According to the New York Post, photos depicting Maxwell’s “close relationship” with Jeffery Epstein were introduced in court today.
The photos, which the Post characterized as “racy” and “raunchy,” show Maxwell in scant dress rubbing Epstein’s feet in his private jet, sunbathing on Epstein’s yacht, and vacationing in Europe.
The photos were seized during an FBI raid on Epstein’s Upper East Side mansion in 2019 and entered into evidence on Tuesday.
Epstein was charged with sexually abusing underage girls from 1994 to 2004 but died in 2019 under suspicious circumstances while in prison. A forensic pathologist hired by Epstein’s family gave his opinion that Epstein’s death was by homicide rather than suicide.
Maxwell is on trial now as an accessory and “partner in crime” in sexually abusing minor children.
Thus far in the trial, two victims have testified that Maxwell participated with Epstein in the abuse.
In her opening statement, Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura Pomerantz noted, that “even when [Maxwell] was not present, she had a hand in the abuse.”
“Make no mistake,” Pomerantz said, “she knew exactly what Epstein was going to do to those children when she sent them to him inside the massage rooms, massage rooms inside the houses the defendant ran for over a decade.”
Prosecutors charge that Maxwell worked closely with Epstein in offering employment and massages to attract young girls and then pressure them into illicit activity.
Maxwell has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Maxwell’s defense team has signaled their intent to call witnesses after the prosecution rests their case.
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