By Luc Cohen

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – On Tuesday, Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse case entered its seventh day. Prosecutors were expected to present jurors photos depicting British socialite Ghislaine’s relationships with late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

U.S. district judge Alison Nathan rejected Maxwell’s request to block the images. FBI agents discovered them on compact discs taken from Epstein’s Manhattan house during a July 2019 raid. Epstein was charged with sex assault that month and committed suicide several weeks later.

Two images from two teenage girls were also included in the cache of digital photos. They claim Maxwell served them up to Epstein. The prosecutors said Monday that the images show them in a variety of states of undress.

Maxwell (59) faces eight charges of sex traficking, as well as other charges, for allegedly grooming and recruiting teenage girls between 1994-2004 for Epstein’s abuse. Her lawyers claim she has not pleaded guilty to the charges against Epstein and that her lawyer is making her the victim of his alleged crimes.

Nathan agreed to Monday’s argument by prosecutors that the photos were pertinent because they depicted the relationship between Maxwell, Epstein and their love during the 1990s. Maxwell managed Epstein’s various properties at that time and continued to do so after their failed romance.

Nathan gave evidence of one photo of an accused, showing a photograph of a woman who is not in the indictment. She stated that she was considering whether or not to accept the second photo, which depicts a woman who testified under the pseudonym Kate earlier Monday.

Kate testified that Maxwell had introduced her to Epstein when she was 17, and she has since had many sexual encounters. Nathan informed the jury that these were legal sex acts because Kate was over the British consent age.

Laura Menninger Maxwell’s defense lawyer, claimed some photos could have been altered. Laura also suggested that Kate, the prosecutor, should have presented the photograph to her while she was standing to enable her to authenticate the image.