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This document is a transcript of the opening statement by Ms. Sternheim, the defense attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell. Sternheim argues that while four women will testify against Maxwell, the evidence will not support the charges. She portrays Maxwell as an accomplished and educated woman, urging the jury not to be biased by her privileged lifestyle, and introduces Jeffrey Epstein as a successful and philanthropic man whom Maxwell met in the 1990s.