Posted on 12/05/2021 8:34:15 PM PST by Morgana
The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is the one accused of sex trafficking, but during the first five days of testimony in a New York City courtroom her lawyers have put her deceased boss, Jeffrey Epstein, and his famous friends on trial, legal experts say.
That strategy quickly became evident on the first day of the long-awaited trial when attorney Bobbi Sternheim, in her opening statement, dipped into the book of Genesis to defend Maxwell.
“Ever since Eve was tempting Adam with the apple, women have been blamed for the bad behavior of men,” Sternheim said. “She is not Jeffrey Epstein, she is not like Jeffrey Epstein.”
In fact, Maxwell’s defense team is subtly trying to portray her as Epstein’s first victim, the experts said.
“In an effort to make Maxwell ‘Eve’ to Epstein’s ‘Adam,’ as her lawyer suggested in the opening statement, we can expect the defense to do whatever it can to keep the spotlight on his manipulative, grooming behavior,” said Deborah Tuerkheimer, a professor of law at Northwestern University, who served five years as an assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office.
The defense is also keeping the spotlight on the powerful men who were in Epstein’s orbit, such as former President Donald Trump and Britain’s Prince Andrew, the experts said.
“The defense has signaled its intention to make Epstein central to this trial,” Tuerkheimer said. “By portraying him as charismatic, well-connected, almost larger than life, her team may well be hoping to make Maxwell disappear into the background. Epstein’s star-studded life of fame and riches can grab the jury’s attention and focus, increasing the odds that Maxwell appears as a merely peripheral figure in the story.”
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She can name these high ranking men or rot forever in a cell for all I care.
It says "My Last Christmas"
It’s not just men.
Her attorneys just need to threaten to name names and the trial will be over in a hurry....
Jeff Epstein’s “Little Black Book” is on the web, and I’ve read it. Bill and Hillary were not the only famous names in it. Many Royalty, including but not limited to Prince Andrew.
So yea start naming names, Inquiring minds want to know
Do you suppose arkancide is in her future?
Maxwell is t just accused of procuring girls she’s also accused of raping them herself. They don’t hilight that very much.
yup, if it’s in print, nothing left to hide
Spot on Epstein hung himself like drywall does.
Always a problem when you have powerful customers
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