Ghislaine Maxwell declined to give evidence at her sex trafficking trial as the defence rested their case.
On Friday the British socialite was asked to stand by the judge, who instructed her that she had the right to testify but also the right not to.
“Your honour, the government has not proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt so there is no reason for me to testify,” Maxwell responded.
Jurors will return to court tomorrow to hear closing arguments before they begin their deliberations.
Earlier, defence lawyers called another of Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriends to give evidence at the trial in New York.
Eva Andersson-Dubin, 60, a former Miss Sweden and New York City doctor, told the jury that she trusted the financier with her young daughters and denied taking part in a group sexual encounter with a key accuser.
She told the court that she dated Epstein on and off from 1983 to the early 1990s, before he dated Maxwell.
She denied ever witnessing any inappropriate conduct between Epstein and teenage girls.
Maxwell, 59 has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges stemming from her interactions with four teenage girls from 1994 to 2004.
During that time, Maxwell was romantically involved with and then later worked for Epstein, who killed himself at a federal jail in August 2019 while awaiting his own sex trafficking trial.
Maxwell’s lawyers have portrayed her as a scapegoat targeted by the government because prosecutors could no longer bring Epstein to justice.
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