The Lolita Next Door

Ghislaine Maxwell thinks the legal arguments that freed Bill Cosby should also apply to her. But shouldn’t she go free anyway as long as the wealthy johns who targeted teen girls remain unpunished?

Photo of Dominique Swain, “Lolita,” 1997.

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Readers please note: this story discusses the history of sexualization of minors, and the social and legal implications of pedophilia.

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Once upon a time in a land across the sea, there was a boy who fell in love with a girl, who also fell in love with him.