Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years for helping Epstein


              Annie Farmer, left, one of the four accusers who testified against Ghislaine Maxwell at trial, and her lawyer Sigrid McCawley leave federal court,, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York. Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
            
              Annie Farmer, one of the four accusers who testified against Ghislaine Maxwell at trial, walks towards waiting reporters outside federal court, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York. Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
            
              Annie Farmer, center, one of the four accusers who testified against Ghislaine Maxwell at trial, speaks to members of the media with her lawyer Sigrid McCawley outside federal court, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York. Maxwell was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
            
              Sarah Ransome, left, and Elizabeth Stein, both alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, speak to reporters as they leave the federal courthouse in New York, Tuesday, June 28, 2022.  Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite who once consorted with royals, presidents and billionaires, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for helping  Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. The stiff sentence was the punctuation mark on a trial that explored the sordid rituals of a predator power couple who courted the rich and famous as they lured vulnerable girls as young as 14, and then exploited them.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
            
              Sarah Ransome, left, and Elizabeth Stein, who both have accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, leave the federal courthouse in New York, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, following the sentencing of Epstein's associate, Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for helping the Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
            
              In this courtroom sketch, U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan makes her statement during Ghislaine Maxwell's sentencing in federal court, in New York, Tuesday. June 28, 2022. Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)
            
              In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell, left, escorted by a U.S. Marshal, wears leg shackles as she enters the courtroom for her sentencing in federal court, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York. Maxwell was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)
            Sigrid McCawley, center, attorney for Annie Farmer, right, speaks to members of the media outside federal court, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Attorney Brad Edwards speaks to members of the media outside federal court, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Christine Maxwell, left, Kevin Maxwell, rear center, and Isabel Maxwell, right, siblings of Ghislaine Maxwell, leave federal court, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York. Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Kevin Maxwell, brother of Ghislaine Maxwell, walks through a crowd of reporters outside the federal courthouse in New York, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) FILE - Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York, on July 2, 2020. Maxwell faces the likelihood of years in prison when she is sentenced for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. The sentencing hearing, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York will be the culmination of a prosecution that detailed how Epstein and Maxwell flaunted their riches and associations with prominent people to groom vulnerable girls and then exploit them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)