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Will Maxwell Go To Trial?

The Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking trial has finally been set for Nov. 29 in New York District Court. But judging from the many legal maneuvers and trial-date changes in the past year, will there actually be a trial?

Maxwell and her team are objecting to the the new trial date because of its close proximity to the holidays. Maxwell was originally scheduled to face trial in early summer. In the latest round of legal gibberish, she even put forward that her family would be unable to attend on the November date. “This woman has shown herself, yet again, to be arrogant,” says Matthew Steeples, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Steeple Times in London. “She has no concept of how ordinary people live.”

Steeple tells Shaun Attwood that Maxwell is at the “top of the pyramid” when it comes to the sordid sex-trafficking case, even more important that Jeffrey Epstein. One of the major victims in the case, Maria Farmer, alleged that American billionaire and Epstein confidant Les Wexner was the ringleader, something that Steeples hasn’t acknowledged. “There are obviously different entities who she is connected with, but I think it’s actually her. She’s the most important.” Here’s more on the case with Steeples and Attwood, including a question-and-answer session with viewers.

Maxwell Assaulted In Jail

Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell are screaming that their client was assaulted by a guard during a routine search and is withering away behind bars. Attorney Bobbi Sternheim filed a complaint in New York District Court, alleging that Maxwell’s pre-trial detention conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn are beyond despicable. She claims Maxwell is being deprived of sleep and being fed inedible food. Says Shaun Attwood, “Welcome to jail! Being deprived of sleep? Given inedible food? That is happening in jails all across America.”

Sternheim says the assault came during a pat-down search in an isolation cell out of camera view. When Maxwell said she would report the incident, she was threatened with disciplinary action. “When you go to jail with charges of this nature, not only do you have nothing coming, you also are subjected to the most wicked–and some would say justified–abuse by the prisoners, the conduct code and the guards,” Attwood says.

Though it appears Maxwell is headed toward a plea bargain in her case, Attwood says it would be to her advantage to go to trial and name names in the sordid Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking saga. Here’s more with Attwood.

Twitter In Huge Trouble

A British Columbia judge ruled that a defamation lawsuit filed against Twitter by Canadian businessman and founder of Lions Entertainment, Frank Giustra, can indeed proceed in the province.

Viva Frei’s David Freiheit says the decision is purely procedural because it relates only to the jurisdiction. There is no determination on the merits or final judgment, but the implications for Twitter is huge, because it now allows for the social media giant to be sued for defamation outside the United States. Says Freiheit, “It’s not a lawsuit based on defamation, blaming the defendant of having uttered the defamatory words, it’s a lawsuit against Twitter for having hosted the defamatory words.”

Giustra, a Clinton family confidant and board member of the Clinton Foundation, claims he was defamed when 2016 tweets accused him of involvement in the Pizzagate sex-trafficking scandal. Twitter filed a motion in 2019, asking the B.C. court to dismiss the lawsuit or favor moving the jurisdiction to California, where Twitter is located. Here’s the rundown on Viva Frei.

Les Wexner On The Hot Seat

Looks like L Brands and Victoria’s Secret billionaire mogul Les Wexner is the latest Jeffrey Epstein confidant to land on the hot seat. L Brands shareholders last week filed a bombshell lawsuit against Wexner and his executive team, charging that he allowed Epstein, posing as a modeling agent for Victoria’s Secret, to use his Ohio mansion to abuse teen-age girls. Wexner stepped down as CEO of L Brands last May.

Wexner, 83, immediately played the victim card upon hearing of the lawsuit, saying prosecutors are just trying to make news headlines of his name. He claims that Epstein, a successful Wall Street hedge fund manager whom he hired as a money manager, bilked him to the tune of $46 million. Says investigative journalist Shaun Attwood, “Like this old throat-slitter is going to let Epstein pick his pocket for $46 million. C’mon.”

The lawsuit alleges that Epstein directed one of the victims, Virginia Giuffre, to have sex with Wexner, among others. Another victim, Maria Farmer, accused Les’ wife, Abigail Wexner, of acquiescence while Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell assaulted her. Tune in as Attwood brings us more sordid details from the lawsuit

Brunel An Animal With Girls

Jean-Luc Brunel, French modeling agent and alleged lynchpin of a global underage sex ring organized by billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, has been arrested. French authorities arrested Brunel at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris as he prepared to board a flight Dakar, Senegal.

According to a Daily Mail source, “The suspect is being held in relation to rape, sexual assault, criminal conspiracy and human trafficking, and all the allegations involve minors.” He is also suspected of being one of Epstein’s top recruiters of young girls for the New York billionaire’s infamous sex parties.

In the following segment with British investigative journalist Shaun Attwood, French vlogger Frederic Ponton, who says Brunel’s reputation on the sex-trafficking scene labeled him an animal with girls, fills us in on his arrest, a bit of his history and the lurid details of his encounters with Epstein and his confidant, Ghislaine Maxwell.

 

 

 

 

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