Ghislaine Maxwell: What accusers Carolyn, Jane, Kate and Annie Farmer said at her sex-trafficking trial
Almost 30 years after some of the alleged abuse took place, accusers of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell finally had their day in court during the socialite’s 2021 trial.
Four women – three of them testifying under pseudonyms – took the stand during Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial to allege that Epstein’s former girlfriend preyed on vulnerable underage girls and groomed them for abuse by the late financier.
The women testified that Maxwell, now 62, both enabled Epstein in his abuse and took part in some of the abuse herself.
Maxwell was convicted on five of the six charges she was facing in December 2021. She was sentenced to 20 years behind bars plus a $750,000 fine in the following June.
The first accuser to take the stand was “Jane”, who testified that Maxwell and Epstein befriended her at an arts school under the guise of mentoring the vulnerable 14-year-old who was broke and grieving the loss of her father. After making her feel special, the relationship soon escalated – first to sexualised massages with Epstein and then to other sexual encounters.
Jane testified that Maxwell was sometimes “in the room” and joined in the sexual abuse. The teenager was also forced into sexualised orgies with other older women, she alleged.
The second accuser “Kate” said Maxwell first instructed her to give Epstein sexualised massages at the socialite’s London townhouse when she was 17. Maxwell then allegedly continued to set her up with sexual meetings with Epstein as the teenager was flown between his homes in New York, Florida and his island of Little St. James.
One time, Maxwell told her to dress in a schoolgirl outfit for the paedophile and she also asked her if she had other friends who could come to give
