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Victoria Bekiempis

Ghislaine Maxwell asks court for sex trafficking sentence of ‘well below’ 20 years

In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell enters the courtroom escorted by US marshals at the start of her trial in November.
In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell enters court escorted by US marshals at the start of her trial in November. Photograph: Elizabeth Williams/AP

Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys argued on Wednesday that the disgraced British socialite should be sentenced to “well below” the 20 years’ imprisonment that probation authorities have recommended in her New York federal sex-trafficking case.

In a pre-sentencing report, Maxwell’s attorneys provided detailed descriptions of her allegedly perilous conditions in jail, and described an emotionally distressing upbringing, as part of their argument for leniency.

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