The jury within the intercourse trafficking trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell will resume deliberations on Monday.
Jurors ended their second full day of deliberations on Wednesday by requesting extra transcripts of proof from the trial.
Maxwell, who was born on December 25, spent her sixtieth birthday in jail.
US District Decide Alison J Nathan instructed jurors to maintain themselves secure and wholesome over the Christmas break as New York is dealing with an increase in coronavirus infections.
She added that strict coronavirus protocols will probably be in place, akin to sporting hospital-grade masks, for after they reconvene on Monday.
Ghislaine Maxwell with Jeffrey Epstein (US Division of Justice/PA)
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Maxwell, who was labelled “harmful” and a “predator” by the prosecution, is accused of luring weak younger ladies to therapeutic massage rooms to be molested by Jeffrey Epstein between 1994 and 2004.
The defence instructed the Southern District of New York courtroom that she is being prosecuted as a scapegoat because of the intercourse trafficking prices in opposition to Epstein being dissolved following his dying.
The 66-year-old was discovered lifeless in his cell at a federal jail in Manhattan in August 2019 whereas he awaited trial on sex-trafficking prices.
His dying was dominated a suicide.
Maxwell, who has been held in a US jail since her arrest in July final yr, denies all prices.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
