Jeffrey Epstein pilot referred to as as first witness

A former long-time pilot of intercourse prison Jeffrey Epstein was referred to as as the primary witness Monday on the federal prison trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who’s accused of procuring underage women to be sexually abused by Epstein years in the past.

The pilot, Larry Visoski, flew Epstein’s Boeing 727 on a number of journeys, based on Florida legislation enforcement recordsdata obtained by NBC Information. These information seem to point out he was on the controls for a number of flights when Maxwell and others had been on board.

Visoki was referred to as to the witness stand in U.S. District Courtroom in Manhattan by prosecutors after opening arguments within the case.

The jury for the trial was seated Monday morning.

Eighteen jurors had been picked for the case. Twelve of them will deliberate on a verdict; the six others shall be alternates.

Epstein, who was price a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of {dollars}, socialized together with Maxwell with high-profile individuals together with former Presidents Donald Trump and Invoice Clinton and Britain’s Prince Andrew earlier than Epstein pleaded responsible to a intercourse crime involving a minor in Florida in 2008. 

Maxwell’s trial is predicted to final about six weeks.

This trial will deal solely with the sex-related fees in opposition to Maxwell. She shall be tried individually for perjury fees stemming from allegations that she lied beneath oath whereas being deposed in a civil lawsuit by an Epstein accuser.