Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of sex crimes

Britain’s Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty on Wednesday of sex crimes in the United States, including child trafficking for her ex-partner, businessman Jeffrey Epstein, who committed suicide in prison.

Maxwell, 60, was convicted by a 12-member jury in New York on five of the six charges against her, and could potentially spend the rest of her life behind bars.

Conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors carries a maximum sentence of 40 years, while lesser charges carry terms of five or 10 years.

Maxwell sat calmly in the Manhattan courtroom while Judge Alison Nathan read the verdicts on each of the six counts. Nathan offered her “sincere thanks” to the jury for their service, adding that the members acted with “diligence.”

At 5:10 PM (2210 GMT), Nathan suspended the proceedings, and Maxwell was taken from the courtroom as on the other days of the trial.

No date has been set for her sentencing.

The charges against Maxwell originate between 1994 and 2004. Two of Epstein’s alleged victims testified that they were only 14 years old when Maxwell allegedly began grooming and arranging for Epstein to receive massages, which resulted in sexual activity