Mega Edition: Ghislaine Maxwell's Legal Team And Their Closing Argument (9/6/26)

The Epstein Chronicles · Sep 6, 2026 · 47m

Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense used its closing argument to tell jurors that prosecutors had turned her into a stand-in for Jeffrey Epstein and were asking them to punish her for his crimes. Her lawyers argued that the government’s case depended too heavily on memories formed decades earlier, inconsistent accounts from accusers, and witnesses whose recollections had changed over time. They stressed that Epstein was the central predator, while Maxwell was being recast as the mastermind of conduct that prosecutors could not directly prove she orchestrated. The defense also attacked the…