Lucia Osborne-Crowley - Live from Latitude

About this episode

Lucia Osborne-Crowley shares her firsthand account of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial on the Book Shambles podcast.

Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of five counts of sex-trafficking of minors, and now faces twenty years in prison for the role she played in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of four girls. Lucia Osborne-Crowley was one of the only reporters allowed into the courtroom every day and this is her account of the trial. She joins Robin Ince and Bec Hill to chat for the celebrated Book Shambles podcast. WARNING: This panel contains subject matter that may be distressing to some listeners. Recorded in The Cosmic Shambles Forest of Science and Culture at the 2025 Latitude Festival. Support the show at patreon.com/cosmicshambles

People in this episode

Hosts: Robin Ince, Bec Hill

Guest: Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Topics covered

• courtroom reporting
• sex trafficking
• journalism
• trial analysis
• Ghislaine Maxwell
• Jeffrey Epstein
• live podcast

Keywords

• Ghislaine Maxwell
• Lucia Osborne-Crowley
• trial
• sex trafficking
• Jeffrey Epstein
• podcast
• Latitude Festival

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Cosmic Shambles Network

Places: Latitude Festival, The Cosmic Shambles Forest of Science and Culture

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