The Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking trial was delayed on Thursday as a lawyer reported an illness, leading the jurors to be sent home on what was expected to be the final day before the prosecution rested its case, according to David Marcus, who is covering the trial for The Daily Wire.
U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan stated the illness was not expected to have any connection with COVID-19. The trial’s anticipated ninth day is now scheduled to resume on Friday.
“We want to make sure the attorney is taken care of rather than pause and delay,” she said, according to Bloomberg. “I expect to resume tomorrow.”
The Daily Wire reported the court was delayed on Wednesday due to a juror who reportedly had a “substantial train issue,” according to the judge. The prosecution decided against calling a number of witnesses, according to Marcus.
Wednesday marked the eighth day of the high-profile case that some legal experts predicted could last for weeks. The reason for the prosecution’s decision to rest its case on Thursday was not revealed.
Tuesday included testimony from a third accuser referred to as Carolyn who described being greeted by Maxwell at Epstein’s Palm Beach home and being paid $300 for giving Epstein a massage.
The accuser testified that she visited Epstein’s home more than 100 times between the ages of 14 to 18.
The Daily Wire reported on Tuesday:
Carolyn, in her 30s and wearing a pink and black striped white sweater, was visibly uncomfortable from the moment she walked in the courtroom. With a quiet and shy tone, she told the jury that she had first met Epstein when she was a 14-year-old from a poor and broken family in West Palm Beach.
She said that a friend, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who was 18 at the time, invited her to come to Epstein’s estate to get some quick cash. Though not entirely sure what she would be doing there, Carolyn testified that “I went to Mr. Epstein’s house and made money that way.”
She quickly made clear exactly what she claims she was paid for. She said the first time Roberts brought her to the house they both went upstairs to the massage room. There she said, “Virginia had taken off her clothes and asked if I was comfortable doing that? I said I wanted to keep on my bra and underwear.”
Carolyn testified that the two girls massaged Epstein and then Roberts climbed atop Epstein. She recounted that “I was sitting on the couch in front of them” as they had sex. For this, the then middle schooler said she was paid $300 in hundred-dollar bills placed on the sink.
Soon, Carolyn claims, she was going on her own, more than 100 times between the ages of 14 and 18, saying that “Maxwell would call and set appointment times,” during the first year of her alleged abuse.
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