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Ghislaine Maxwell sentencing

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TankFlyBoss · 28/06/2022 18:30

Anyone else following?

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Southwestten · 28/06/2022 20:09

PlanetNormal · 28/06/2022 18:56

She’s foreign, posh, entitled, arrogant and her boyfriend Epstein died before he could face justice. They will throw the book at her.

Of course Ghislaine Maxwell has got a long sentence because of what she did.
However, do you really think that a sentence should be increased if the defendant is ‘posh’?

Florenz · 28/06/2022 20:12

Sentence should have been ten times longer and the fine a hundred times larger. But it's a lot more than she'd have gotten in the UK. Here she probably would never have seen the inside of a prison cell.

QuebecBagnet · 28/06/2022 20:15

Drunkandalone · 28/06/2022 19:49

She’ll make it out alive she’s only 60

Life expectancy drops dramatically when in prison at that age. Never mind the possibility of suicide or being bumped off. She loses access to all but the most basic health care. Diet quality drops, less exercise, more stress

chiffchaffchiff · 28/06/2022 20:16

Sadly I agree @Florenz

I wonder if her statement to the victims about having peace was a veiled confirmation that the men who abused the girls don't need to worry about being outed by her.

Valeriekat · 28/06/2022 20:53

Drywhitefruitycidergin · 28/06/2022 18:39

Interested in outcome. Tbh surprised she's still alive to attend.

Presumably that is why she didn't give any evidence in her defence.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 28/06/2022 21:26

Anyone know what happened to the suggestion that she'd ask to do her jail time in the UK?

Presumably the appeal has to come first though?

OneFrenchEgg · 28/06/2022 21:33

It's really frustrating that there have been no prosecutions of the men involved who surely did not think there was just a steady stream of very young women desperate to have sex with them.

StarShapedWindow · 29/06/2022 14:11

@OneFrenchEgg i agree. Ghislaine deserves her sentence for the part she played but it’s utterly disgusting that the only person to end up in prison over this is a woman - why isn’t anything being done about the fact that ALL of the men involved are still unnamed, free and unaccountable.

Roussette · 29/06/2022 14:22

I don't think PA is out the woods yet.
Good

www.lbc.co.uk/news/prince-andrew-after-ghislaine-maxwell-jailed-20-years/

thereisonlyoneofme · 29/06/2022 14:38

I have wondered why no other men seem to have been sued except PA, not that weve heard about , perhaps none of them have any money

Roussette · 29/06/2022 14:41

They were all extremely affluent so doubtful.

OneFrenchEgg · 29/06/2022 18:02

thereisonlyoneofme · 29/06/2022 14:38

I have wondered why no other men seem to have been sued except PA, not that weve heard about , perhaps none of them have any money

I wonder if there is no photographic evidence? And GM holds any records that would have been helpful in a case.
I'm pretty stunned that there are these men who have raped women carrying in with their lives with no consequences. Although that's pretty everyday so maybe im a fool.

StarShapedWindow · 29/06/2022 22:19

I remember there was a book full of records of all Epstein’s contacts - allegedly some very high profile people - I think this book has been used as evidence so I wonder why no one has investigated the names in the book - why only Prince Andrew?

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