Ghislaine Maxwell jury selection strays into questions of cop shows and fishing

The British socialite is accused of sex crimes and conspiracy but questioning of jurors produced some lighter moments

When Ghislaine Maxwell came face-to-face with prospective jurors for her federal court sex trafficking trial in Manhattan on Tuesday morning, their candor brought moments of comedy to the staid process of jury selection - including a discussion of a famed TV police procedural and an exchange about fishing.

Maxwell, 59, was arrested in July 2020 at a secretive estate in Bradford, a small town in New Hampshire. She is charged with sex crimes, conspiracy and perjury related to the actions of the financier Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019, while awaiting sex trafficking charges.