defense team that she's essentially being scapegoating and that she was being used as a pond by geoffrey epstein. epstein, of course, was found dead in his presence in his jail, so shortly after his arrest, back in august 2001, 900. by the way, myself and one of my friends photographers was one of the last journalists actually on as being a torrijos island in the, in the u. s. virgin islands before his death city medical examiner here in new york said, died by suicide by hanging as the jury. basically the jury been picked and there are several questions really calling about the trial among them. will dylan maxwell testifying the case? that's a very risky proposition. by the defense, for many reasons, all, well jer, see, and what we're hearing is that the answers yes from prosecutors will bring possible evidence from the quote unquote little black book that maxwell had. and also that epstein had of all been basically the names the numbers and contacts, including those wealthy and powerful friends. as i mentioned now, judge alison nathan, who has presided over many other high profile cases here, a

and that she was being used as a pond by geoffrey epstein. epstein was found dead in his prison in his jail cell. shortly after his arrest back in august 2019 of nam city medical examiner here, new york said, died by suicide by hanging as the journey. basically, the jury's been picked and their civil questions really calling about the trial among them. will gillan maxwell testifying the case? that's a very risky proposition by the defense for many reasons. also will jury see and what we're hearing is that the answers, yes. a pre prosecutors will bring possible evidence from the quote unquote little black book that maxwell had. and also that actually had of all the, basically the names, the numbers and contacts, including those wealthy and powerful friends. as i mentioned now, judge alison nathan, who has pres, headed over many other high profile cases here and has also been nominated for the circuit court of appeals. my prison abida, which is next step. you know, one step from the u. s. supreme court. she's already ruled against maxwell several times in maxwell's bid for bail sank, agr

how much did delaine maxwell know about geoffrey epstein to alleged sexual abuse of under age girls? that will be the central question. in the trial of the 59 year old british socialite, facing charges of sex trafficking and other crimes. and he is going to be the invisible presence hanging over this. and that is why i think that she is going to have to explain something that everybody really wants to know . what was his hold over her? what was that relationship? a big unknown on the trial is how far the judge will allow the prosecutors to probe and epstein and maxwell's high profile social circles that included many household names from politics, industry, and entertainment. one being britain's prince andrew and his accuser, virginia roberts, who says she was trafficked by maxwell to the prince per sex. when she was a teenager is likely not going to be called as a witness. he denies any wrongdoing, but prosecutors are expected to call at least 4 other women. all epstein accusers who are going to tell the jury, maxwell groomed them for sex with epstein, one when she was as young as 1

and 6 alternate prosecutors said that geoffrey epstein sexually abused multiple, under age women. but, and this is the key part for this trial. they say that it could have only happened with the help of d lane maxwell. they claim maxwell recruited, groomed, and then in some cases even participated in some of those a sexual acts. with these under age women mentioned one woman that they're using as a suit named jane, who is 14 years old prosecutor say. when maxwell and epstein met her befriended her and that led to prosecutor say, are several years of sex. abuse of this young woman in several different homes owned by epstein, that 14 year old girl is now an adult and she's one of 4 that is planning to testify. in terms of the defense, they say they're going to put on a very strong case. and they told the jury that this case is about memory manipulation and money. they say that these allegations are over 10 years old. busy and there's no way that these 4 alleged victims could possibly remember all the details. manipulation. they claim that the defense attorneys that the 4 girls will

conversation, but then ultimately it was the start of years of sexual abuse at the hands of geoffrey epstein. and at some point, jane testified even gillan maxwell, prosecutors in a very dramatic moment in the court room asked jane if it was so bad at any points after all this transpired, did she consider taking her own life? and her answer was yes. there were times on the witness stand that she broke down briefly in tears explaining her fear and anxiety of being called by jeffrey epstein to come over to her one of his homes for what she knew would turn into a sexual abuse that went on again in her in her testimony for years she was so young at the time, all this happened, she did not even have a driver's license. so in many instances, epstein would send a car to pick her up and bring her to one of his homes or fly her there. now it's glory maxwell. it's on tr aisles. so the key part of this testimony is, did gallon maxwell recruit and then groom jane for this alleged abuse. jane answered very clearly over multiple questions in her testimony. yes. to both of those and not only yes, to being

that she was used over the course of a few years by geoffrey epstein to basically she was put out to his wealthy friends including prince andrew. there's a civil case that is presently going on between her and prince andrew. the reason why the prosecutors are not using her, however, as one of the 4 women that they're bringing forward is because there had been some consistencies in some of the statements that she's made over the years pertaining to the dating relate relating to specific dates in the case how old she was and some other factors that they felt could not be a perfect case for the jurors. the for women that they are bringing were tell whether they do believe are there type cases and will make very credible witnesses on the understand. well, let me just ask you real quick. i a lot of august people already looked at this going. there is no chance this is actually going to actually be seen through considering who's all involved. it sounds like is a max on jeffrey, abstain who's the real person on trial here. but doesn't matter actually who the judges, as we've seen in past ca

epstein's most outspoken accusers, virginia giuffre. ghislaine tells me that i have to do for andrew what i do for geoffrey. i and that made me sick. ne maxwell forced her to have sex with the duke of york when she was just 17 in london, new york and the us virgin islands. prince andrew has previously denied all of the allegations and his attempts to put the scandal behind him have so farfailed. ian maxwell says at least one sibling will be present every day of his sister's trial. it is impossible for me to think that she would have been engaged in these really horrendous charges that she is now facing. they do not stack up in any single way and all those people who do not know her, but who have some regard for the system ofjustice that operates in the united states, they should suspend theirjudgment. her case is expected to last six weeks, after which herfate is in the hands of the jury. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. sarah krissoff, is a former assistant us attorney — she worked 10 years as a federal prosecutor in new york, until very recently. great to have you on the programme. your experiences as a federal prosecutor in six t

geoffrey xp was an important client. he insists it was a purely professional relationship. when the charges againstjeffrey epsteinan account of what that relationship was like. he insisted it was purely professional and findings say the volume and tone of e—mails between the two men suggest, as you say, that that relationship was close than thought. what it did not find was there was no evidence that mr staley was new party to any of the activities mr epstein was convicted. he intends to contest the findings of this report. he took it upon himself to try to track down a whistle—blower for which he was fined. he was on a yellow card of sorts. the bank and mr staley both thought that he couldn't continue to when the bank whilst he is in open dispute with the regulator. this came completely out of the blue and i am told that mr staley today is shellshocked, angry and upset. mani; shellshocked, angry and upset. many thanks. the queen has been pictured driving in the grounds of windsor castle, the first time she's been seen in public since being told by her doctors to rest for two weeks. she was photographed in a head