The settled case was a civil action so the concepts of guilt/innocence are not applicable; rather it's liability and recompense. Agree though that him 'getting off' if it went in front of a jury was pretty remote. His lawyers must have told him he'd not a snowball's and the figures rumoured suggest she had a slam dunk case. Only went to the cusp of his being deposed because of his own arrogance.
As to her reactions at the time v now I'd cut her a very great deal of slack.
As a teenager from a disturbed background finding herself hobnobbing with Royalty, in and out of London's nightspots and living the high life on Private Jets must have seemed like a dream. If she was getting into various beds as a 'good time girl' was the price then it was OK.
Later, married and more mature and with a significant change in culture she saw the extent to which Maxwell, Epstein and all the rest had exploited her then I don't see any contradiction.
The allegation (or inference) of gold digging is, IMHO, well wide of the mark.
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