Prosecutors bring Epstein's massage table into court at Ghislaine Maxwell trial 

Many of Epstein's encounters with teenagers began as massages before escalating, prosecutors say, calling the term massage a "ruse" to get girls to touch Epstein

A courtroom sketch of defense attorney Jeffrey Pagliuca conferring with Ghislaine Maxwell. Picture: AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams

A green massage table seized from Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach estate was carried into a Manhattan federal courtroom on Friday, where British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is on trial for her role in the sex abuse of underage girls.

Maxwell is accused of recruiting and grooming girls for Epstein to sexually abuse.