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Jen0125 posted...

Did Maxwell get charged personally for the allegations she raped young girls too?

That's the big difference I see in these two cases re: sentencing. Maxwell was charged for a crime where she wasn't directly perpetrating sexual violence but instead of facilitating it. Kelly was charged with crimes where he personally committed the sex crimes.

But race and gender definitely are part of this too.

First of all, she was a human trafficker, and typically those get the book thrown at them even harder than the clients they service.
Second of all, yes she did get involved in the sexual assault herself.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/15/us/ghislaine-maxwell-trial-accusers/index.html

The case against Ghislaine Maxwell primarily relied on the testimony of four women who said they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein when they were under 18 -- and that Maxwell facilitated and sometimes participated in that abuse, too.

Maxwell, 60, had pleaded not guilty to six federal charges: sex trafficking of minors, enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and three counts of conspiracy.

She was found guilty by a New York jury on five of the six counts and acquitted on the charge of enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts. Maxwell faces up to 65 years in prison.

Prosecutors had argued that Maxwell and Epstein created a system of sexual abuse in which they lured underage girls into sexual relationships with Epstein using the ruse of a massage and cash payments. Her defense, though, argued she is being scapegoated for Epstein's actions and has attacked the memories and motivations of the women who say they were abused.

Testimony from the victims beganon November 30 with "Jane," who said that Maxwell sometimes joined in on the sexualized massages. "Kate" testified December 6 that Maxwell set up those sexual meetings. Carolyn testified the next day that Maxwell once touched her breasts, hips and butt and told her she "had a great body for Epstein and his friends." She was 14 at the time, she said.

Finally, Farmer testified that she was 16 years old when Maxwell massaged her naked chest at Epstein's New Mexico ranch in 1996.