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Shock as NEW Jeffrey Epstein accuser Danielle Bensky, 34, makes surprise appearance at Ghislaine Maxwell court hearing
A NEW Jeffrey Epstein accuser came forward after attending the arraignment of Ghislaine Maxwell in Manhattan on Friday.
Danielle Bensky, a 34-year-old professional dancer, showed up outside Manhattan federal court to watch the arraignment of Maxwell, a former lover of Epstein who helped the pedophile recruit underage girls.
Danielle Bensky is a new Epstein accuser who spoke publicly after Maxwell’s arraignment[/caption]
Maxwell appeared on a video call without the supposed hair and weight loss her lawyers attested she had undergone while in jail[/caption]
“I think it’s incredibly vindicating,” Bensky said as she left the courthouse after Maxwell, 59, pleaded not guilty to new sex-trafficking charges.
“I think that after not having a trial for Epstein, I do believe that it’ll bring closure.”
Bensky claims she was 18 years old when she fell victim to Epstein, but did not give any details about what abuse she underwent, or how Maxwell was involved.
She said she was “too afraid” to watch Epstein at his hearings before he hung himself in jail in August of 2019.
Bensky said she was “too afraid” to go to Epstein’s hearings before he hung himself in 2019[/caption]
“This is a new feeling for me to be there,” Bensky said.
“I do think it is hard to sit through it. It is painful. It’s good, too. It’s healing,” she added.
Maxwell’s arraignment lasted for just about nine minutes in which her lawyers argued she herself is “victim of the Epstein effect” given her intense jail conditions.
She was transferred to court in a padlocked car from her jail cell in Brooklyn.
In court, she stayed mum except to quietly peep “not guilty” in regards to two new sex-trafficking charges that were added to her indictment last month.
Maxwell is facing two new sex trafficking charges[/caption]
People were protesting outside the courthouse during her arraignment[/caption]
The British socialite did not seem to lose any hair or weight like her lawyers had claimed, instead, appearing in a video call with graying roots.
At a press conference after the hearing, Maxwell family attorney David Markus claimed that Ghislaine had been woken up at 3am today, before her 2.30pm trial, and went on to slam the living conditions that she is staying in.
“Ghisl is in very very very difficult conditions – conditions that none of us would wish on our worst enemies,” he said.
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He later went on to say that she is “hanging in there” but “it’s not easy,” before dubbing the reason for her conditions as “the Epstein effect.”
“She’s not suicidal, she shouldn’t be treated like that. It’s only because of the horrible Epstein effect.”
However, despite her alleged living conditions, he confirmed that Maxwell is “looking forward to fighting” confirming “she will fight.”
