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    Ghislaine Maxwell jury selection begins for her trial on sex-trafficking charges

    by Bill Chappell Nov 16, 2021 2 minutes
    Jury selection in the federal sex crimes trial of Ghislaine Maxwell began Tuesday at Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in New York City.

    Jury selection in the federal sex-trafficking trial for Ghislaine Maxwell got underway Tuesday in a Manhattan courtroom. Judge Alison Nathan questioned potential jurors about the case, looking to winnow down a jury pool of hundreds of people into a panel that will hear charges that Maxwell helped disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse minors as young as 14.

    Maxwell, 59, has pleaded not guilty into Epstein's orbit from the 1990s into the early 2000s, and sometimes participating in sexual encounters herself.

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