i think elaine maxwell prepares to go and trial accused of helping late billionaire jeffrey epstein abuse underage girls another attempt to resurrect the iran nuclear deal gets underway in vienna and on the front line in eastern ukraine, where the government says a russian invasion could be launched in the blink of an eye, ah, countries around the world are shutting down their borders to keep a new corona, virus variant out even more cases emerge and scientists race to figure out how dangerous it actually is. meanwhile, anger is growing in south africa where. busy the on the con variant was 1st detected, several countries have banned travelers from that region. although there have been no deaths linked to omicron so far the world health organization has warned that it poses a high risk of infection surges. meanwhile, experts in south africa are predicting cases could rock it the 10000 the day by the end of the week. that's up from just 300 a day, only 2 weeks ago. but they also believe that existing vaccines are probably effective at preventing severe illness. while despite calls from sou

epstein had listing the names, the numbers, the contacts of jeffrey epstein and gillen maxwell. now the judge in the case, allison nathan is a very prominent. she's very well respected federal judge. she's overseen other high profile cases, and she was just actually nominated by president biden to serve on the 2nd court. second circuit court of appeals, which is essentially one step from the u. s. supreme court. she's already ruled against maxwell several times, and maxwell's pleased to be released on bail siding with prosecutors who contend that she is a possible flight risk. now the trial is expected to last at least 6 weeks, basically stretching through the christmas holidays in the same court house by the way, that other prominent high profile defendants have appeared and trials among them. law boss, john gotti, and bernie made off. but this is a case that has been followed for years and it's just day one of many more days to go outside federal courthouse here, lower manhattan for news views whose john? honey. okay, to discuss further we bring it very loving author of the sp

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she's accused of enabling the crimes of sex offender jeffrey epstein. you took his own life 2 years ago while awaiting his trial. maxwell insist that she's innocent and denies any wrong doing. let's speak to gabriel. as under he's following that trial for us in new york. gabriel, after epstein's death, can you talk us through the significance of maxwell's trial now? yeah, it's very significant for multiple reasons. and just to give you an idea of how much interest there is in this trial, it's a little after 9 am. were expecting opening statements momentarily. but people started lining up to get a seat in the court room more than 3 hours ago. about 5 am. well, before sunrise here, journalist observers just interested people in the case, there won't be enough seats in the court room, so there's an overflow room for any extra people that want to want to try to monitor the trial as it goes on. it's significant because prosecutors had hoped to put jeffrey epstein on trial for his alleged crimes. but since he committed suicide 2 years ago in new york jail, th

she's accused of enabling the crimes of sex offender jeffrey epstein, who took his own life 2 years ago while awaiting his trial. maxwell insist she is innocent and denies any wrong doing. well, let's be to gay with alexander. he is in new york watching that child for us, gabriel, after epstein's death, can you talk us through the significance of maxwell's trial now? well, to get an idea of how significant it is, i can tell you it's a little after $8.00 to 8 am here. local time in new york, and there were dozens of people lined up outside this court room behind me more than 2 hours before even sunrise here. so it's, this is a trial, it's getting quite a lot of attention. the significance is, is that prosecutors had hoped to put jeffrey epstein on trial, but when he committed suicide in a jail here in new york city 2 years ago, prosecutors had to go to plan b essentially and are now putting glean maxwell on trial for 6 trafficking charges the significance is, is that prosecutors say that she was the enabler, that groomed and recruited young women for epstein and that his crimes are alleg

she is accused of enabling the crimes of light sex offender jeffrey epstein took his own life 2 years ago while awaiting trial. maxwell insist she's innocent and denies any wrong doing. opening statements have begun in a closed courtroom. gabriel elizondo is covering the case for us and is live from new york. gabriel. what's the background to this strong well, the background is that prosecutors wanted to have jeffrey epstein on trial today. that's what was planned a, but when he committed suicide in a new york prison, they had to go to plan b and plan b was to look at his alleged co conspirators in his lead crimes and front and center of that was elaine maxwell, who is a long time girlfriend and associate of jeffrey epstein and prosecutors say that she helped enable him to commit the alleged crimes that he did. this is a trial that is just getting underway here in new york. and the trial of maxwell is expected to have a lot of drama create a. so how much did the lane maxwell know about geoffrey epstein alleged sexual abuse of under age girls? that will be the central question. in the

and that she was being used as a pond by jeffrey epstein. epstein was found dead in his prison in his jail cell. shortly after his arrest back in august 2019 of nam city medical examiner here, new york said, died by suicide by hanging as the jury basically, the jury's been picked and their civil questions really calling about the trial among them will gillan maxwell testifying the case that's a very risky proposition by the defense for many reasons. also will jury see, and what we're hearing is that the answers, yes, prosecutors will bring possible evidence from the quote unquote little black book that maxwell had. and also that actually had of all the, basically the names, the numbers and contacts, including those wealthy and powerful friends. as i mentioned now, judge alison nathan, who has pres headed over many other high profile cases here. and i've also been nominated for the circuit court of appeals by president biden, which is next step, one step from the u. s. supreme court. she's already ruled against maxwell several times in maxwell's bid for bail saying, agreeing with prose

so she like elaine maxwell is accused of praying on young girls for jeffrey epstein as her trial gets underway in new york. and barbados prepared to cut ties with the british monarchy, become the world's newest republic. ah . hello, the newest cove. 19 variance on the corner poses a very high risk of a search in infections. that is the latest warning from the world health organization. the un chief says he is concerned about southern africa's isolation. tony gutierrez says the region cannot be blamed for its lack of vaccines. a countries from japan to israel are focusing on restrictions as on the current infections are being reported across europe. the u. k. is offering a boosted jobs to stop the spread in the u. s. president joe biden is urging vigilance, but it's asking people not to panic. biden says no new measures or locked downs are needed to tackle the new variant. this period is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. we have the best vaccine in the world, the best medicines, the best scientists, and we're learning more every single day, if needed. my team is already worki

a former pilot of jeffrey epstein. and that is after we heard the opening statements from both the government and the defense in this case. the government taking about 35 minutes to lay out its case in front of these jurors in this federal trial. essentially saying that ghislaine maxwell knew very well what was going on behind closed doors in jeffrey epstein's multiple homes. she was the lady of the house is what the government was calling her, saying that she recruited these underaged women for jeffrey epstein to multiple locations where he lived. even took part in the massages that were sort of a cover of this abuse. so lots of details there about sort of the conspiracy that they are alleging that ghislaine maxwell was all a part of. for the defense's part they spent about an hour or so talking to jurors essentially saying that she's taking the fall for the crimes that jeffrey epstein committed. so that is one of the first defenses that they are going with. also saying this trial is all about memory, manipulation and

and now deceased financier, jeffrey epstein, while also according to a number of the alleged victims in the case providing them tab steam circle of wealthy and powerful friends among the names that had come out as prince andrew, the duke of your car, former new mexico governor bill richard, also famous side defense attorney allen dirty with all of whom have denied the allegations leveled against them. the alleged victims and other witnesses will reportedly testify under pseudonyms, but their identities will be revealed to the jury's. now, maxwell has pled not guilty to the charges against her arguing along with her defense team that she's essentially being scapegoat. and that she was being used as a pond by jeffrey epstein. epstein was found dead in his presence in his jail cell . shortly after his arrest back in august 2019 of nam city medical examiner here, new york said, died by suicide by hanging as the jury basically, the jury's been picked and their civil questions really calling about the trial among them will gillan maxwell testifying the case that's a very risky proposition

did jeffrey epstein rape you >> yeah. no he raped me, forcefully raped me, knew exactly what he was doing and i don't think cared. >> reporter: maxwell denies the lawsuit's allegations. at court today, her family made a public show of support. sister isabelle arrived to a crush of cameras this morning maxwell's siblings have publically lobbied for her to be released on bail. >> the court is starting to feel under the pressure either their own pressure because they lost the man and they're feeling under the public's pressure. >> reporter: the judge denied multiple requests for maxwell to be released the trial now underway is expected to last six weeks. >> stephanie, the prosecution has their first witness a pilot who flew epstein's plane. what did he say? >> reporter: well, lester, he worked for epstein for over a decade he said maxwell was often on epstein's private jet. look, this is someone who got a close look behind the scenes. his testimony has only begun. he'll be taking the stand again tomorrow, lester. >> all righ

things to do sexual favors for jeffrey epstein. so we'll get more details about the inner workers including hearing from six of the alleged -- rather four of the alleged victims throughout the trial. on the government side we're expecting opening statements to start momentarily and they should last before we get to the government witnesses. but their argument is that maxwell -- i'm sorry, is that the alleged victims don't remember everything that happened. of course all of the alleged incidents happening decades ago. so we're waiting to hear more about how the opening statements go before we start hearing from the witnesses. but as you said, this trial expected to take six weeks, go through the holidays, ghislaine maxwell is going to turn 60 during that time behind bars and remember this is a pivotal mom moments again for the me-too movement and this is one where we have women as a defendant and the makeup of the jury will be perceiving this women throughout the aftermath of this movement. >> brynn, thank you so much. let's bring i

the socialite accused of recruiting girls for sex offender jeffrey epstein begins today. the key witnesses and wimaxwell's brother claims she's being used as a scapegoat. >>> cyber onday deals and scams. the new warning for online shoppers about store surveys. plus, the one deal that can apply to just about anyone on your list. >>> a fashion icon and trail blazer dies at age 41. the rare heart cancer that claimed the life of virgil abloh and the mark he's left on the industry. >>> caught on camera, a drawbridge rises with a pedestrian still on the bridge. >>> from trash to treasure, the eye-popping value of a drawing found during an estate sale. >>> good monday morning, everyone. i'm mona kosar abdi. >> i'm elizabeth schulze. andrew is off. we begin with global concerns about the omicron variant of the coronavirus discovered in south africa. >> dr. anthony fauci says it could be two weeks before enough data is available to know whether it's more dangerous. overnight japan became the latest country to ban foreign visitors as a precaution, and today new u.s. travel restrict

the prosecutor painting her as a key figure of bringing a spring of young girls to jeffrey epstein for sexual abuse >> in my opinion, she might have been just equally as bad as he was. >> reporter: jennifer told nbc news she was 15 when jeffrey epstein raped her, though she won't be one of the women to testify with allegations mostly from the '90s. will we see her testify? >> i don't know. there's a risk of testifying but i think they'll make it a game-day decision based on how they believe the government's case has gone in >> reporter: maxwell insists she's innocent, awaiting her trial from behind she described it as a living hell, saying i am weak, i am frail. her siblings pleading with the united nations for help to get her out, calling this unprecedented discrimination >> she's treated as guilty they are hoping, no doubt, the authorities, that they are going to be able to put her away for 20, 30, 40, 50, 80 years well, let justice decide how that's going to be >> reporter: the trial is expected to span six weeks but will leave a lot of unanswered questions around her and jeffrey ep

that is a former pilot of jeffrey epstein. this was after a full day of jury selection and opening statements from both the government and the defense. and in those opening statements, of course, both sides were laying out their cases to the jurors in this federal court room. and essentially the government alleging that ghislaine maxwell recruited these women and groomed them to exploit them to jeffrey epstein, essentially saying anything that happened behind closed doors on jeffrey epstein's properties ghislaine maxwell knew it. she was the lady of the house and she played a part in the manipulation of these women and, in part, was very much aware of what was going on with jeffrey epstein. now, the defense says that she herself is a victim, and that she is being vilified for the crimes that jeffrey epstein committed. so we're getting really a sneak peek of what both lawyers are going to layout in this what's supposed to be a six-week trial for the six federal charges that ghislaine maxwell now faces. and, again, testimony wil

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she is accused of grooming, under aged girls for convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein, who died in prison in 2019. or she's john honey reports from outside the court house. 59 year old and galen maxwell has been a jail nearly 17 months since being charged with several counts of federal charges, including the sex trafficking of miners. now prosecutors including by the way, maureen, coney, who is the daughter a former f b. i director james comi, she's among the federal prosecutors on the team. they maintain that melts maxwell essentially help recruit and groom young women some as young as the 14 years of age to essentially perform sexual acts and massages, that kind of thing on disgraced and now deceased financier, jeffrey epstein, while also according to a number of the victims a village victims, in the case providing them tab, seeing circle of wealthy and powerful friends among the names that had come out as we reported quite extensively. prince andrew, the duke of your car, former new mexico governor, bill richard, also famous side defense attorney allen dirty with all of whom hav

jeffrey epstein's friend and alleged accomplice. she's accused of recruiting underage girls for epstein. what prosecutors said today in making their case. maxwell's attorneys tonight calling her a scapegoat. >>> this evening, the new interview here with tiger woods on the accident and on playing again. what he reveals. >>> tonight, authorities are now investigating what they say was a fraternity fight night. a young college student dying, reportedly collapsing soon after his fight. >>> also tonight, we remember an american golfer who made history. >>> and it's hard to believe our tenth year, our made in america christmas is back. what's your one thing? >>> good evening and it's great to be back with all of you at home after the thanksgiving holiday. i felt just like you did when we saw those headlines over the holiday, the alerts on our phones, this new variant. the world health organization calling it a variant of concern and tonight, they're now saying the global risk is very high. very little is known, of course. it is believed t

jeffrey epstein is still very much an enigma. we know he was a sex offender, but there's a great deal we don't know. we know it was a con artist, criminal, embezzler, possibly a spy, an arms dealer, and a math teacher. he was able to lure not just young girls but powerful men into his mansions where there was some sort of powerful kind of concierge club happening. what they were doing, we still don't know. and so therefore, i think a lot of people have reason to be nervous for ghislaine maxwell's trial. >> absolutely. and let's play another clip from your special. this one focuses on epstein. >> he was a mr. fix-it. he was a sensitive in a certain manner. he was careful, eloquent. he's very intelligent. he knows if he's going to be trapped. he traps you more than he's trapped. >> there's this idea with epstein out of the picture that maxwell has to be the so-called fall guy in all of this. do you buy that? >> well, it doesn't matter what i think, jim. it's what she -- whether or not she can convince the jury. i think you're going

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no matter where they're from. nicholas hawk al jazeera de carr, a jeffrey epstein and hugh lane maxwell were once among the world's wealthiest and best connected people. but if there glamorous lives k crashing down when epstein killed himself while in jail and 2019 facing federal sex trafficking charges. and on monday maxwell will go on trial for her alleged involvement. busy gabriel elizondo reports from new york create a how much did elaine maxwell know about geoffrey epstein alleged sexual abuse of under age girls? that will be the central question in the trial of the 59 year old british socialite, facing charges of sex trafficking and other crimes. he is going to be the invisible presence hanging over this. and that is why i think that she is going to have to explain something that everybody really wants to know. what was his hold over her? what was that relationship? a big unknown on the trial is how far the judge will allow the prosecutors to probe and epstein and maxwell's high profile social circles that included many household names from politics, industry, and entertainment. o

she's convicting of assisting at a file jeffrey epstein. she denies the charges. u.s. president joe biden has held talks with ceos of several major retailers to talk about how best to tackle the nation's supply chain problems. the federal reserve chairman has warned the new variant could slow the economy recovery and add to inflation worries. let's talk more about this with the associate director and member of the economics research group moody's analytics. he joins us from west chester, pennsylvania in the u.s. to what extent -- these supply chain problems have been around for several months now. to what extent is this new omicron variant of covid going to potentially add to that? guest: thanks for having me. it is a significant risk factor. we have seen from previous waves , the delta variant, closures, factory closures can have a significant effect on the supply chain issues we are seeing today. in particular, should the report closures in china as well as other manufacturing hubs all around the world due to spikes because of the omicron virus, that would pose a cha

she's accused grooming under age girls for convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein, who died in prison back in 2019 is a look at what could be expected from these legal proceedings. coming up then khomeini's daughter. yep, the one and same x f b i director james comi, x special assistant to obama and ex girlfriend of convicted peter file, jeffrey epstein. they all are meeting in one courtroom. is all you need to know about delane maxwell trial. accused of sex, trafficking, and grooming underage girls for epstein denies the charges faces decades in prison . if convicted alison. g. nathan judge x special assistant to barack obama rejected maxwell's bail application. 4 times allowed prosecutors to refer to accuses as victims of recruiting word is based, unnecessary, and impractical. it is appropriate to use the times as a representative of its litigation position. busy allowed accuses to testify anonymously. marine co, me, one of the lead prosecutors, daughter of x, f b. i directed james co, me revealed that video of epstein's 1st suspected suicide trying had been destroyed . the requeste

she's accused of helping convicted peter fall. jeffrey epstein abuse under age girls on the front line in eastern ukraine, where the russian forces have been gathering at the border and just hours to go until history is made in the caribbean. as barbados prepares, the cut ties with the british monarchy and becomes the war and become the world's us that republic. i'm devin ash, with sports at lino massey has in the last few minutes. one a record, a 7th of volunteer reward is the best of football in the world. and as a new man in charge at manchester and i say that they've hired a german coach. rafa run into the end of the season. ah, more countries around the world are shutting down their borders to keep the new corona virus variant out even more cases emergent scientists race to figure out just how dangerous it actually is. meanwhile, anger is growing in southern africa where the army on variant was 1st detected, several countries of band, the travellers from that region. although there have been no deaths linked to on the cross. so far, the world health organization has warned that po

she's accused of grooming underage girls for the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein, who died in prison in 2019 allowed to america correspondent john how he is outside the courthouse. hi, john kaylee anticipated trial this. get us up to speed on. well right. 59 year old and gillen maxwell has been in jail nearly 17 months since being charged with several count on federal charge, including the sex trafficking of minors. now prosecutors, including by the way, maureen, coney, whose the daughter a former f b i. director james told me she's among the federal prosecutors on the team. they maintain that malcolm maxwell essentially helped recruit and groom young women some as young as the 14 years of age to essentially perform sexual acts and massages, that kind of thing on disgraced. and now the fif finance here jeffrey epstein, while also according to a number of the victims of the alleged items in the case providing them tabs being circle of wealthy and powerful friends among the names that had come out as we reported quite extensively. prince andrew, the duke of your former new mexic

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it really has been a long time coming for many of these alleged victims, both of jeffrey epstein and of ghislaine maxwell. so today what's under way right now is jury selection. both sides, the prosecution and maxwell's attorney, have selected 12 jurors and 6 alternates. one of the jurors has an issue with an employer, so the judge is trying to work that out. once that is resolved, they will move forward, the jury will be sworn in and opening statements will get under way. prosecutors saying they need only 25 minutes to lay out their case. of course they have accused maxwell of helping jeffrey epstein recruit, groom, and sexually abuse girls, some as young as 14 years old. this conduct was alleged to have occurred between 1994 and 2004 in both new york, florida, new mexico, and maxwell's london home. maxwell's lawyers will have about an hour they said they will need to present their opening statements in the case. we haven't heard a lot from her side of what they're going to argue here, but one thing is clear, i think we'll see that they'll make lot of the fact that jeffrey epstein i

the 59 year old is accused of enabling the crimes of convicted peter found jeffrey epstein, who died 2 years ago while awaiting trial. maxwell insist says she is innocent and denies any one doing talks to resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal have restarted in vienna, representatives from russia, china, germany, france, and the u. k. are sitting down with iranian officials. iran stock negotiators said he was optimistic of them after mondays meetings. iran wants all us sanctions dropped before agreeing any deal. activists in lebanon have been blocking roads in protest against deteriorating living conditions caused by the economic crisis. the local currency is in free fall, and the government has failed to provide a social safety net for the poor. after scrapping subsidies on essential goods. the crisis is not new, but critics say the situation is worsening. the pacific island nation of fiji has deployed 50 soldiers to the solomon islands. the health contain anti government riots. protests over poverty and high unemployment of turned violent with 4 people killed. australia has already sent a

she's not anything like jeffrey epstein. maxwell was present in the courtroom and not in handcuffs also in the courtroom, her sister who came to show her support quickly making her way into the courthouse and ignoring any questions. a woman named sarah ransom arrived this morning she claim to be one of the victims and set to release a memoir entitled silence no more. she is not expected to testify the first witness to take the stand this afternoon was a pilot who testified he was hired by jeffrey epstein to fly private planes his testimony is expected to continue tomorrow. this trial is expected to last about six weeks. it's still unclear if ghislaine will take the stand in her defense. she does face life in prison if convicted. >> valerie, thank you. >>> nearly three years ago, jussie smollett claimed he have the victim of a racist attack on the streets of chicago now he's going on trial, accused of making the whole thing up the jury selected and seated today. opening statements have begun. smollett has pleaded not guilty s

i so for next the long time, pilots of jeffrey epstein so called lily to express his reeled off a damning who's who of the u. s. establishments on the 1st day of the trial event scenes deputy on charges of including sex, trafficking of minors. lawrence pull the south scape said passengers on the infamous private plane that apparently ferried underage girls to his private island included britons, prince andrew, american acts of kevin spacey, donald trump, and bill clinton. here's an overview of the court proceedings against skyline maxwell. khomeini's daughter. yep. the one and same x, f b i, director james comi, x special assistant to obama and ex girlfriend of convicted peter file. jeffrey epstein. they all are meeting in one courtroom, is all you need to know about delane maxwell, trial, accused of sex, trafficking, and grooming underage girls for epstein denies the charges faces decades in prison . if convicted alison. g. nathan judge x special assistant to barack obama rejected maxwell's bail application. 4 times allowed prosecutors to refer to accuses as victims of recruiting was as

steps from where the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein died in an apparent suicide. you think epstein's death makes this case the only opportunity really to hold him and ghislain maxwell accountable and to give the survivors some measure of justice? >> reporter: maxwell faces sex trafficking charges that could land her in prison the rest of her life the prosecutor painting the british socialite turned suspect as a key figure in bringing a stream of girls as young as 14 to epstein's estate for sexual abuse. >> in my opinion, she might have been just equally as bad as he was. >> reporter: jennifer told nbc news she was 15 when epstein raped her. she won't be one of the four women expected to testify with allegations mostly from the 1990s. will we see maxwell testify? >> i don't know. there is a risk of testifying but i think they'll make it a game day decision based on how they believe the government's case has gone in. >> reporter: maxwell insists she is innocent awaiting trial from behind bars and describes it is a a living hell telling "the daily mail" i am weak, i

sex trafficking trial, the woman accused of recruiting underage girls for sex offender jeffrey epstein faces up to 80 years in prison if convicted. remembering lee elder, the golf great who broke down racial barriers as the first black golf tore play at the masters. and a heart warming story about the world's most premature baby who survived and thrived -- tonight, his story of strength. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. we're going to begin with that new covid variant that the world health organizatiose high risk around the globe. the omicron strain hasn't turned up in the u.s. but dr. anthony fauci warns it's likely already circulating here in america, and that has the biden administration responding. the new omicron variant was first discovered earlier this month in south africa. it has since spread to more than a dozen countries around the world, and as a precaution, the u.s. joined other nations restricting travel from south africa and other countries in the re

on monday prosecutors described her as central to jeffrey epstein's network. she trafficked the girls before serving them up to epstein so they would feel more at ease. he was unable to get justice after his death by suicide in 2018. the defense's first witness operated the so-called lolita express, which allegedly brought teens across state lines and to epstein in the caribbean. stephanie, what have we heard today? >> we have some breaking news, because there are four accusers in this case, and one of those accusers just took the stand. she is being called jane by the prosecution, and she alleges she was 14 years old at a summer camp when she first met epstein and ghislaine maxwell. according to the prosecutors, she went on to be sexually abused by epstein at the age of 15 and the age of 16. it's important also, because earlier in the day we heard from jeffrey epstein's pilot to his private jet. he talked about transporting the glitterati, kevin spacey and prince andrew on this jet, but he also says he remembers meeting this young woman jane. at the time he t

this is not about, you know, the enigma of jeffrey epstein. it's really about whether maxwell groom and lured these four girls who are women now, girls underage at the time, tone game in sexual activity knowing that they were minors. the prosecution has a burden beyond a reasonable doubt to prove that she was a co-conspirator and she participated in this traffic scheme. what's really interesting this indictment, ana, that you pointed out, you know, it's very picturesque. page 2 has a picture of the two co-conspirators being epstein and maxwell not something that you've seen in an indictment and followed by the properties that is the crime scene and the government has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that epstein did these bad acts with minors and maxwell lured and groomed them into the trafficking, right, for him to do that. the government's exhibit number 52, ana, is really sort of interesting. it's maxwell's black book. i'm not sure if we actually will see the book or if it's black, but it contains information that the prosecutors believe

ros: jeffrey epstein died in prison after his arrest. one of his alleged victims told the bbc that ms. maxwell worked closely with him. she was like the madam, the nuts and bolts of the sex trafficking operation. ghislaine maxwell denies this. she was arrested during a raid on her secluded mansion in hampshire. police located her using gps data from her phone. >> whereas she had enormous power, enormous resources, we are going to see it in contrast the other victims did not have that. she is a difficult person to engender sympathy for. that is going to be a challenge for the defense. ros: ghislaine maxwell denies the allegation hurt lawyers are expected to argue she has been made a scapegoat and that her accusers have also memories. we know that because of this letter. they state psychiatry and memory experts will testify in her defense. one is expected to say that epstein created a halo effect to surround himself with people who would serve his needs. hemp from the trial, we heard -- ahead of the trial, heard from maxwell's brother. >>

girls first by befriending them and serving them up to jeffrey epstein to be abused. the prosecutors said in one instance they were each more than double the age of their victim. the government alleges maxwell now 59, assisted, facilitated and contributed to crimes by epstein by helping him recruit, and abuse girls as young as 14. the prosecutor said that maxwell traded on the trust she earned from the girls and being in the room when jeffrey epstein abused them. maxwell said she is a scapegoat and a stand in for the man who cannot be here. epstein died in jail while awaiting trial in what has officially been ruled a suicide. maxwell has been in federal custody since june 2020, not far from the jail where epstein was foun hanging in his cell. >> the most severe charge is sexual trafficking of minors, if maxwell is convicted of that count, she may spend the rest of her life in prison. >> the maxwell trial will last at least a month, through the holidays and it's unclear if she will take the stand in her defense. possibly portraying herself as a victim of epstein's as w