Ghislaine Maxwell Onboards Bobbi Sternheim To Her Legal Team

In October 2020, Maxwell formally added Bobbi Sternheim to her defense team. Court filings from that time show Sternheim appeared as counsel for Maxwell in the sex-trafficking case brought by the U.S. government. Sternheim — described in media reports as a “super-lawyer” — had a reputation for handling high-stakes federal criminal cases, including representing an associate of Osama bin Laden in a major terrorism trial.

Bringing Sternheim onboard signaled a significant shift in Maxwell’s defense. In the subsequent 2021 trial, Sternheim delivered the opening statement. She framed Maxwell not as akin to her former associate Jeffrey Epstein, but as a kind of scapegoat — a “woman blamed for the bad behavior of men.” This reframing was part of a broader strategy: rather than directly challenging all the accusers’ testimony, the defense under Sternheim emphasized doubts about memory, suggested motivations of money, and portrayed Maxwell as unfairly vilified because of Epstein.


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