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Prosecutors are expected to call three other accusers in the
trial in New York, which is set to last through January.
Maxwell, 59, stands accused of recruiting and grooming four
underage girls for abuse by Epstein between 1994 and 2004, and
faces eight counts of sex trafficking and other charges.
In tearful and explicit testimony in federal court, the first
accuser - known by the pseudonym Jane - said Epstein abused her
beginning when she was 14 in the mid-1990s. Maxwell sometimes
participated in the encounters, Jane said.
Maxwell, a daughter of late British media baron Robert Maxwell,
has pleaded not guilty. Her attorneys have questioned the four
accusers' credibility and argue prosecutors are only targeting
Maxwell because Epstein is no longer alive.
The well-connected, globetrotting investor killed himself in a
Manhattan jail cell at the age of 66 in 2019 while awaiting
trial on sex abuse charges.
During the trial's first week, jurors also heard from Epstein's
longtime personal pilot, who recalled Britain's Prince Andrew
and former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump flying
on Epstein's plane. Jane said Epstein introduced her to Trump at
Trump's Mar-a-Lago club when she was 14.
Neither Prince Andrew, Clinton nor Trump have been accused of
wrongdoing.
Jurors were also shown a green massage table that police seized
from Epstein's Palm Beach property during a 2005 search. Jane
said many of her sexual encounters with Epstein began as
massages. Prosecutors say the word massage was a "ruse" to get
underage girls in a room with Epstein.
(Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; editing by Grant McCool)
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