Maxwell Accusers Offer Barrage of Detail for Alleged Trafficking Scheme

Maxwell Accusers Offer Barrage of Detail for Alleged Trafficking Scheme
Sarah Ransome, a victim of Jeffery Epstein, arrives for the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in New York City on Nov. 29, 2021. Ryan R. Smith / AFP
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NEW YORK—The accounts of two alleged female victims of Ghislaine Maxwell were the highlight of the opening weeks of the trial against the wealthy British socialite, offering a battery of new details about the alleged sex trafficking operation.

The trial of Maxwell, a cohort of the late convicted pedophile Jeffery Epstein, began in federal court in New York City on Nov. 29. Maxwell was indicted in June on six counts of sex trafficking of a minor on behalf of Epstein and his cronies.