Ghislaine Maxwell prosecutors will drop perjury charges if there’s no retrial in sex trafficking case – By SKY News Staff (SKY News) / January 11, 2022
Jeffrey Epstein’s 60-year-old ex-girlfriend is still to be sentenced after being found guilty of trafficking charges – but is also facing the prospect of another trial for alleged perjury. Meanwhile, her lawyers have called for a retrial after jurors admitted they were sexually abused.
Two perjury charges against Ghislaine Maxwell will be dropped if her conviction for aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse is allowed to stand.
The charges are set to be the subject of a separate trial but prosecutors said scrapping the case would help victims get “closure” and avoid the “trauma of testifying again”.
The offer to dismiss the charges came in a letter on Monday night to District Judge Alison Nathan.
Maxwell is alleged to have lied about her knowledge of Epstein’s behaviour in a separate civil lawsuit in 2016. Each charge carries a maximum five-year jail sentence.
