Former Epstein office worker tells jury she ‘looked up’ to Ghislaine Maxwell

Courtroom sketch showing Ghislaine Maxwell, centre, seated in court (Elizabeth Williams/AP)

A former office worker for Jeffrey Epstein has testified at the sex abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell that she worked on a daily basis with Maxwell for six years and had only admiration for her.

Cimberly Espinosa, the first defence witness, told the jury she was Maxwell’s assistant at Epstein’s New York City office on Madison Avenue from 1996 to 2002. Maxwell was managing the financier’s multiple high-end properties at the time, she said, calling it a “huge job”.