Over two years ago, I predicted exactly how the Epstein saga would unfold in “Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself! There Was No Foul Play“.
I warned that while Jeffrey Epstein was arguably the most notorious sex-trafficker and serial rapist in US history, his rich and powerful friends would escape justice.
Instead, Trump’s Justice Department would conspire to ensure that Epstein’s madam, Ghislaine, and other female facilitators took the fall — just like women do whenever anyone is prosecuted for prostitution.
Indeed, reports indicate that no man has been subjected to a criminal investigation. On the other hand:
A jury in a New York federal court has found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on five of six counts related to her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of minor girls between 1994 and 2004. Maxwell, 60, was found guilty of five federal charges: sex trafficking of a minor, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and three related counts of conspiracy. …
Maxwell, who now faces up to 65 years in prison, showed no reaction when the verdicts were read. Judge Alison Nathan did not set a sentencing date.
(CNN, December 29, 2021)
Enough said?
Except I feel constrained to comment on the much ado commentators made about her “stoic” reaction to the verdicts. Because they failed to appreciate that she’s a consummate drama queen.
In short, she knew all eyes were on her, especially those of the courtroom artist she spent much of her trial flirting with. Trust me, she was doing her best to channel great martyrs like Anne Boleyn for posterity. By all accounts, it was a bravura performance.
Meanwhile, after seeing Maxwell led off back to prison, her lawyer rushed to TV cameras outside the courtroom. She assured the public that an appeal was already in the works, which she claimed would be successful. But frankly, the only thing that would explain even filing such an appeal is Maxwell deciding that the reported $7 million she spent on her trial was not wasteful enough.
I’d also be remiss not to note this related development ensnaring Prince Andrew, courtesy of the January 1, 2022, edition of the London Guardian:
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Two of Prince Andrew’s efforts to prevent or stall the progression of Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s sex assault lawsuit against him were blocked on Saturday when a US federal judge ordered the prince’s lawyers to turn over key legal documents, increasing pressure to settle claims before a crucial court hearing this week.
Judge Lewis A Kaplan, in a written order, told the prince’s lawyers they must turn over documents on the schedule that has been set in the lawsuit brought by Guiffre who claims she was abused – aged 17 – by the prince on multiple occasions in 2001 while she was being sexually abused by financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Kaplan also rejected arguments by the prince’s lawyer, Andrew Brettler, on jurisdiction grounds after they argued last week that the lawsuit should be dismissed because Giuffre, a US citizen, no longer lives in the US. Brettler has called the lawsuit “baseless”.
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Trust me (and I mean in my capacity as a lawyer this time), Andrew thinking he can win this sexual assault case in court is every bit as foolhardy as former President Trump thinking he could win the 2020 presidential election in court. Which is why I am stupefied that the queen has not prevailed upon him to stop being penny-wise and pound-foolish, and settle this case.
It’s been self-evident he has no defense ever since that car-crash BBC interview on November 16, 2019, during which he insisted that Guiffre must be lying because:
- She claims he was a sweaty mess when Ghislaine pimped her out to him, but he’s incapable of sweating
- She claims the photo of them together that went viral is incriminating, but it shows clear signs of being doctored.
iPINIONS is mindful that the whole world now knows why they say he’s the queen’s favorite, but not her brightest, child.
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