New York | The jury in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial began deliberating on Monday (Tuesday AEDT) over whether the British socialite set up teenage girls to have sexual encounters with Jeffrey Epstein or if she is a scapegoat for the late financier.

Ms Maxwell, 59, is accused of recruiting and grooming four teenage girls for Epstein between 1994 and 2004. Those accusers, now women in their 30s or 40s, said in emotional and explicit testimony that Ms Maxwell made touching Epstein feel normal to them – and said she sometimes touched their bodies herself.

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