Newsmax Ghislaine Maxwell, charged with child sex trafficking, is anticipated to take the stand and defend herself in her upcoming trial, starting Monday.
The Daily Mail reports that a source close to Maxwell contends, “Ghislaine is absolutely prepared to take the stand. She is prepared to do whatever it takes to save her own life.”
The 59-year-old Maxwell faces life in prison for aiding former associate Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted pedophile, in the procurement of underage girls for sex trafficking.
Sources close to Maxwell have affirmed that the British socialite would likely take the stand, a unique circumstance in sexual abuse cases. Usually, the New York Post reports, defendants in sexual abuse cases “do not testify, instead opting to let the prosecution prove its case…
