Maxwell Appears in Federal Court at Pre-Trial Conference

Ghislaine Maxwell, a cohort of the late convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein, appeared in federal court on Nov. 24 in her final pre-trial conference. In June, Maxwell was indicted by a grand jury on six counts of sex trafficking of a minor on behalf of Epstein and his cronies. Judge Alison Nathan is assigned to the case in the United States Court, Southern District of New York. The conference was to tie up loose ends before the trial begins on Nov. 29 and to cover the logistics of the first day. A few issues were discussed among the judge, prosecution,…