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Surviving Jeffrey Epstein: Theresa Helm · The Epstein Chronicles

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Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
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Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're going to continue with
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our Surviving Jeffrey Epstein series, and this time we're going
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to be talking about Teresa Helm. This article was published
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by the Intelligencer and the headline last Chance Jeffrey Epstein
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Escaped justice now as victims nervously await the trial of
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his alleged accomplice, Glainne Maxwell. This article was authored by
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Erica Orden. And when you're out here cheering for Glayne
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Maxwell to come and stand before Congress and bullshit us,
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just remember all the people that she actually hurt, Remember
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all the people that she actually abused, and remember that
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she could have come forward at any time and given
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up whatever information she had. But now, all of a sudden, miraculously,
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Glayne Maxwell has a lot to offer us. I'm calling bullshit.
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Teresa Helm was twenty two years old when she was
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flown across the country for what she thought was an
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interview to be a private massage therapist for a wealthy
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Manhattan woman, Gallayne Maxwell. Arriving at Maxwell's elegant Upper East
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Side townhouse, where she says she was greeted by a
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butler wearing coattels and carrying a silver tray. Helm thought
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that she had happened on the chance of a lifetime
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that day in two thousand and two. Maxwell was exceedingly
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polite and inquisitive of Helm, asking her of her upbringing
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in Ohio and remarking on the fact that their birthdays
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are one day apart. When Helm went to the bathroom,
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she noticed a frame photo of Maxwell and Bill Clinton
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on the wall. And for those of you who are
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new to the story, one thing you're going to realize
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very quick is that Bill Clinton was very, very close
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to Jeffrey Epstein. And I know all the hub up
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right now is about Donald Trump, and it should be
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considering his stupid ass commentary and his dumb ass behavior
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when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein. But unlike the Department Justice,
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I can chew gum and walk at the same time.
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And when you go back and you look at all
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these old articles, the vast majority of them talk about
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the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Clinton. After Home
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gave Maxwell a massage, Maxwell said Helm should go to
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her friend Jeffries for the second part of the interview.
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If you love my place. Just wait until you see Jeffries.
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Maxwell told her it's the largest town home in Manhattan.
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The part she left out was that it was also
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the biggest den of scum and villainy this side of
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mois Iisley's cantina. Talk about a disgusting, disturbing place. I mean,
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can you imagine how many girls were abused in that townhouse?
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And then can you imagine buying that townhouse after Epstein
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lived there? Zero chance I'd have to knock the whole
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lass thing down. In fact, I might have to take
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it a step further and nuke the place from space.
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Then again, I guess Jeffrey Epstein's old neighbor, Howard Lutnick,
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wouldn't like that too much. And she looked at me
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and she said, directly, make sure you give Jeffrey what
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he wants. Jeffrey always gets what he wants. I tried
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to normalize what she said, and I thought, Okay, this
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man probably gets a lot of massages, and she's saying
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he knows what he wants. At the time, I trusted
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this woman, Helm says, and I didn't have any reason
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to believe she was getting ready to send me off
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to a predator. Yeah, let's bring that predator before Congress,
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because you know, the masses, they need their bread and
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they need their circus. What they don't need is truth
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or transparency. Obviously. Later that day, Helm went to Jeffrey
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Epstein's mansion a few blocks north, where after she watched
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him finish his dinner in the kitchen, she says he's
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sexually assaulted her and in the upstairs hallway. It destroyed
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part of me. Helm says of her encounter with Maxwell
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and Epstein. This woman, she's a master and manipulator of
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human emotion and the grand Duchess of bullshit. You know,
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a lot of times were like, Oh, this person's a liar,
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that person's a liar. No, Gleanne. Maxwell's a liar. She
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got convicted of perjury. That makes her a liar. So
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we're supposed to just trot her up before Congress and
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before the country in the world and believe everything Glaanne
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Maxwell tells us. Is that really the plan here? Boys? Meanwhile,
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while they're Grant standing about this, they're calling a recess
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to Congress so they don't have to take a vote.
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Nearly two decades after Helm's fleeting, but indelible experiences with
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Maxwell and Epstein. No one has been punished for the
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alleged sex trafficking ring the two operated for years, and
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still to this day, nobody's really been punished. Oh, Gleann
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Maxwell's in jail, sure, but that's it. And that one
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person that they arrested, that one person that they put
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in prison, now they want to bring her out and
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trotter in front of Congress like anybody should listen to
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anything she has to say. This is the kind of
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political theater that would have the Romans blushing, not the
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modern day politician though. Instead they'll adjust their smile for
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the camera and head over to kiss some babies. Because
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you know, they're such gray people. They care so much
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about all of us, and they care about the truth
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so much so that they've buried it for decades. Epstein
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finally faced the prospect of federal prosecution in twenty nineteen,
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when the Manhattan US Attorney's Office Nabdom on a return
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trip from Paris and charged them with sex trafficking, a
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miners and conspiracy. But that August, just one month after
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the news he was arrested, he committed suicide, allegedly in
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his jail cell while awaiting trial and now in his absence,
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Maxwell may finally pay a price for allegedly helping to
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victimize so many girls and young women, Epstein's one time
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girlfriend and longtime companion, you mean, co conspirator, general, all
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around scusbag, bipedal, serpent, and child abuser, That's what you mean.
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Maxwell fifty nine will stand trial in Manhattan Federal Court
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starting on November twenty ninth, for the sex trafficking of
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a fourteen year old girl and for recruiting, grooming, or
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sexually abuse using three other girls alongside Epstein. That Glenn
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Maxwell's really a hero. She's gonna really blow the doors
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off this whole entire thing. She has a lot to
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tell us. Glean Maxwell is the hero that none of
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us wanted, but that all of us needed. That's gonna
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be the next slogan Glain Maxwell the misunderstood Helm plans
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to travel from her home in Naples, Florida, to watch
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Maxwell in court along with a group of other victims.
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For some including some of the victims cited in the
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charges against Maxwell, which would stretch back to conduct that
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allegedly occurred in nineteen ninety four. This trial is perhaps
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their last chance to get justice, and considering what's going
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on right now, yeah, that's true. The Glenn Maxwell trial
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was the last chance to get justice, and the little
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bit of justice they did get, they're now hearing that
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that same person might be dragged in front of Congress
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for this dog and pony show. I do anticipate looking
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directly at her, and I don't know what I'll feel.
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Helm says, I don't believe that she should ever be
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free because there are way too many of us on
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the outside. We are not sitting in jail cells, and
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we are still free from what she has done and
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what she has caused. I want everybody to keep this
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in mind, all these accounts by the survivors and what
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they say directly. Abou Kalne Maxwell a British heiress and socialite,
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once defined by her chik pixie haircut and posh accent.
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These days, Maxwell is practically unrecognizable as a woman for years.
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Pictured on Epstein's arm at mar A Lago and Cipriani
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Arriving at a hearing earlier this month, she shuffled into
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the courtroom flanked by US marshals, her wrist and ankles
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shackled with heavy chains that clanked when she walked. Oh,
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I'm sure that they'll have her in front of Congress
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looking spiffy. Why don't we just bring her back down
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to Frederick Focai and let him hook her up like
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he used to do back in the day. I mean,
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let's go all the way and really refurbish your image,
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because that's what you're trying to do right. Her dark
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hair is he in shoulder length, and she wore a
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baggy jellyshoed outfit navy shirt, pants and canvas shoes. The
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only echo of her former self came when she spoke,
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telling the judge in her clip pronunciation, I have not
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committed any crimes, and when during a break in the proceeding,
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she turned to blow a series of kisses to a
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woman in a red beret who appeared to be her sister,
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but her former self. The alleged secret side of it
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will be on display later this month in evidence presented
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by prosecutors when they try to convince a jury that
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Maxwell assisted, facilitated, and contributed to Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of
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minor girls, as they wrote in their indictment, And BOYD
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did they do that? Gloriously. Glenne Maxwell, like I've said
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a million times, is exactly where she belongs. And I
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don't give a fly on fuck what kind of refurbishment
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campaign they're trying when it comes to Glenn Maxwell, That
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shit is not going to fly. Good luck. According to prosecutors,
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Maxwell used her appearance as a sophisticated, glamorous woman to
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pull girls as young as fourteen into Epstein's orbit. She
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attempted to befriend them, prosecutors wrote, taking them on shopping
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trips or sending them lingerie, bringing them to the movies,
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inquiring about their families, school and friends. Then, according to
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court papers, she would try to engage in grooming behavior
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by undressing in front of them or discussing sexual topics.
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And once she had convinced a girl to give Epstein
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a massage, often a sexualized massage in which the girl
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was partially or fully nude, Maxwell would remain in the
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room while the sex act occurred between Epstein and the girl,
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a step that the prosecutors set in court papers helped
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put the victims at ease because an adult woman was present. Now,
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think of the vilass nature of this woman. Imagine what
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kind of evil person you have to be to engage
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in this sort of bullshit, but sure, let's trotter on
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out the arbiter of truth. Glain Maxwell, Welcome to the
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fall of fucking Rome. Be sure to grab your bread
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as you exit the Colosseum. In addition, prosecutors allege, in
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some instances Maxwell herself participated in the sexual abuse of
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minor victims. Maxwell denies all of this, and the court
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filings her lawyers have accused a government of having conducted
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a hasty and sloppy investigation in the wake of Epstein's
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suicide as it scrambled to file a case against someone
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else in his absence, alleging the government substituted miss Maxwell
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for Jeffrey Epstein after his death. Yeah, that's exactly what happened.
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She's just the fall guy. Maxwells misunderstood. Maxwell faces up
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to eighty years in prison if convicted of all charges.
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She will face a second trial for perjury charges for
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allegedly lying under oath in a twenty sixteen deposition about
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whether she was aware of Epstein's scheme to recruit underage
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girls for a sexual massage. Which is a person who
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has been charged and convicted of perjury is going to
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be the arbiter of truth all of a sudden. H
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Are you folks catching on yet? Are you catching on
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to the hustle? Are you catching on to the political theater?
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The six week trial promises to deliver some hurdles for
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both the prosecution and the defense. For one thing, the
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charges concern alleged conduct that is relatively dated, beginning in
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nineteen ninety four and ending in two thousand and four.
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The case is expected to rely heavily on witness testimony,
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in particular from the four women cited in the indictment,
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who will be asked to recall traumatic events that occurred
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when they were miners, and those years may take a
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toll on both their memories and the existence of documentary
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evidence that might either support or undermine their stories. The
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prosecution faces some real challenges with corroboration due to the
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passage of time, and the defense needs to avoid falling
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into the trap of relying too much on holes in memory,
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said Marin bell, a former federal prosecutor in the Manhattan
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US Attorney's Office. Pointing at little gaps here and there
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and going aha is less effective strategy than one might think. Well,
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that's true, and that's exactly how it played out. Nobody
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believed Glenn Maxwell, no jurors, nobody at the trial, and
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certainly nobody who was following along at home. And I
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will be damned if anyone thinks they're going to recreate
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history here and rewrite what happened. Another former federal prosecutor
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in that office, Jessica Roth, noted that prosecutors wrote the
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charges without tying specific acts to specific dates, a choice
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that will allow prosecutors to avoid having to prove those
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details from decades ago and can make it harder for
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Maxwell's lawyers to dispute certain events with hard dates. One
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could try to raise doubt about whether the victim's memory
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was perhaps a little bit off to suggest Maxwell wasn't
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present on that date, Roth said, but the lack of
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precision about a particular date makes that harder to do.
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I think the indictment was drawn purposely to avoid having
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to prove with precision what occurred on a particular date.
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And that's true. It was. It was tailored in a
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manner so that they can really zero in on Glenn Maxwell.
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But of course they sacrificed Di Rico case to do so.
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Earlier this month, the judge presiding over the case imposed
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what may be another hurdle for the defense. She ruled
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that certain witnesses will be allowed to testify under a pseudonym,
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or using only their first name. Though that is a rarity,
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two recent federal cases in New York have featured anonymous witnesses,
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the trials of r. Kelly and Keith Rayniery, leader of
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the sex cult Nexium. Both men were convicted. Maxwell's lawyers
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fought this outcome hard, arguing that allowing witnesses to remain
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anonymous would prejudice the jury against their client. When it
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comes to those witnesses, all of them will be women,
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as will three of the four prosecutors on the case,
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as well as several of Maxwell's defense attorneys, including the
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lawyer who has been taking the lead in pre trial proceedings,
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Bobby Sternham, two experienced trial lawyers, That is no coincidence
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when you're talking about sex a woman. Questioning a woman
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can allow you to dig deeper on some of the
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issues without looking offensive or aggressive, said Mora Penza, believed
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prosecutor on the Nexium case. I do think that it's
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good strategic choice, and it is. There's no doubt about it.
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Look at how it worked out for Diddy with Nicole
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west Moreland, but it didn't work out so well for Maxwell.
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And that's because the survivors were unassailable. Everything they were
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saying was the truth, and it was all corroborated. One
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defense tactic Maxwell may employ is to allege that she
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too was a victim of Epstein's Several other women who
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has been accused of recruiting girls for Epstein have since
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claimed that they were subject to abuse. I think that
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there will probably be aspects of her presenting herself as
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a victim, Penzus said, but she added that Maxwell's age
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she was only nine years younger than Epstein, and the
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power that she wilded with them would likely undercut that argument.
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Imagine trying to pitch that shit to somebody. You have
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to be a real ignoramous to believe that. For many
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observers of the trial, the biggest question will be whether
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Maxwell will take the stand in our own defense. I
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can tell you for a fact, nobody was wondering if
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she was taking the stand. We all knew she wasn't
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taking shit Besides a prison sentence, though it's often unwise
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for a defendant to do so because the danger of
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being confronted during cross examination. The calculus may be a
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bit different for Maxwell. According to criminal defense attorneys, there
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is likely less documentary evidence to contend with because the
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case is so old, said Duncan Levin, a criminal defense
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attorney who's client have included the Seagram's heiress and former
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Nexium leader Clara Bronfman, and Levin said, like Elizabeth Holmes,
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another female defendant currently on trial, Maxwell is known for
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her power of persuasion. These are people who are extremely convincing,
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Levin said, and all they have to do at this
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point is convinced twelve more people. Oh yeah, great, idea.
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Remind me never to hire Duncan Levin. As for Helm,
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who has followed Maxwell's repeated and failed attempts to be
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released on bail, including her initial proposal that she be
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allowed to live in a luxury hotel pending trial, said
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if Maxwell does testify, it will be because she thinks
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she can continue to bend people in this case jurors
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to her will, said Helm. She believes that she still
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controls her reality. Well, I don't know about Glayne Maxwell
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controlling her own reality anymore, but I do know this.
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If you want a reality TV show, then by all
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means track Layne Maxwell out in front of Congress. But
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if you want the truth and you want answers, we're
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gonna need the files. So how about we skip to
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that part, let's skip the bread and circus, and let's
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get directly to transparency instead. All of the information that
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goes with this episode can be found in the description box.