Explainer: What have we learned from the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking trial?

A number of famous names were mentioned throughout the trial, including the Duke of York, former US presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, and Pope John Paul II

Ghislaine Maxwell (Jim James/PA)

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been convicted of sex trafficking following a month-long trial at a federal court in Manhattan.

Maxwell, 60, lured young girls to massage rooms to be molested by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein between 1994 and 2004.