About Sex Trafficking
Sex trafficking is human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation, including sexual slavery. A victim is forced, in one of a variety of ways, into a situation of dependency on their trafficker and then used by said trafficker to give sexual services to customers.
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Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Prosecutors wrap up after 10 days
Prosecutors in Ghislaine Maxwell 's Sex Trafficking trial have rested their case following Two Weeks of testimony.
Annie Farmer, The Last of four alleged victims to testify, recounted on Friday the " dark memory" of abuse by Ms Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein .
Ms Farmer, now 42, said she was groped by Ms Maxwell, who is accused of grooming underage girls for Epstein between 1994 and 2004.
Ms Maxwell has pleaded Not Guilty to eight charges against her.
Over The Past Two Weeks , prosecutors sought to portray her as an accomplice to Epstein, a convicted sex offender, calling them " partners in crime" who built " a pyramid scheme of abuse".
Epstein was convicted of state sex crimes in Florida in 2008, but died by suicide in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal Sex Trafficking charges.
Ms Maxwell's defence say she is being scapegoated for crimes committed by Epstein because he is not able to face trial.
Unlike the Three Women before her who used pseudonyms for their testimony, Ms Farmer took The Stand with The Words : " I Am Annie Farmer. "
Previously, she and her sister Maria were among the earliest alleged victims to accuse Epstein and Ms Maxwell of abuse.
The Court in New York heard on Friday how she came to meet the two.
Her sister, a painter, had been working for Epstein, acquiring Art On his behalf, when he offered help getting her into college, Ms Farmer said.
She Said Epstein bought her a plane ticket to New York and later took them to A Movie , where he " caressed" her hand and " rubbed" her leg, only stopping when her sister looked over at them. She was 16 years old at The Time .
" I felt sick To My stomach, " Ms Farmer said. " It wasn't something that I was at all expecting. "
A few months later, she met Ms Maxwell for the First Time , at Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico .
She was under the impression it was an event for college-bound students, but when she arrived, there were No Other students.
She recalled how Epstein and Ms Maxwell " appeared intimate" As If they were romantic partners.
She Said Ms Maxwell " instructed" her to massage Epstein and showed her How To do it. " I did what she told me, " Ms Farmer testified. " I felt very uncomfortable. I wanted to stop. "
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