The Ghislaine Maxwell trial began with a sentence that attempted to distill a complex case that spans decades and jurisdictions, and pierces the normally secretive world of America’s ultra wealthy elite.

“I want to tell you about a young girl named Jane,” prosecutor Lara Pomerantz told the jury of five men and seven women.

The US federal government’s case against Ms Maxwell, 59, centres around her decades-long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. It alleges she operated as his enabler in luring vulnerable teenage girls with promises of scholarships, attention and financial assistance for their families, and coerced them into becoming objects for his sexual gratification.

Ms Comey says she has no further questions, and so with only 13 minutes left of the day, the court adjourns.

Cross-examination of Mr Alessi will begin on Friday morning.

Ms Comey asked why he left Epstein’s employment and responds “I was sick and I was also very, very tired of the job.”

He says he signed a non-disclosure agreement about both Epstein and Ms Maxwell.

Mr Alessi also admitted that he stole $6,300 from Epstein at a time that his marriage was experiencing difficulties and he was struggling financially.

Ms Comey asks if he was questioned by police, which he says he was, but was not arrested.

He did not pay the money back and did not see Epstein again.

Mr Alessi was asked about photographs in the house and initially responded about pictures of Ms Maxwell and Epstein with famous people.

Asked if there were photos of naked women, he said that there were and they were kept in Ms Maxwell’s desk.

Ms Comey asks Mr Allessi if Ms Maxwell provided supplies for Epstein’s massages. He replies that he was given “exotic oils” from other countries.

Asked if Epstein’s door was open during his massages, Mr Alessi responds that it never was, and says that afterward, he would go in wearing gloves to clean up.

Pressed further about what he saw when he cleaned up, he says that after one massage he found a “large dildo” that he washed up and put in a basket in Ms Maxwell’s bathroom alongside some pornographic tapes.

He adds that he saw it at least five times, and that there was another one that he put at the top of Epstein’s dresser.

Adam Klasfeld of Law & Crime reports that before the trial the Maxwell defence team challenged the admission of the exhibit, claiming it had been altered.

After an attempt by Ms Maxwell’s lawyer at challenging the admission into evidence of the telephone directory, questioning continues with Mr Alessi confirming to Ms Comey that he would sometimes take messages for Epstein if he did not want to talk to someone or was not at the house.

A former housekeeper to Jeffrey Epstein has said that Ghislaine Maxwell told him never to look the disgraced financier in the eyes.

Juan Patricio Alessi, who worked at Epstein’s house in Palm Beach, Florida, testified before a New York jury on Thursday that Ms Maxwell was the “lady of the house” and gave him “many, many instructions”.

He said that Ms Maxwell, 59, told him to “only speak to Mr Epstein when he asked questions” and demanded “extensive preparations” whenever Epstein visited.

Ms Comey has resumed her questioning of Mr Alessi following the afternoon recess.

Epstein’s former housekeeper confirms that the directory was updated twice a year and the names of new employees were added and those who had left were removed.

Ms Comey has Mr Alessi look at the directory and asks if he reviewed it last night. He confirms he did and that he looked at every page.

Asked how many names there are, he says: “Many. Many.”

He says it is a later version from when he was employed at the house.

The court is now in recess.