“There Was a Lot of Bragging About How They Were Friends With Essentially Everyone”: The First Accuser in the Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Takes the Stand

Here are the stories you might have missed this week. View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks December 05, 2021     "There Was a Lot of Bragging About How They Were Friends With Essentially Everyone": The First Accuser in the Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Takes the Stand On the second day of the alleged Jeffrey Epstein accomplice's federal sex-trafficking trial, a woman testified that, beginning when she was 14 years old, Epstein and Maxwell sexually abused her for years. R E A D  M O R E »     The 14 Best TV Shows of 2021 Vanity Fair's television critic on the most captivating shows of the year. R E A D  M O R E »     "Will This Institution Survive the Stench?": Gutting Abortion Rights Could Damage the Supreme Court's Own Legitimacy The conservative-majority court appears poised to uphold Mississippi's 15-week ban—and potentially overturn Roe v. Wade entirely. Liberal justices warned that dismissing nearly 50 years of precedent would reek of partisan politics. R E A D  M O R E »     Republicans: Let People Die of COVID or So Help Us We'll Shut Down the Government The GOP is threatening to let the federal government run out of money over COVID vaccine mandates. R E A D  M O R E »     Books to Read and Bookish Gifts to Buy A luxe tote, a first edition subscription, a cheesy notepad—plus reading recommendations from Jimmy Yang, Cecily Strong, and the V.F. staff. R E A D  M O R E »     The Second Coming of Guru Jagat When Katie Griggs died in August, kundalini adherents were bereft—they'd lost their last apostle. Others—former members, calling it a cult rife with abuse—felt relief that the movement's Janus-faced leader was gone, and that their truths could be set free. R E A D  M O R E » This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.