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FBI VOL00009
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Caselta52attiltnlaWmerittclientaignanFiatminategftbett302 161 Through her attorne=as sought to depose Maxwell and have her respond to written questions related to the alleged sexual abuse. gGhislaine Maxwell Paul BmInoogelPatack MclAullan ma Getty Images But the former fixer has successfully dodged a grilling in the case, citing an ongoing criminal investigation into co- conspirators of Epstein — all while not admitting she herself is being probed by the feds. An investigation into Epstein's accomplices was alluded to by Barr days after the pedophile's suicide in a Lower Manhattan lockup, and has been mentioned repeatedly by the US Attorneys Office in New York. according to court filings. A spokesperson for the Southern District of New York declined to comment on the investigation. Maxwell's attorney cited the investigation in an effort to block her testimony in the Farmer case. .1.11ALL2 Ghislaine Maxwell wins questioning delay in sexual battery suit "The Southern District of New York has publicly and repeatedly announced its 'ongoing' criminal investigation into alleged Epstein 'co-conspirators' on the same topic as Plaintiff alleges in this case," Maxwell's attorney wrote in a May13 letter to Manhattan federal Judge Debra Freeman seeking to stay discovery in the case. "Denial of a stay, particularly a stay of Ms. Maxwell's deposition, pending outcome of the criminal investigation could impair her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination," added her attorney, Laura Menninger. Farmer's attorney, David Boies, noted in his response that Maxwell has not publicly admitted she herself is the center of a federal investigation, but is nevertheless using it to shield herself. "Maxwell has provided no information about the subject matter of the criminal investigation into Epstein's co-conspirators. the status of the investigation, or even disclosed whether she herself is a target of the Southern District's investigation," Boies wrote. Epstein investigators contacted by 'dozens' since his death EFTA00075115
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Caselta52/1435/11.1SlotRmDittctidienOICM92V,ilegt9ST/29/BitgP6Aet1202 161 "When Plaintiff's counsel asked Maxwell's counsel for information about the criminal investigation during their meet and confer, Maxwell's counsel refused to provide any details," he added. Freeman agreed Maxwell could potentially incriminate herself by giving a deposition and ordered that she not be required to sit for one as part of the suit. r. the $570 single speed tokyobike Maxwell, who is apparently in hiding, has not given testimony or a public statement since Epstein's arrest and suicide. Attorneys for Farmer and Maxwell did not immediately respond. FILED UN:flk GHISLAINE MAXWELL JEFFREY EPSTEIN, LAWSUITS, SEX TRAFFICKING, WILLIAM BARR, 5/28/20 EFTA00075116
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CaselilLatallagactlineatclimen01,00292Cile890120/REetl8054 161 Ghislaine Maxwell felt no guilt in procuring girls for Jeffrey Epstein, claims friend mi dailymail.co.uk/femailiarticle-8384165/Ghislaine-Maxwell-felt-no-guilt-procuring-airls-JeffrerEostein-claims- friend.htrnl June 3, 2020 • US_based 57, has spoken out in new documentary • Claims Ghislaine Maxwell felt 'no guilt' in procuring girls for Jeffrey Epstein • reveals she 'feared for her life' at the hands of Epstein and Maxwell • Who Killed Jeffrey Epstein? premieres at npm Saturday 6th June on Quest Red and dplay • • • e-mail • 592 shares Ghislaine Maxwell felt no guilt in procuring girls for ,Jeffrey Rpsteja to satisfy his 'incredible sex drive,' Prince Andrew's distant cousin has claimed - adding that 'if anything, she was proud.' In Quest Red's new true crime documentary special Who Killed Jeffrey Epstein? it is alleged that socialite Ghislaine Maxwell - Epstein's former partner - procured girls for Epstein to 'satisfy his insatiable sex drive.' Socialite writer Christina Oxenberg, 57, from the US, who is a friend of Maxwell, notes that Maxwell felt no guilt in procuring girls for his pleasure. 'She says he has an incredible sex drive, he has to have three orgasms a day, so I help him out by bringing in the females,' explains Christina. 'She felt no compunction about telling me this, if anything she was proud.' Christina is the daughter of a Serbian princess and sister of the Hollywood actress, Catherine Oxenberg - who rescued her eldest daughter India, now 28, from the Nxivm sex cult run by its leader, Keith Raniere, after an 18 month battle. India was among the women he recruited under the guise of offering them self-help courses. Her actress mother pulled her out of it in 2018 after fighting relentlessly in the press to expose Raniere and his practices. 1112 EFTA00075117
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Caselili5ZONNIagaotRmerittclIenen01,00229211Filae90/20/RagraW1202 161 Christina Oxenberg claims that Ghislaine Maxwell felt no guilt in procuring girls for Jeffrey Epstein to satisfy his 'incredible sex drive' in Quest Red's new true crime documentary special Who Killed Jeffrey Epstein? Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend de Grisogono Sponsors The 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Benefitting Wall Street Rising on March 15, 2005 in New York 2112 EFTA00075118
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CasECILS5a6/434113.311;413mectclknenViat2292VilM91V/28/ItagPa§e17051 161. liged 17 at Ghislaine Maxwell's townhouse in London, Prince Andrew and Britain on March 13, 2001 The documentary dives headfirst into the Epstein story, examining the mysterious circumstances surrounding the financier's death, aiming to answer one vital question: Did Epstein take his own life, or was it something much more sinister? On loth August 2019, disgraced American financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his New York prison cell as he awaited his trial on sex trafficking charges. 3112 EFTA00075119
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CaseltS52ffit-t4113,31aolatmEatthimealt$022921File8926Matagre§efU302 161 It was a dramatic end to one of the world's most mysterious billionaires, with the coroner officially ruling the cause of death as suicide. RELATED ARTICLES • Previous • • Next The Queen's official birthday will he marked with a 'small'... hops I dyed it again! Boyfriend ends up with black hands... From a luxury Hotel Chocolat hamper to personalised... Meghan Markle detailed her experience with racism and... But it wasn't long before the circumstances surrounding Epstein's death were called into question. Having being linked with some of the world's most influential and powerful celebrity figures — including Prince Andrew, Donald Trump and Bill Clinton — some believe that Epstein may have been murdered. 4112 EFTA00075120
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Caselabl5Z0/2411S3lactameaddiditnelatea92Cile8926ffie/RagPl@e12202 161 Whe tliashingtott 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. 3 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 EFTA00075129
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CasC1.15Z6,Z7n3LbitRmErttcWneneleMZ2VilatM20/2bagPli§et2802 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 2000S. "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 EFTA00075130
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Casen5a4)1103ElotiRmeatellikien@IMS2c,i 01190/20/RilgPMeto MOM 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 EFTA00075131
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CaseElt5Zicatagaot,13mErdclimen01,0M92V,i08916ffie/Ragn§eDSOG2 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 EFTA00075132
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CasC13.252114)ThatotinevictentalateaS2Cila89=0/Riagnijet3102 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. EFTA00075133
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Cas61105a,‘DV133Uctlinefttc1(Aitin@laMZ2IF,iiezt9211129/2bagPa§et3205f 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. EFTA00075134