G-MAX FACING LIFE
Epstein madam will be sentenced today
Ghislaine Maxwell could be condemned to spend the rest of her life behind bars Tuesday for helping pedophile Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse young girls — with some of her victims saying she deserves to be “trapped in a cage forever.”
Seven Maxwell accusers submitted statements ahead of the hearing detailing the horrors they say the disgraced socialite inflicted on them, and some of the women will be in Manhattan federal court when she learns her fate.
Prosecutors have asked Judge Alison Nathan to slap Maxwell with from 30 to 55 years in prison — an effective life sentence for the 60year-old convicted sex-trafficker.
“As part of a disturbing agreement with Jeffrey Epstein, Maxwell identified, groomed, and abused multiple victims, while she enjoyed a life of extraordinary luxury and privilege,” prosecutors wrote. “In her wake, Maxwell left her victims permanently scarred with emotional and psychological injuries.
“That damage can never be undone, but it can be accounted for in crafting a just sentence for Maxwell’s crimes.”
Maxwell’s defense attorneys, meanwhile, have begged for leniency, saying she should get no more than four to five years, while probation officials have recommended 20.
The British heiress, who has been held in a federal lockup since her July 2020 arrest, was convicted in December of sex-trafficking and other crimes following a monthlong trial.
At least three accusers who filed statements have been approved to speak at the sentencing, including Virginia Giuffre, who has long accused Maxwell and Epstein of sextrafficking her to Britain’s Prince Andrew. Two others, Annie Farmer and “Kate,” a former model, testified at Maxwell’s trial.
“You could have put an end to the rapes, the molestations, the sickening manipulations that you arranged, witnessed and even took part in. You could’ve called the authorities and reported that you were a part of something awful,” Giuffre wrote. “Ghislaine, you deserve to spend the rest of your life in a jail cell. You deserve to be trapped in a cage forever, just like you trapped your victims.”
Sex slave speaks
Sara Ransome, a former Epstein sex slave who tried to swim sharkinfested waters to escape his grasp, said Maxwell deserves to die in prison.
“Maxwell is today the same woman I met almost 20 years ago — incapable of compassion or common human decency,” she wrote in a statement to the court. “Because of her wealth, social status, and connections, she believes herself beyond reproach and above the law.”