hand lady Ghislaine Maxwell, Kennedy’s co-accused had boys delivered to the lawyer’s Saxonwold residence, where they were allegedly groomed to perform lewd sexual acts on him.
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