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Maxwell. we get more from dasha burns. >> reporter: tonight ghislaine maxwells fate in the hands of a jury maxwell, a long-time confidant of jeffrey epstein facing six criminal counts and charges she conspired underage girls for epstein. in closing arguments today, the prosecution calling the two partners in crime who exploited young girls together their case centering on the claims of four women who say they were sexually abused by epstein, alleging maxwell helped recruit and groom them sometim...

>> okay. ill go on record here. i do expect maxwell to be convicted. the prosecution has not put on a perfect case but i think her conduct was so grotesque and the combined force of the four victims who testified is going to be enough for the jury to find her guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. >> you know, interestingly enough, this is a case where she speaks about being scrape goated and thats the defense that youre only prosecuting me because epstein is not here. he is the person you wanted, no...

Millions of dollars could collect more if maxwell is convicted. thats really the strongest argument. again, when a different time. you know, you have these four accusers telling similar stories of sexual abuse by epstein, the fact that maxwell groomed them and brought them to epstein and then looked the other way. we have to remember, ana, there is an instruction on the prosecution side about conscious avoidance, the idea that maxwell may have known whats going on behind closed doors and may ver...

Enough, this is a case where she speaks about being scrape goated and thats the defense that youre only prosecuting me because epstein is not here. he is the person you wanted, now i am even a biblical reference saying a time as old as time, theyre blaming eve for giving the apple to adam. right? thats her defense here. interestingly enough, in another trial, elizabeth holmes has a similar sort of notion, not that shes being scapegoated but there is a manipulation going on. she was accused to ly...

Conspired to transport and entice underage girls for epstein. closing arguments, the prosecution calling the two partners in crime who exploited young girls together. their case centering on the claims of four women who say they were sexually abused by epstein, alleging maxwell help recruit and groom them. sometimes even taking part in the sex acts herself. all four say they were teenagers at the time. the prosecution calling maxwell, a, quote, sophisticated predator, trading young girls for mon...

Ghislaine Maxwell’s defence rested after presenting two days of witnesses in her sex-trafficking trial to chip away at her accusers’ credibility and portray the socialite and her ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein as good, law-abiding people.

The 59-year-old has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges.

Crimes of mr. epstein and not her own, craig. >> dasha burns for us there. dasha, thank you. were going to go back to minneapolis right now because the defense has started their closing arguments in the kim potter trial. lets listen in. >> when you go into that jury room, play it like its supposed to be hole of misdirection, rabbit hole of misdirection, no threat by daunte wright. he broke free from a law enforcement officer and took off in his car even after he was shot. no threat? sympathy for...

It is very systematic. this is their stock in trade. very often they will surround a village, they will attack it, they will separate men and women and then very often not only will they torture people but they will force people to watch, family members, to watch their family being tortured and killed. this is part of a systematic way of terrorising a country and instilling fear and, by fear, trying to wrestle control of the country, but it is having absolutely the opposite effect. it is outragi...

So this kind of effort by the defense to distance her constantly from the allegations took a hit just through the testimony of some of the other witnesses that came out. then theres the photographic evidence. we have seen a rush of new photographs over the years of her and epstein at different times of their lives, in very intimate situations, with her giving him a foot massage in a couple of instances. so this kind of idea that shes a lightning rod who got swept into this rush to judgment has t...