Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell fire back at key accuser 'Jane' on Day 3 of trial

Defense attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell fired back at one of her key accusers during the third day of her trial on Wednesday.

Defense attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who is facing multiple charges of child sex trafficking, fired back at one of her key accusers during the third day of her trial Wednesday.

A woman prosecutors have identified only by the pseudonym "Jane" returned to the stand, having testified Tuesday that Maxwell was in the room during sexual encounters with Epstein when Jane was just 14 years old.

"Jane" also alleged that Maxwell contributed to her sexual abuse by "leading [her] to a massage table and showing [her] how Jeffrey likes to be massaged" and later traveling with her to Epstein's residences in New York and New Mexico, where she claims to have suffered further sexual abuse by Epstein, including some group encounters she described as "orgies."

During cross-examination, however, Maxwell's attorney, Laura Menninger, repeatedly challenged "Jane" and her account by contrasting her trial testimony with government reports of her interviews with federal agents and prosecutors between September 2019 and February 2020 during the criminal investigation of Maxwell. Portions of those reports were shown to Jane on a screen in the witness box, but the full reports are not available to the public and have not been admitted as evidence. The reports were made available to Maxwell's attorneys during pretrial discovery.