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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1078-5 Filed 07/29/20 Page 27 of 161 go Washington post Democracy Dies in Darkness Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, charged in sex abuse case By Shayna Jacobs and Devlin Barrett July 2, 2020 at 3:14 p.m. MDT NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime confidante of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested Thursday in New Hampshire on charges she recruited and groomed underage girls for abuse by her then-boyfriend, officials said. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. 9 A grand jury indictment unsealed Thursday charged Maxwell, daughter of the late media tycoon Robert Maxwell, with perjury and conspiring to entice minors to travel to engage in sex acts. Maxwell has been under investigation for months as a possible accomplice to Epstein's history of sexual abuse of underage girls. Epstein, who committed suicide while in federal custody last summer, dated Maxwell for years, and the indictment charges she played a key role in grooming girls for him to abuse. AD EFTA00084392
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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1078-5 Filed 07/29/20 Page 28 of 161 Beginning in at least 1994, the indictment alleges, Maxwell "enticed and groomed multiple minor girls to engage in sex acts with Jeffrey Epstein, through a variety of means and methods." Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss called the sex abuse described in the Maxwell case "the prequel" to the charges they lodged last year against Epstein covering alleged acts of abuse in the early 2OOOS. "Maxwell played a critical role in helping Epstein to identify, befriend, and groom minor victims for abuse," said Strauss, who oversees the federal prosecutor's office in the Southern District of New York. "In some cases, Maxwell participated in the abuse herself." A lawyer for Maxwell, Jeff Pagliuca, did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment. David Boies, who along with Sigrid McCawley represents a dozen of Epstein's accusers, said their clients were elated by the development. "It's just an enormous step," he said. AD EFTA00084393
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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1078-5 Filed 07/29/20 Page 29 of 161 Boies said he thinks Maxwell will be under "tremendous pressure to cooperate" as she looks for ways to shave time off what may be a significant prison sentence. Maxwell could potentially help prosecutors shed light on Epstein's dealings with other wealthy and influential people who may have had encounters with underage victims, he said, adding, "There were a lot of people with a lot of public stature ... who were involved with Epstein." "The pain [Maxwell] has caused will never go away but today is a step toward healing," McCawley added in a statement, praising prosecutors on the case for their "unrelenting courage." U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrea Johnstone ordered Maxwell to remain in custody at a brief hearing via videoconference in federal court in New Hampshire, where another of her attorneys, Lawrence Vogelman, did not seek an immediate bail hearing because her lawyers plan to make those arguments after she is transferred to New York. AD EFTA00084394
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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1078-5 Filed 07/29/20 Page 30 of 161 In a court filing, prosecutors said Maxwell should stay behind bars pending trial because she might flee given her "extensive international ties," noting she has citizenship in two countries and three passports in her name. Maxwell, 58, faces the possibility of 85 years in prison if convicted and has "absolutely no reason to stay in the United States," prosecutors argued in the filing. Prosecutors also said the Epstein investigation is not over and asked any victims or witnesses to Epstein's abuse of minors to contact the FBI. William Sweeney, head of the FBI's New York office, called Maxwell "one of the villains" of the Epstein saga and said that agents kept close tabs on her after she "slithered away to a gorgeous property in New Hampshire." AD The indictment charged that Maxwell "would try to normalize sexual abuse for a minor victim by, among other things, discussing sexual topics, undressing in front EFTA00084395
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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1078-5 Filed 07/29/20 Page 31 of 161 of the victim, being present when a minor victim was undressed, and/or being present for sex acts involving the minor victim and Epstein." One of the victims was 14 years old when Epstein and Maxwell began grooming her for sex acts with Epstein, according to the indictment. The victims were groomed or abused at a number of Epstein's luxurious homes, including his sprawling Upper East Side townhouse in Manhattan, an estate in Palm Beach, Fla., a ranch in Santa Fe, N.M., and Maxwell's home in London, according to the charges. "Minor Victim-2," according to the indictment, was under 18 when she was flown to New Mexico at Epstein's invitation. "In New Mexico, Maxwell began her efforts to groom Minor Victim-2 for abuse by Epstein by, among other things, providing an unsolicited massage to Minor Victim-2, during which Minor Victim-2 was topless," the indictment charged. Maxwell is also accused of grooming and befriending a third victim, whom she met in London between 1994 and 1995. She allegedly encouraged that victim to give Epstein massages "knowing that Epstein would engage in sex acts with Minor Victim-3 during those massages." The indictment also accuses Maxwell of lying in a deposition in 2016 when asked about these activities by a lawyer for one of Epstein's alleged victims, when she denied any knowledge of him engaging in sex acts with minors. When asked if Epstein had a scheme to recruit underage girls for sexual massages, Maxwell replied, "I don't know what you're talking about," the indictment says. EFTA00084396
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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1078-5 Filed 07/29/20 Page 32 of 161 AD Strauss, the acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, said the socialite told that lie and others in the deposition because the truth "was almost unspeakable — Maxwell enticed minor girls, got them to trust her, then delivered them into the trap that she and Epstein had set for them. She pretended to be a woman they could trust, all the while she was setting them up to be sexually abused by Epstein." Maxwell's arrest was first reported Thursday by NBC News. Epstein, 66, was a registered sex offender who was arrested last year on federal sex trafficking charges for alleged abuses of underage girls in New York and Florida. His suicide in a Manhattan federal detention center led to charges against two of his guards who were accused of failing to check on him in his cell in the hours before he was found hanging from a bedsheet. Epstein's ability to avoid a lengthy prison sentence has raised questions about whether the wealthy, politically connected sex offender — with ties to both President Trump and former president Bill Clinton — was able to manipulate state and federal officials to go easy on him. Years before his 2019 arrest, Epstein had resolved similar allegations with a plea deal involving state charges in Florida that allowed him to spend a little more than a year in jail and leave daily for work — an arrangement widely criticized as too lenient. As part of that deal, prosecutors agreed not to pursue cases against Epstein's associates who might have recruited girls for him. EFTA00084397
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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1078-5 Filed 07/29/20 Page 33 of 161 AD Gloria Allred, a lawyer representing more than a dozen of Epstein's alleged victims, said her clients hope Maxwell "will be accountable if the evidence presented in court proves beyond a reasonable doubt that she had a role in assisting and recruiting young girls to be sex trafficked and sexually victimized by Jeffrey Epstein." The investigation into Epstein's conduct continued after his jailhouse death and has ensnared Britain's Prince Andrew, another old friend of the late financier. Federal prosecutors complained earlier this year that Andrew has provided "zero cooperation" to authorities. One of Epstein's accusers, claims she was paid by Epstein for sexual encounters with the prince when she was 17. The prince has denied any wrongdoing. On Thursday, Strauss made clear prosecutors still want to talk to him. "We would welcome Prince Andrew coming in to talk to us," she said. "We would like to have the benefit of his statement." Epstein's alleged victims continue to pursue lawsuits against his estate, which is valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. EFTA00084398
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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1078-5 Filed 07/29/20 Page 34 of 161 METRO Ghislaine Maxwell leaves luxe life behind for tiny jail cell in Brooklyn Jory 7.2020 8 iliam I Jpdated . 1 1 i r ,—,--• .- -c" ,r--.---/ _ •---"--. .—^ ,--c ' ir_—•---/ ----- .----- .......--, ,—r— .---'—' .--.----" .--, ---- .- -c- ' -r - ` __,_. Y- ..---•--" .-- - 4,_-.--• *---' r - ^ •--- ..--e- - • .-- - _ ..---,- ..--.---' -.-^ _-.--. ...-...---• -,-- ....--.-- ...-,-^ --1 --- ti l l i i i gra LUC Stephen Yang From beef bourguignon to beef jerky: Ghislaine Maxwell has traded in her palatial New Hampshire cabin for stripped-down confinement at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center. The Oxford-educated British socialite had been lying low in a million-dollar New Hampshire hideaway featuring a cathedral ceiling, a massive floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace and a gourmet kitchen, according to the home's listing. Jeffrey Epstein's alleged right-hand woman cooked stews for herself in a kitchen with two ovens, a six-burner stove and a luxury refrigerator. Maxwell, 58, on Monday was transferred to the city's largest federal jail, where she is expected to be kept in a 1O-foot-by-12- foot cell. The notorious facility is in the midst of a lawsuit that has sounded the alarm over its potential to foster a dangerous coronavirus outbreak. It's the same facility where officers last month pepper-sprayed inmate Jamel Floyd to death. EFTA00084399
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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1078-5 Filed 07/29/20 Page 35 of 161 In January 2019, inmates went freezing for weeks when an electrical fire knocked out power in the building, an environment described as a "humanitarian crisis." The Interior of the Metropolitan Detention Center Doi Maxwell will be given a T-shirt and other basic clothing at the MDC along with a thin mattress, pillow and blanket. She may be allowed to have an approved religious medallion or book, such as the Bible — but cannot have any other personal possessions. After schmoozing among the global elite, Maxwell has apparently had a difficult time socializing with her fellow inmates. One inmate at a New Hampshire jail where she was briefly held reportedly called her a "snooty b—h." Injuring a high-profile inmate like Maxwell "would be a badge of honor." former MDC warden Cameron Lindsay said. "You go from living a life like Maxwell to all of a sudden being in a situation where you're being strip-searched and having people look into your body cavities," Lindsay added. FIlf I) (1,4:11-;1 BROOKLYN. GNISLAINE MAXWELL, JAIL JEFFREY EPSTEIN, 7/7/20 EFTA00084400
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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1078-5 Filed 07/29/20 Page 36 of 161 VIDEO LIVE SHOWS 2020 ELECTIONS CORONAVIRUS • • For Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's alleged recruiter, a private battle has become a public reckoning She has been charged with conspiring with the Infamous sex offender. By Jams mu and Pelt Nbadta My 10.2020.2:06AM • mm rrad 11 ir • Obtains Maxwal behind bars as now details emerge Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend Ghatoine Maxwell is accused of facilitating Epstein's sex crimes by ',sting him Mafia, groom and ultimately abuse three unnamed teens between 2994 and 1997. Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite and longtime companion of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, is facing a reckoning for her alleged role in facilitating Epstein's sexual abuse of young women. Federal prosecutors say Maxwell played a "key role" in a multi-state sex trafficking scheme, in which she not only allegedly "befriended" and later 'enticed and groomed multiple minor girls to engage in sex acts with Epstein, through a variety of means and methods," but was also, at times, "present for and involved' in the abuse herself. Maxwell is scheduled to appear before a federal judge in New York on Tuesday, where she Is expected to publicly address those allegations for the first time. But court filings make clear that Tuesday's hearing is only the latest chapter in long-running legal battles waged mostly out of public view. Maxwell has been named as a defendant in five lawsuits from alleged Epstein victims, and in at least three others, alleged victims identify her as Top Stories For Ghislaine Maxwell, Ep,stein's alleged recrulter.a private battle has become a public reckoning All 10 106AM Ex-officials say Trump administration didn't use pandemic 'playbooks Jul 29, 216 AM Congressman who refused to wmar a mask tests positive for COVID-I9 d Woman dead after attack by great white shark off Maine ()Oast M 18 2.08 PM Contentious S-hour House hearing with AG William Barr concludes F128, 2.12 PM • ■ EFTA00084401
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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1078-5 Filed 07/29/20 Page 37 of 161 la Jeffrey Epstein and Ghisking 'Worrell attend de Gosoyano Sponsors The 2005 Wail Street Concert Series Bersefitting Wall Street Rising. airh a Performance by Rod Stessort at Cipriani Wall Street on. more Patrick Mcmulan/Patfxk McMullan eta Getty Image. FILE But in lawsuits several of Epstein's alleged victims tell an entirely different story, one that often places Maxwell in a role that was central to their abuse. One anonymous victim, identified only as Jane Doe, alleged that Epstein and Maxwell "attempted to groom and mentor" her when she was just 13 years old. "They took her to movies, went shopping with her and lounged around Epstein's estate with her," Doe alleged in her complaint. "Epstein and Maxwell then started to make sexual references when they were with her." Ultimately, according to Doe's complaint, Maxwell "regularly facilitated Epstein's abuse of Doe and was frequently present when it occurred? + MORE: Ghislaine Maxwell given paper clothes at correctional center to avoid suicide attempt: Sources nd another anonymous alleged victim identified only as Doe 1000, have alleged that Maxwell not only recruited girls for Epstein but, in their cases, even participated in their abuse. alleged Epstein and Maxwell sexually abused her between 2000 and 2002 and claims that she was directed to have sex with some of their prominent friends alleged that Maxwell "groped her" and "touched intimate parts oflheri body against her will for the sexual benefit of Maxwell and Epstein"; Doe alleged "Epstein and Maxwell proceeded to sexually assault Jane Doe simultaneously and by forcible compulsion" and that Maxwell "forcibly penetrated Jane Doe with a sex toy." Maxwell has, in court filings, strenuously denied any such misconduct. "She absolutely denies that she participated in this or any other sexual abuse or trafficking or assault," her lawyer wrote in response a allegations, "and no court, judge or jury has ever determined that she has." EFTA00084402
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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1078-5 Filed 07/29/20 Page 38 of 161 o Jeffrey Epstein and Gensktine Maxwell mend on event in New York CS June 13,199S Patrick McMullan via GanY ;mars. ALE Following Epstein's arrest last July and his death in prison a month later, Maxwell's whereabouts became the subject of intense scrutiny. She sold her former residences In New York and London and shuttered her non-profit ocean conservation organization. Various press reports placed her in Massachusetts, California, France and Israel, and attorneys for several of Epstein's alleged victims struggled to locate her in order to serve their lawsuits. She was ultimately arrested by the FBI in Bradford. New Hampshire, where prosecutors say she was living at a 156-acre property, nicknamed "Tucked Away? Prosecutors are now arguing that Maxwell poses an "extreme" flight risk, citing her "three passports, large sums of money, extensive international connections." Maxwell is a citizen of the United States, United Kingdom and France, prosecutors said, and she has traveled abroad frequently within the last three years. Prosecutors also believe she possesses "significant sums of money," citing a government Investigation that identified "more than 15 different bank accounts held by or associated with the defendant from 2016 to the present, and during that same period, the total balances of those accounts have ranged from a total of hundreds of thousands of dollars to more than $20 million." + MORE: 'Truth and Lies: Jeffrey Epstein' Podcast As with Epstein, however, prosecutors have found the full extent of Maxwell's wealth difficult to determine. EFTA00084403
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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1078-5 Filed 07/29/20 Page 39 of 161 one of Epstein's primary "recruiters." claims that Maxwell, through her u ABC News Live attorneys, has repeatedly denied. 'Maxwell had no involvement in or knowledge of Epstein's alleged misconduct," one lawyer for Maxwell wrote earlier this year in her own lawsuit against the Epstein estate. + MORE: As feds continue to seek interview with Prince Andrew, Attorney General William Barr says Jeffrey Epstein probe marches on In court filings related to that lawsuit, in which she claimed that Epstein had "promised that he would indemnify, defend, and advance any expenses incurred by reason of my prior employment relationship with him and his affiliated businesses," Maxwell contended that she had "incurred substantial expenses defending myself against false accusations and investigations." She claimed to owe more than $318,000 to a criminal defense firm, more than $101,000 to a civil litigation firm, and more than $194,000 in security and relocation costs. The estate, according to court records, declined to reimburse the costs. 24/7 coverage of reeking news and trrc events According to Joshua Schiller of Boies, Schiller, Flexner, LLP, a firm that represents three Epstein's alleged victims who have filed civil suits against her. Maxwell has been at the forefront of the fight with Epstein's alleged victims long before her recent arrest. "(Maxwell' has been using this Court as a sword and a shield for many years." Schiller wrote in a filing earlier this year, "and she, Jeffrey Epstein, and their other co-conspirators have attempted to thwart their victims from obtaining justice for decades." ita Gn,ibine Mcomen of Soong Sodom in New Yak Ca% OK 18, 2016. Patnck McMullan via Getty Images. file Maxwell, 58, is the Oxford-educated daughter of Robert Maxwell, the larger than life publishing baron whose rags-to-riches story captivated England. She lived an extravagant life among the British elite until her father's business empire collapsed in the wake of his death. She fled to New York looking for a fresh start and was soon seen in the company of the mysterious multimillionaire Epstein. EFTA00084404
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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1078-5 Filed 07/29/20 Page 40 of 161 The defendant's financial resources appear to be substantial," prosecutors wrote, "and her numerous accounts and substantial money movements render her total financial picture opaque and indeterminate, even upon a review of bank records available to the Government." Brad Edwards, an attorney who represents several of Epstein's alleged victims, believes that there is still much more to learn about Maxwell. "I think that's the tip of the iceberg," Edwards told ABC News. "And I would expect the same thing that happened after Jeffrey Epstein was arrested. There's going to be a flood of calls and more information coming in' But her role in Epstein's story, he said, is already clear. "Ghislaine Maxwell created Jeffrey Epstein,' Edwards told ABC News. "She helped to create the monster that we later understood him to be." e Comments (89) Before You Go ONEWS ri 11 ■ These New Assisted Living Apartments Near Denver Are A Dream Come Truel You Should Research Assisted Living Communities Denver Seri& LotingtAssisted Living I Sponsored Find Out How Much Your Home is Worth in Denver Orchard I Sponsored These SUVs Are So Cool Ifs Hard to Believe They Cost Less Than $25K! Research Best New Crossover SUVs suvi Sponsored Signs of Ankylosing Spondylitis Could Be Easy to Ignore. Research Ankylosing Spondylitis Treatment Ankylosang Spondylies I Sponsored If You Like to Play, this Strategy Game is a Must-Have. No Install. Forge a Erne& res I Sponsored 3 Ways Your Dog Asks For Help Or. Marty Natures Bind I Spnr 6 Shocking Things Kentucky Woman Said Before Being Convicted of Boyfriend's Murder James Bond star Roger Moore dead at 89 after 'battle with cancer' Don't Ignore Symptoms of Ankylosing Spondylitis. Search For Ankylosing Spondylitis Treatment Ankybseng SpOildyhtISI Sponsored EFTA00084405