Ijaji ligwebe uGhislaine Maxwell iminyaka engu-20 ebhadla ejele ngecala likaJeffrey Epstein lokuhlukumeza ngokocansi.

Ijaji ligwebe uGhislaine Maxwell iminyaka engu-20 ebhadla ejele ngecala likaJeffrey Epstein lokuhlukumeza ngokocansi.. 

UGhislaine Maxwell uthole isigwebo seminyaka engu-20 ejele ngoLwesibili ngokusiza uJeffrey Epstein ekunukubezeni izingane ngokocansi okungenani iminyaka eyi-10 ngeminyaka yawo-1990 no-2000. 

Lowo owayengusocialite waseBrithani, ubaba wakhe ongasekho owayeyilungu eliqavile lePhalamende kanye nesikhulu sabezindaba e-UK, uvele enkantolo yesifunda e-Manhattan ukuqulwa kwecala elathatha amahora ambalwa kusukela ekuseni kakhulu kwaze kwahlwa emini.

UMaxwell walahlwa yicala ngoDisemba odlule ngokusebenzisana no-Epstein, umngane wakhe wesikhathi eside, kanye nowayethandana naye, ukuganisa, ukuqasha, kanye nokuhlukumeza ngokocansi njengengxenye yenethiwekhi yomthengisi ongasekho edume ngokushushumbiswa ngesikhathi sokuqulwa kwecala elisakazwe kakhulu. UMaxwell utholwe enamacala amaningi okwakha itulo nokushushumbisa ucansi.

Isigwebo sikaMaxwell sihlanganisa inhlawulo engu-$750,000 kanye neminyaka emihlanu yokukhululwa okugadiwe. 

Ngaphezu kwalokho, iJaji u-Alison Nathan, obengamele leli cala, wamyalela ukuba akhokhe u-$100 ngecala ngalinye atholwa enecala ngalo.

Ummeli kaMaxwell, u-Bobbi Sternheim, ucele ukuthi athuthelwe ejele labesifazane e-Danbury, e-Connecticut kanye nokubhaliswa kwakhe ohlelweni lokwelapha ukuhlukumezeka oluqalwe wumndeni. Ithimba lakhe labameli linezinsuku ezingu-14 zokufaka isicelo sokuphikisa isinqumo sikaMaxwell.

Ngemuva kokulalelwa kwecala likaMaxwell, ummeli waseMelika uDamian Williams usamukele isigwebo, wathi “sithumela umyalezo onamandla wokuthi akekho ongaphezu komthetho futhi akukephuzi kakhulu ukwenza ubulungiswa.”

UWilliams uthe “ukugwetshwa kwanamuhla kunikeza uGhislaine Maxwell icala lokwenza ubugebengu obunyantisayo ebantwaneni.” 

Sifuna ukubonga izisulu zika-Epstein kanye noMaxwell futhi ngokuba nesibindi sokuphumela obala, bakhulume enkantolo, futhi babelane ngolwazi lwabo phakathi nesigwebo sanamuhla.

Ithimba labameli bakaMaxwell linxuse ijaji ukuthi limnike isigwebo seminyaka emihlanu. Kunalokho, ngokomshushisi, wayezodonsa iminyaka ephakathi kuka-30 no-55 ejele.

“UMaxwell ukhethe, waqeqesha futhi wahlukumeza abantu abambalwa njengengxenye yesivumelwano esibi noJeffrey Epstein njengoba ephila impilo yengcebo namandla amakhulu. UMaxwell washiya izisulu zakhe zilimele kakhulu futhi zihlushwa ukulimala kwengqondo nangokomzwelo ngemva kwemiphumela yakhe.” Baqamba. 

Lowo monakalo awukwazi ukulungiswa. Kodwa kungase kucatshangelwe ngenkathi kunqunywa isijeziso esifanele samacala kaMaxwell.

Ngaphambi kokuqulwa kwaleli sonto, izisulu eziyisishiyagalombili—u-Annie Farmer, uTeresa Helm, uSarah Ransome, uVirginia Giuffre, u-Elizabeth Stein, uJuliette Bryant, uMaria Farmer, nomuntu ogama lakhe lingu-“Kate”—bathumele izitatimende ezithinta izisulu zesigwebo. 

Yize konke ukuphawula kuserekhodini, uNathan unqume ngoMsombuluko ukuthi abantu abangafika kwabayisithupha bangakhuluma ngokufingqiwe mathupha ngabo ngoLwesibili.

Ngaphambi kokugwetshwa kukaMaxwell, uFarmer, “Kate,” Ransome, kanye noStein bethula izitatimende zabo ngokuzwakalayo. Ngokuphambene, ummeli wakhe wamfundela isitatimende sikaGiuffre njengoba wayengekho enkantolo.

Amacala okuqala ayebhekene noMaxwell, manje oneminyaka engama-60, alethwa ngoJulayi ka-2020, wagqunywa esitokisini sikahulumeni. Izinyanga ezingu-16 ngaphambi kokuqulwa kwecala lakhe, wavalelwa ngaphandle kwebheyili. 

Ukuboshwa kwenzeka cishe unyaka ngemuva kokuthi u-Epstein, ebhekene necala lokushushumbisa ucansi kanye namacala okwakha uzungu, eshonile esitokisini sakhe sasejele eNew York City. 

Njengoba icala lika-Epstein belingakaqali, ukudlula kwakhe emhlabeni kugqugquzele izimfuno eziningi zobulungiswa kuzo zombili izisulu kanye neziphathimandla zikahulumeni.

Eziphendulela uMaxwell naye ukhulume ngoLwesibili. “Ngemuva kokuzwa usizi nokuhlupheka okuvezwe kulezi zinkulumo zanamuhla, kuba nzima ukuthi ngikhulume nenkantolo.” 

Ubuye wengeza wathi, "Kunzima ukuzwa ngakho futhi kunzima kakhulu ukuqonda umphumela omubi ezimpilweni zabesifazane abaningi," utshele ijaji. “Ngiyabazi ubuhlungu babo futhi ngizwelana kakhulu nazo zonke izisulu kuleli cala.”