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    Headlines from the last seven days

    Dec 03, 2021 7 minutes

    1 UNITED STATES

    Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking trial begins

    Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial began in federal court in Manhattan on Monday with opening statements about the eagerly awaited case.

    Maxwell “preyed on vulnerable young girls, manipulated them and served them up to be sexually abused” by Jeffrey Epstein, said prosecutor Lara Pomerantz. “The defendant was trafficking kids for sex. Maxwell was Epstein’s best friend and right hand.”

    The late financier Epstein was arrested in July 2019 in relation to sexually abusing teenage girls. “She was involved in every detail of Epstein’s life. They were partners in crime,” said Pomerantz.

    The first arguments set the stage for a six-week trial in which the British socialite’s alleged involvement in Epstein’s crimes will be aired in gruelling detail.

    Maxwell, 59 (pictured below in 2013), has pleaded not guilty on six counts related to her alleged involvement in Epstein’s abuse of minors.

    Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan federal jail on 10 August 2019, while awaiting his own sex-trafficking trial. Maxwell was arrested on 2 July 2020 in New Hampshire, a year after Epstein’s arrest.

    2 BUSINESS

    Co-founder Jack Dorsey stands down as Twitter CEO

    Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey stepped down on Monday from the social media company he co-founded in 2006. He was replaced

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