Ghislaine Maxwell's defense team rested their case Friday afternoon, soon after the disgraced socialite said in court that she would not testify in her own defense.

"At this time, the defense rests," attorney Bobbi Sternheim told jurors.

Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday, which will be followed by Judge Nathan charging the jury.

The defense called a number of witnesses in their case over two days, including former employees and an ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

Through their testimony, Maxwell's attorneys sought to undermine statements made by accusers in court who were called by prosecutors.

Two defense witnesses who testified Friday said they did not witness Epstein ever abuse underage girls during the 10-year period included in Maxwell's indictment.

Ghislaine Maxwell said in court that she will not testify in her own defense as her trial wound down Friday afternoon.

"Your Honor, the government has not proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt and so there is no need for me to testify," Maxwell told Judge Alison Nathan.

Just prior to her making that statement, Judge Nathan asked Maxwell and her attorney to stand so she could explain her rights to testify in her own defense.

"I want to make sure you understand you have the right to testify in your own defense," Nathan told Maxwell. "The decision to testify or not is your decision."

After Maxwell responded, Nathan then asked her to clarify that she does not intend to testify.

"You Honor, that is correct," Maxwell responded.

Courtroom sketches that show Maxwell huddled with her legal team and former Epstein girlfriend Eva Dubin were released Friday afternoon.

Eva Dubin and a former Epstein employee, Michelle Healy, said they were never involved in group sex or group sexualized massages with Epstein and Maxwell accuser "Jane."

"Absolutely not," both Dubin and Healy responded when asked by defense attorneys if they were involved in group sexualized massages with Epstein and Jane.

Jane had told investigators that women named "Eva" and "Michelle" participated in sexualized massages that she was lured into at Epstein's Palm Beach mansion when she was underage. Jane did not mention last names of the women.

Prosecutors made the point that neither Dubin nor Healy knew every woman Epstein interacted with from 1994 to 2004 -- and highlighted their common names to poke holes in the defense's case.

"Are you the only person named Eva in the whole wide world?" Assistant US Attorney Alison Moe asked Dubin, who responded that she is not.

Eva Andersson-Dubin, Jeffrey Epstein's onetime long-term girlfriend, was questioned by defense attorney Jeffrey Pagliuca about her -- and her family's -- relationship with the pedophile financier at the beginning of her testimony.

Dubin said that after she split from Epstein in the early 90s, she remained close to him and her children viewed him as someone akin to an uncle.

"They called him 'Uncle F'," she said of her kids' relationship with Epstein.

She added that she never witnessed Epstein engage in sexual abuse with a child from 1994 to 2004, the timeframe listed in Maxwell's indictment.

Maxwell's defense attorneys intend to call Eva Dubin, Jeffrey Epstein's former longtime girlfriend and onetime Miss Sweden, to testify as part of their defense of the accused socialite.

Dubin dated Epstein for more than a decade starting in the early 1980s, in what is believed to be his longest relationship.

Earlier in the trial, Maxwell's defense attorney Christian Everdell showed a photo of a pregnant Dubin to one of Epstein's longtime pilots.

The defense team had been trying to undermine testimony from Maxwell accuser Carolyn, who said on the stand she saw a photo of the accused madam "naked and pregnant."

Good morning from Manhattan federal court, where Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial is set to enter Day 12.

Maxwell's defense team said yesterday they could wind down their case as soon as today, but they may need to call a witness at the start of next week. Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday.

The defense team has made no indication that Maxwell will take the stand in her own defense, but Judge Nathan said Thursday she intends to inform her of her right to do so today.

Maxwell's team said Thursday they intend to call a trio of women -- Eva, Michelle and Kelly -- before the end of the trial, but Judge Nathan has not made a public ruling on if she'll allow their testimoney.

Catch up on our coverage from Thursday here.

A former executive assistant and an expert in "false memories" were two of the first witnesses Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys called as they began laying out her defense today.

Before testimony ended at around 5 p.m., a Customs and Border Protection also took the stand. He was asked to inspect records of international travel for three of Maxwell's accusers, Jane, Kate and Annie Farmer.

Testimony will continue Friday morning with the defense continuing to question Dominique Hyppolite, an employee of the West Palm Beach School District.

See you then!

During cross-examination, Assistant US Attorney Lara Pomerantz grilled the defense's expert witness Elizabeth Loftus -- a psychologist and memory expert -- over the fact that she's only ever testified for the prosecution one time out of 150.

She also brought up a 1991 book by Loftus titled, “Witness for the Defense.”

“You wrote a book called ‘Witness for the Defense’?” Pomerantz asked.

“Yes,” Loftus replied.

“You haven’t written a book called ‘Impartial Witness,’ right?”

“No,” Loftus said.

Judge Nathan just called the lunch break.

We'll be back in around an hour with more from psychologist and memory expert Dr. Elizabeth Loftus.

Now testifying is Elizabeth Loftus, a psychologist and "false memory" expert.

Loftus, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, has been called to the stand in some 300 trials since 1975. She's usually called by defense attorneys in an attempt to raise doubts about the accounts of accusers.

Loftus has consulted or testified in the cases of scores of high-profile defendants, including Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Michael Jackson, O.J. Simpson, Robert Durst, and Ted Bundy.