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29 Dec 21, 4 tweets, 2 min read
BREAKING: British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty by a U.S. jury of helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls reut.rs/3mImZAS
Maxwell, 60, was convicted on five of six counts. She was accused of recruiting and grooming four teenagers for Epstein between 1994 and 2004 reut.rs/3JrYZM9
What happens after Ghislaine Maxwell's guilty verdict? reut.rs/3HpoOuC
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is going to appeal her conviction for setting up teenage girls to have sexual encounters with Jeffrey Epstein, but experts say she will struggle to clear the high legal bar needed to overturn the verdict reut.rs/3qAetFg

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