Maxwell's defence

[canetoad]

I think will be that she, herself was abused, coerced and encouraged by Jeffrey Epstein, at the risk of losing his financial support, to facilitate his abuse of teenagers.

The evidence will be her dependent relationship with her father; a role that Epstein filled after his death.

Epstein can't argue. He's dead.

[mr_lebowski]

1. Considering that more or less boils down to 'I did it for the money'

I really hope she doesn't get real far with that particular 'angle'.

[NanceGreggs]

2. "... at the risk of losing his ...

... (Epstein's) financial support"?

Reports estimate that Maxwell is worth $10 million (£7,997,000) but no amount has been confirmed. In 2000, the New York Post reported that Maxwell lived off an £80,000 a year trust fund set up by her father.

So exactly what 'financial support' was she dependent upon from Epstein?

[canetoad]

4. Those reports were made

Around the time of her arrest. How much of that $10 m. came from Epstein? It's common knowledge that she was broke and supplied him with social contacts and prestige. He in return financed a life to which she was accustomed.

But investigators later discovered that Robert Maxwell had raided more than £460 million ($836 million) from his companies’ pension funds. His family was reportedly left broke.In 1992, Kevin Maxwell was reported to have declared the then-largest personal bankruptcy in United Kingdom history, with debts of £406.5million ($A739 million).

Ghislaine, left with a reported trust fund that paid $US100,000 a year, moved to New York City in 1991 to start anew.
https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/who-is-ghislaine-maxwell-and-what-is-she-charged-with-20200811-p55klj.html

Seems like a lot of money but to a young woman of Maxwell's tastes and upbringing, it's nothing. It was a symbiotic relationship where Maxwell provided entre to her circle of friends and acquaintances and Epstein footed the bill.

[NanceGreggs]

5. Somehow I don't think ...

... "I was forced to live on Caviar Helper" is a winning argument.

[BigmanPigman]

3. She, all by herself, raped many underage girls for years

and there is a ton of evidence so she is going to have a rough time, no matter how good her lawyers are. I wonder if she'll hire Dersh.

[empedocles]

6. Maxwell may be street smart enough to survive. She has the 'chips' to make a deal