Ghislaine Maxwell: Key moments in the trial so far
The 59-year-old defendant, the daughter of a late British media tycoon, is accused of grooming teenage girls for abuse by the late Jeffrey Epstein.
False memory expert on the stand
University of California psychology professor Elizabeth Loftus, the defence's star witness, told the jury that people can have "false memories" of traumatic events.
"[Memory] doesn't work like a recording device," she said. "We are actually constructing our memories while we retrieve memories."
Media coverage can act as "a source of post-event suggestion" and those who recall memories "frequently remember ourselves in a better light than perhaps is accurate", said Dr Loftus.Ms Maxwell's lawyers also brought in two FBI agents in an effort to show discrepancies between recent testimony by Ms Maxwell's accusers and their past statements to law enforcement.
I looked up to her
"I highly respected Ghislaine," said her executive assistant Cimberly Espinosa, who served her from 1996 to 2003. "I looked up to her very much."
Maxwell preyed on vulnerable young girls
In her opening statement, prosecutor Lara Pomerantz called Ms Maxwell a predator who recruited and groomed underage girls for her long-term companion Epstein to abuse.
Defence accuse key accuser of acting scene
The first of four Maxwell accusers to give evidence at the trial cried as she described being sexually abused by Epstein when she was 14.
Employee told not to look Epstein in the eye
Epstein's former housekeeper Juan Alessi recalled how Ms Maxwell had tightly controlled every detail in the financier's Florida mansion.
Ms Maxwell was the "lady of the house", ordering staff to speak only when spoken to and to avoid eye contact with Epstein, according to Mr Alessi, who said his job included cleaning their sex toys.
"I was supposed to be blind, deaf and dumb," Mr Alessi told the court.
Jurors shown Epstein's massage table
The jury was shown a green massage table seized from Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach mansion during a 2005 police raid.
A court image of the massage table seized at Jeffrey Epstein's home in 2005
Maxwell dressed accuser as schoolgirl for Epstein
A British woman using the pseudonym Kate cried on the stand as she described sexual encounters with Epstein when she was 14.
On one occasion, Ms Maxwell allegedly laid out a schoolgirl outfit on her bed and said: "I thought it would be fun for you to take Jeffrey his tea in this outfit."
Maxwell groped 16-year-old in topless massage
Annie Farmer, the last accuser to take the stand, pointed at the defendant and alleged she had given her a topless massage at age 16.
On a visit to Epstein's New Mexico ranch, Ms Farmer testified that Ms Maxwell "pulled the sheet down and exposed my breasts and started rubbing on my chest and on my upper breasts".
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