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RICHARD KAY 
Arrest: Ghislaine 
Maxwell (circled), 
rew 
`UNSPEAKABLE 
MAXWELL, CHILI 
SEX GROOMER' 
She's charged as 'bewildered' 
Prince is told: Time to come in 
US prosecutors last night urged 
Prince Andrew to `talk to us' after 
the FBI arrested Ghislaine 
Maxwell on child sex charges. 
They pounced on the British socialite in a 
dawn raid on her hideaway in New Hampshire 
By Sam Greenhill, Daniel Bates 
and Rebecca English 
yesterday. Hours later she appeared in court 
charged with the sordid abuse of girls as 
young as 14, including one in London. 
In a bombshell press conference, the prosecutors 
called Andrew's former friend an 'unspeakable vil-
lain' who groomed girls for abuse by financier 
Jeffrey Epstein and, at times, herself. 
But investigators suggested the alleged madam 
might now become a co-operator' in their probe 
into Epstein's accomplices. And they renewed their 
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custody after 
MAXWELL ARREST 
Socialite in 
FBI swoop on 
luxury bolthole 
One `victim' 
was just 14 
another `abused' 
at London home 
By Sam Greenhill 
Chief Reporter 
GHLSLAINE Maxwell pimped vulnerable girls to 
her paedophile boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein for sor-
did orgies and sexual abuse, US law officials 
alleged yesterday. 
They claimed the British socialite blatantly disre• 
garde(' the law and had spun a web of lies to cover 
the 'unspeakable' truth. 
The officials released an 18-page indictment spelling out 
her alleged crimes, saying she had helped the disgraced 
US financier 'recruit, groom and abuse' girls as young as 
14. It said she sex trafficked the victims to his mansions -
and her own London townhouse -
which she 'knew and intended' 
would result in their grooming for 
sexual abuse. 
In an effort to hush up her crimes, 
she repeatedly lied when ques-
tioned about her conduct, the 
indictment said. Here we examine 
the accusations: 
'CHILD ABUSE' 
Ghislaine Maxwell helped Epstein 
abuse girls as young as 14, accord-
ing to prosecutor Audrey Strauss, 
acting US attorney for the south-
ern district of New York. 
In an extraordinary press confer-
ence live-streamed on the Internet, 
she claimed: 'Maxwell played a criti-
cal role in helping Epstein identify, 
befriend and groom minor victims 
for abuse. In some cases, Maxwell 
participated in the abuse herself.' 
The couple's method was to 
'befriend these young girls by ask-
ing them questions about their 
lives, pretending to be taking an 
Interest in them'. 
Miss Strauss said: 'They would 
take them to the movies and treat 
them to shopping trips. Maxwell 
would encourage these young girls 
to accept offers from Epstein to 
pay for their travel and education, 
making these young victims feel 
indebted. After developing a rap-
port with victims, Maxwell then 
tried to normalise sexual abuse 
with a minor victim through a 
process known as grooming. For 
example, Maxwell would discuss 
sexual topics and undress with 
the victim, or be present for sex 
acts involving the young victim 
and Epstein.' 
The prosecutor added: 'Maxwell's 
presence as an adult woman 
helped put the victims at ease. As 
Maxwell and Epstein intended, 
this grooming process left the 
young victim susceptible to abuse: 
The indictment, unsealed after 
news of her arrest broke, described 
Maxwell as having an intimate 
relationship with Epstein and said 
she was also paid to manage his 
various properties. 
'Beginning in at least 1994, Gigs-
lathe Maxwell enticed and 
groomed multiple minor girls to 
engage in sex acts with Jeffrey 
Epstein,' the document said. 'Max-
well and Epstein would spend 
time building friendships with 
minor victims by, for example, talc-
ing them to the movies or shop-
ping.' It said Maxwell would try to 
put a child victim at ease by mas-
saging Epstein in front of them 
and at other times would 'encour-
age' a fully or partially naked 
schoolgirl to give Epstein a mas-
sage. She would also take part in 
the sexual abuse, it is alleged. 
Maxwell is also accused of 
encouraging the children to accept 
gifts from Epstein and make them 
believe the couple 'were trying to 
help them'. It said: 'Ghislaine Max-
well facilitated Jeffery Epstein's 
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U.S. v. Ghislaine Maxwell 
Lovers Jeffery Epstein and Ghislalne Maxwell 
access to minor victims knowing 
that he had a sexual preference for 
underage girls.' 
The alleged abuse included him 
touching the girls all over their bod-
ies, using sex toys on them and forc-
ing them to touch him sexually. 
THE RESIDENCES 
Maxwell lured the young victims 
to plush residences where they 
would be abused, it was claimed. 
The properties identified by the 
prosecutors are: 
• Manhattan townhouse - this 
was infamously where Prince 
Andrew was later photographed 
• Maxwell has been charged with facilitatin,
the sexual abuse of underaged Ai'' 
Epstein. 
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Accusations US attorney Audrey Strauss lays out the charges against Maxwell In a live-streamed news conference yesterday 
peering out of the front door; 
■ Palm Beach villa - a white-
washed house in Florida where 
staff said schoolgirls were routinely 
brought by Epstein; 
• Ranch in New Mexico -sprawl-
ing property in the desert near 
Santa Fe; 
• Maxwell's 'personal residence' 
in London. 
THE VICTIMS 
None of the victims Is named in 
the indictment, but it outlined 
brief details of the allegations 
against Maxwell. 
'Child Victim 1' was 14 when 
Maxwell allegedly groomed her for 
group sex with Epstein by taking 
her on shopping and cinema trips. 
She quizzed the teenager about 
school, her classes and her family, 
the indictment claimed. Then 
Maxwell attempted to 'normalise' 
abuse by stripping off in front of 
the girl and being in the room 
while the youngster undressed in 
front of Epstein. 
The charges said the abuse hap-
pened between 1994 and 1997, and 
within a year Epstein was sexually 
abusing her, with Maxwell 'present 
and involved in some of this abuse'. 
In particular, it said, she involved 
the teenager in 'group sexualised 
massages' of the financier which 
involved Maxwell and the teenager 
engaging in sex acts with Epstein. 
The teen - named only as 'Minor 
Victim P - was allegedly abused at 
Epstein's mansion in Manhattan 
and at his Florida villa. 
'Child victim 2' was allegedly 
known by Maxwell to have been 
underage when she was flown to 
Epstein's desert ranch in 1996 
'for the purpose of being 
groomed for and/or subjected to 
sexual abuse'. 
anAltaionthe cinema, and chatted to 
, she took the girl shopping 
her about school, her classes and 
family, according to the indict-
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Did she lie 
under oath? 
Miss Maxwell answered querstions on 
oath in 2016 during two depositions — a 
sworn out-opeourt testimony: 
Q Did Jeffrey Epstein have a 
scheme to recruit underage girls 
for sexual massage? 
A I don't know what you're 
talking about. 
Q: Were you aware of the 
presence of sex toys or devices 
used in sexual activities in Mr 
Epstein's Palm Beach house? 
A: No, not that I recall. 
Q: Other than yourself and the 
blonde and brunette that you 
have identified as having been 
involved in three-way sexual 
activities, with whom did Mr 
Epstein have sexual activities? 
A: I wasn't aware that he was 
having sexual activities with 
anyone when I was with him 
other than myself. 
Q: Is that your testimony that 
you've never given anybody a 
massage? 
A: I have not given anyone a 
massage. 
ment. At the ranch, Maxwell gave 
the girl 'an unsolicited massage' 
while the youngster was topless, 
then encouraged her to massage 
Epstein, it was alleged. 
'Child Victim 3' was allegedly 
groomed and befriended by Max-
well in London in 1994 or 1995. She 
discussed the teenager's life and 
family and then arranged for 'mul-
tiple interactions' between the girl 
and Epstein, despite allegedly 
knowing she was underage. 
She encouraged the youngster to 
massage the paedophile 'knowing 
that Epstein would engage in sex 
acts' with her, which he then did, 
the charges allege. 
THE CHARGES 
• 
Conspiracy to entice 
minors to travel to engage in 
illegal sex acts (five-year maxi-
mum sentence); 
• Enticement of a minor to travel 
to engage in illegal sex acts (up to 
20 years); 
• Conspiracy to transport minors 
with intent to engage in criminal 
sexual activity (up to 20 years); 
• Transportation of a minor 
with intent to engage in criminal 
sexual activity (ten years 
minimum); 
• Two counts of perjury (ten 
years maximum). 
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calls for Andrew to talk to them about Epstein 
as they promised the surprise arrest of Max-
well would not be the end of their inquiries. 
A source close to Andrew told the Mail: 'We 
remain bewildered that despite our difficul-
ties with the Department of Justke earlier In 
the year, we have twice in the last month 
reached out to them to re-engage with the 
process of the duke helping the Inquiry-and 
have received no response. We remain will-
ing to engage.' 
Maxwell has strongly denied any knowledge 
of or involvement in Epstein's crimes and in 
2011 released a statement that said: 'The alle-
gations made against me are abhorrent and 
entirely untrue.' 
Amid speculation she could strike a plea-
deal to lessen a potential 35-year sentence: 
MI Maxwell was charged with the sex abuse 
and trafficking of three children; 
• The daughter of the late Robert Maxwell 
was accused of befriending underage girls 
and 'luring' them into her sordid 'trap'; 
• She spun a web of lies to cover her 'unspeak-
able' crimes against children, h was alleged; 
• Maxwell was found hiding InNewHampshire, 
where the FBI said she had 'slithered' away 
MI She had '15 different bank accounts' boast-
ing S20million (C16million), according to a 
memo from prosecutors. Her 'substantial 
resources' -she transferred $500,000 between 
accounts in a single day- made her a high risk 
of fleeing, according to the memo. 
Maxwell last night appeared via video link -
owing to coronavirus rules - before the US 
distrkt court in Concord, New Hampshire. 
Asked If she could see the Judge and her 
lawyer, she said can' In a cut-glass accent. 
Magistrate Judge Andrea Johnstone read 
Maxwell her rights and no plea was entered. 
When asked If she needed consular assist-
ance from another country - she has British, 
American and French citizenship - Maxwell 
appeared to indicate 'No'. At the end of the 
20-minute hearing, the judge told Maxwell 
she would be sent to New York where the 
charges have been laid. 
She added: 'You're remanded to the cus-
todyof the United States marshals.' 
not among the 
three airegeci victims. 
She alleges that she was Epstein's sex 
slave and was forced to have underage 
sex with Prince Andrew, a claim he has 
emphatically and repeatedly denied. 
At the press conference, Audrey Strauss, 
acting US attorney for the southern dis-
trict of New York, said of Andrew: 'We 
would like to have the benefit of his state-
ment. Our doors remain open. We would 
welcome him coming in and giving us an 
opportunity to hear his statement.' 
Last night the threat of a legal move in 
this country was still hanging over the 
prince. Sources confirmed a special legal 
request sent to the UK by the US was still 
being processed. A specialist unit of civil 
servants within the Home Office is consid-
ering Washington's application for so-
called 'mutual legal assistance'. 
This could potentially lead to Andrew 
being required to give evidence in a Brit-
ish court regarding Epstein's activities. 
Miss Strauss claimed Maxwell had lied to 
cover up her crimes 'because the truth, as 
alleged, was almost unspeakable'. 
Epstein, who was Maxwell's former boy-
friend, hanged himself last August after he 
was charged with multiple sex child 
crimes. The charges against Maxwell were 
yesterday dubbed 'the prequel' to that 
case by prosecutors. 
They said Maxwell had groomed three 
underage girls for abuse in London, New 
York, Florida and New Mexico between 
1994 and 1997. She was last seen ten days 
after Epstein's sukide. 
William Sweeney, an FBI assistant direc-
tor, said last night 'We announce the arrest 
of one of the villains in this investigation.' 
He said the Crimes Against Children Task-
force had been 'discreetly keeping tabs on 
Maxwell'. He added: 'We learned she had 
slithered away to a gorgeous property in 
New Hampshire, continuing to live a life of 
privilege while her victims live with the 
trauma inflicted upon them years ago. 
'Miss Maxwell was arrested without Inci-
dent. 'Like Epstein, Miss Maxwell chose to 
blatantly disregard the law and her 
responsibilities as an adult, using what-
ever means she had at her disposal to lure 
vulnerable youth into behaviour they 
should never have been exposed to.' 
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MAXWELL ARREST 
A 
a 
Last photo? Maxwell. outside an LA 
restaurant in a now-discredited shot 
From Tom Leonard 
In Bradford, New Hampshire 
GHISLAINE Maxwell was secretly 
living a life of luxury in a house 
named 'Tuckedaway' in a sleepy 
American town before the authori-
ties came calling yesterday 
She paid more than SI million (£800,000) 
cash in December for the timber frame-
house - advertised as perfect for some-
one who 'wants total privacy' - after find-
ing it through upmarket international 
estate agents Four Seasons Sotheby's. 
The agent who sold it to Maxwell told the 
Daily Mall she hadn't known who she was 
when she bought it. 
Maxwell reportedly shielded her name by 
buying the property through a limited liabil-
ity company called Granite LLC. 
Set deep in woodland, the small town of 
Bradford, New Hampshire, is a quiet, unas-
suming place. Even local estate agents admit 
that 'out of the way' doesn't begin to describe 
the sleepy location. 
Indeed, it may seem like a perfect place for 
hiding out - and its 1,600 residents could 
surely have had no idea that one of the most 
'She continued to live 
a life of privilege' 
wanted women in the world had 'slathered' 
into their midst. 
Fbllowing her arrest, the FBI's Bill Sweeney 
said last night: 'We have been discreetly 
keeping tabs on Maxwell's whereabouts as 
we work this investigation and more recently 
we learned she had slithered away to a 
gorgeous property in New Hampshire, con-
tinuing to live a life of privilege while her vic-
tims live with the trauma inflicted upon 
them years ago.' 
The 4,365 sq ft house, set on 156 acres of 
fields and woodland with sweeping views, 
was built in 2002 and sits on a secluded road 
south of Bradford. With four bedrooms and 
four bathrooms, it is described as 'stunning 
and - handily for a fugitive criminal suspect 
who reinvented herself as an environmental 
activist -'an amazing retreat for the nature 
lover who wants total privacy'. 
Rooms have views of the beautiful Mt 
Sunapee foothills to the west. Inside, a 
'great room' has a floor-to-ceiling stone 
fireplace, 'cathedral ceiling', and a 
chandelier. 
Billed as an 'open concept home', it has a 
ground-floor master bedroom with a walk-in 
closet, stone fireplace, window seat and a 
large en suite bathroom. 
The 'gourmet' kitchen has cherry wood 
cabinets, an expensive Viking 6 
burner stove, two Wolf ovens, a 
Sub Zero fridge and a breakfast 
ban Large windows look out over 
gardens and a waterfall. 
Maxwell's exact whereabouts 
had been a mystery for nearly four 
years. There have been reports 
and theories that the Duke of 
York's Mend might have been in 
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IT'S CALLED 'TUCKED AWAY 
Paid for anonymously in cash, the house where 
Maxwell hid, deep in woods of New Hampshire 
Main picture: The New Hampshire house was an ideal hideout. Above: The Interior with its 
stunning views. Right: The property (circled) offered Maxwell the seclusion she sought 
one of half a dozen different coun-
tries where she either has a home, 
or rich and powerful friends. 
Even her own lawyers were said 
not to know precisely where she 
was because they communicated 
with her only via email. 
Court papers last night revealed 
Maxwell had travelled interna-
tionally at least 15 times in the 
past three years, including trips to 
the UK, Japan and Qatar. 
She also has about 15 bank 
accounts, holding up to £18 mil-
lion, the documents said. 
Earlier this year David Boles, a 
lawyer acting f 
alleged victim 
said: 'We heard 
Na, the South of France, Israel, 
the UK... we have not been able to 
establish any credible evidence of 
where she actually is: 
Last month, the latest reported 
sighting of the 58-year-old was 
that she had been hiding out in a 
secret luxury bolthole in Paris 
linked to a millionaire business 
contact. Prior to that, in August 
2019 - a few days after Epstein 
killed himself in prison while 
awaiting trial on sex trafficking 
charges - she was said to 
have been photographed at 
a restaurant in Los Angeles. 
But the photographs were 
later discredited as Pho-
toshopped fakes. 
Maxwell owns a E3.7milllon 
mews house in Belgravia, 
London, scene of the noton. 
ous 2001 photo of Prince 
Andrew placing an arm 
around the midriff of Epstein's 
then 17-year-old victim, Miss 
But neighbours 
Maxwell there 
for almost a decade. 
Agonising question for Queen and Palace... 
lc . by Richard 
Ka) 
EDITOR AT LARGE 
HERE is never a good time 
for the proverbial 'bad pen-
ny' to turn up, so imagine 
how the Queen received 
news of the arrest of Ghis-
laine Maxwell and her appearance 
in court on sex-trafficking charges. 
Maxwell was once a welcome visitor to 
royal homes, an overnight guest at San-
dringham as well as being invited to one of 
the starriest parties ever thrown at Wind-
sor Castle, the so-called Dance of the Dec-
ades in the summer of 2000. 
Nor was that her only invitation to royal 
glamour at Windsor. In 2006 she was a guest 
at Princess Beatrice's lavish costume ball 
to mark her 18th birthday. On another 
occasion the vivacious socialite was photo-
graphed at Prince Andrew's side in the 
Royal Enclosure at Ascot, where admission 
is at 'Her Majesty's discretion'. 
Yesterday, with the Queen still in lock-
down with Prince Philip at Windsor, there 
must have been the iciest of feelings at the 
news that the daughter of disgraced media 
tycoon Robert Maxwell had been taken 
into custody. Asa mother, Her Majesty will, 
of course, be anxious about what Maxwell's 
arrest and her knowledge of the alleged 
activities of paedophile financier Jeffrey 
Epstein mean for her son. 
And as monarch there will be anger at the 
prospect of the good name of the Royal 
Family being dragged through the mud 
once again. No family matter 
has concerned her more than w 
the shadow hanging over 
r
Andrew. To her, it is infinitely 
more serious than the selfish 
trivialities of the exiled 
Prince Harry and the Duchess 
of Sussex. 
Fbr more than seven months 
it has been an ongoing crisis, 
with every sordid revelation 
lapping that bit closer to Buck-
ingham Palace. Ever since that 
Newsnight interview in which 
Andrew spectacularly failed to 
offer any sympathy for Epstein's 
victims and showed no remorse 
over his friendship with the 
billionaire sex offender, fears 
about the implications for the 
Prince have multiplied. 
Maxwell's arrest changes 
everything. She, remember, is in 
the famous photo of Andrew with his 
arm around the bare midriff of teen-
aggeer
 a picture of 
whicTS-DEFD—ATZTTerrk has no recol-
lection — which was taken by Epstein 
in Maxwell's Belgravia home. 
Does she really believe Andrew's 
insinuations that the photo was 
doctored or manipulated? 
claim of all from 
who says 
Then there is tivi
lidamaging 
that, aged 17, she an 
n rew had sex 
three times. The Prince denies It. 
If anyone knows the truth it must be 
Maxwell, whom Andrew befriended 
during visits to New York after his 
divorce from the Duchess of York. 
It was through Maxwell that Andrew 
was introduced to Epstein, who was 
found dead in his New York prison cell 
a year ago. And on all those social 
occasions — including Beatrice's party 
— where Ghislaine was a guest of 
Andrew, so, too, was Epstein. 
As the Royal Family and their advis-
ers have agonised over how best to 
protect the integrity of the monarchy 
from the fall-out of the Epstein affair, 
there may be some slim consolation. 
The charges brought by the FBI 
against Maxwell relate to a period in 
the mid-1990s — before Prince Andrew 
had ever met the sleazy Epstein. 
Perhaps more significantly, the deci-
sion to strip Andrew of all royal duties 
and force him to step down from offi-
cial engagements looks even more of a 
wise move. 
With the benefit of hindsight, the 
prompt action — brokered by Prince 
Charles and Prince William — has 
been the only moment when the royals 
So will 
she clear 
Prince -
or damn 
him? 
have been on the front foot. Andrew's 
stubborn failure to sever contacts 
with Epstein after he was first accused 
of under-age sex offences, was the 
major contributor to his own 
downfall. 
He did, belatedly, end up cutting ties 
with him — but only after he was 
photographed walldng with the finan-
cier in Central Park, New York. 
Yet he continued to keep up his 
friendship with Ghislalne, the woman 
who brought them together and who 
was described as 'Jeffrey's pimp'. 
LTHOUGH the relationship 
between the two was said to 
be platonic, their lives were 
so intertwined that Fergie 
was reported to have become con-
cerned that Maxwell was exerting an 
unhealthy influence on him. Even so, 
the two remained Mends. 
In the Newsnight interview, Andrew 
admitted he had seen Maxwell last 
year. The meeting, he said, was before 
Epstein's arrest on sex-trafficking 
charges last July and that they did 
not discuss the billionaire. He said: 
'There wasn't anything to discuss 
because he wasn't in the news.' 
Epstein and Maxwell met in New 
York, where she had set up home fol-
lowing the death other father, who fell 
from his yacht and drowned in 1991. 
She was a pivotal figure on the New 
York social scene. 'Great flan, always 
was, still is,' said a friend. 'I'm not at 
all surprised that Prince Andrew likes 
her. She is Dill of energy, Rill of plans. 
'She would ring and say: "Ten of us 
Close: Prince Andrew with 
Ghislaine at Ascot in 2000 
are going to a restaurant then a 
club. Do come, it will be fun." 
she was persuasive, too, and 
Andrew loved that.' 
By 2000 Maxwell and Andrew, 
who were introduced by the 
Duchess when she was a regular 
fixture on the New York party 
circuit, were very close. 
But they were not a couple. 
She would even introduce him 
TT
frihnds. such as 
hey were often 
public. 
The pair caused a minor stir 
when they made an appearance 
at a Ralph Lauren launch in the 
city. One source observed: 'They cer-
tainly seemed to have a good time 
together' Andrew was also a regular 
guest at the dinner parties she would 
hold at the home of Epstein, who was 
by then her ex-boyfriend, on the Upper 
East Side. 
Such was the importance of the role 
Maxwell played in Andrew's life that it 
was even claimed he once asked the 
Queen's permission to take her on an 
official work trip. This was refined. 
Andrew was widely criticised after 
he appeared with Maxwell at a 'pimps 
and prostitutes' theme party thrown 
by the model Heidi Klum. lb his ex-
wife, such behaviour was beginning to 
damage his reputation. She was also 
concerned at the effect it would have 
on their daughters. 
In 2001, when Andrew was about to 
take up his role as Britain's trade 
envoy, a Mend of the Duchess told the 
Mail on Sunday: 'Fergie and a lot of 
other people who love Andrew believe 
his friendship with Ghislalne Maxwell 
and Jeffrey Epstein has become really 
dangerous. They're using him Just for 
his name and access and he Ls so inno-
cent he doesn't realise.' 
How prophetic those words were to 
become. Among courtiers there is 
considerable anxiety about what Max-
well's arrest means for the Duke of 
York. They believe that such is her 
intimate knowledge of Epstein, she 
could damn Andrew or clear him. 
Far Andrew, his reputation is gone 
— but for the Queen at 94, this latest 
twist to one of the most unpalatable 
episodes of her reign can only be 
troubling. 
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Victims hail 
'a great day 
for justice' 
From Daniel Bates 
In New York 
ONE of Jeffrey Epstein's vic-
tims yesterday declared his 
sex trafficking ring had finally 
who claims the 
APRIMPRIl
lir when she was 
15, described Ghislaine Maxwell 
as 'the centre of that ring'. 
She said Epstein's victims could 'take 
a breath of relief following Maxwell's 
dramatic arrest, adding: 'I know that I 
recrui 
ed her up outside her 
can't Sa
y more.' 
Miss 
Mims one of Epstein's 
school in New York in 2001 when she 
was just 14. They persuaded her to 
come to Epstein's 865million mansion, 
where he later raped her. 
She said yesterday: 'My fellow 
Epstein survivors and I are able to 
take a breath of relief, as Maxwell's 
arrest means some justice for survi-
vors can exist. 
'For years I feared Epstein and his 
ring. Maxwell was the centre of that 
sex trafficking ring. Now that the ring 
has been taken down, I know that I 
can't be hurt any more. 
'Day after day, I have waited for the 
news that Maxwell would be arrested 
and held accountable for her actions. 
'Brutal, ruthless 
behaviour' 
Her arrest Is a step in that direction, 
and it truly means that the justice sys-
tem didn't forget about us.' 
Among those who welcomed the news 
was lawyer David Boles, whose e 
Include Prince Andrew's accuse 
The 36-year-old says 1i
atm sex with the Duke of 
York three times when she was Just 17. 
Mr Bo 
y Epstein di• not and 
could not have acted alone. 
'Our clients are very pleased, and very 
grateful, to the prosecutors that this 
important step has been taken 
towards bringing Jeffrey Epstein's 
co-conspirators to justice.' 
Gloria Allred, who represents 16 
of Epstein's victims, said: 'I hope 
that finally IMaxwelll will be 
accountable if the evidence pre-
sented 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: 
Lisa Bloom, who represents five 
Epstein victims, said: 'Maxwell's 
brutal, ruthless behaviour caused 
my client tremendous pain. 
'We applaud her long overdue 
arrest today. All others accused of 
enabling Jeffrey Epstein's preda-
tions must immediately be brought 
to justice as well.' Spencer Kuvin, 
who represents six Epstein victims, 
sounded a note of caution. 'We are 
very happy that the attorney's 
office has decided to move forward 
on this arrest, which is hopefully 
just the beginning,' he said. 
'We're hopeful that there will con-
tinue to be additional arrests with 
`Hopefully just 
the beginning' 
respect to other co -conspird t ors: 
However he added some victims 
'are very skeptical because there 
have been arrests in the past and 
the US government has not fol-
lowed through'. 
Epstein struck a deal with offi-
cials in 2009 which saw him admit 
soliciting a minor for prostitution 
but receive just 18 months in jail. 
He was rearrested last year but 
killed himself in prison while await-
ing trial for sex trafficking. 
His victims - feared to number in 
the hundreds - include British 
by Epstein alter meeting 
him in London in the 1990s. 
'When Jeffrey would see me he 
would physically shake because he 
wanted to get at me,' she recounted 
last year, telling US TV network 
NBC: 'If you're a young person 
walking into a mansion... and all 
the people who are present are 
acting as though this is OK and 
you're the only one who thinks it's 
weird, it's hard to say something.' 
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Daddy dearest: Ghlslalne in Cannes with her father in 1987 
J
EFFREY EPSTEIN, in one of the few on-the-
record interviews he gave to someone who was 
neither a lawyer nor a policeman, was asked 
to explain his close but somewhat mysterious 
relationship with Ghlslalne Maxwell. 
tie responded simply: 'She's my best friend.' 
It was 2003 and the colourful financier was speaking to Vanity 
Fair. The magazine's reporter was puzzled by the exact role 
played by the British socialite, then aged 41, whose duties 
seemed to range from organising Epstein's personal diary to 
running various households and popping up on his arm at 
glamorous social functions. 
Although the squalid chain of 
events that would end with 
Epstein taking his own life in 
prison had not yet begun, the 
magazine writer, Vicky Ward, 
got an inkling that something 
w'asn't quite right. 
One young woman recalls 
being summoned by Ghlslalne 
Maxwell to a concert at 
Epstein's townhouse where the 
women seemed to outnumber 
the men by far,' she wrote. 
'These were not women you'd 
see at Upper East Side 
dinners... many seemed foreign 
and dressed a little bizarrely.' 
A source told Ward that at 
another cocktail party, also 
thrown by Maxwell and 
attended by Prince Andrew, 
the room was tiled with young 
Russian models', adding: 
'Some guests were horrified!' 
Compared with the revela-
tions of subsequent years, in 
which Maxwell was directly 
implicated in a global paedo-
phile scandal involving scores 
of victims, some as young as 
12. this might seem relatively 
insignificant stuff. 
y
ET it speaks to a 
simple truth: the 
Journey that culmi-
nated yesterday with 
well-spoken, 58-year-old 
Maxwell being arrested by the 
FBI and taken into custody 
reflects herdecisionto embrace 
the rule of Epstein's official 
'best friend'. 
The question of whether she 
will spend the rest of her life 
behind bars hinges on a 
simple question. 
Was she really, as various 
accusers have already testi-
fied on oath, a sleazy madam 
who not only recruited vulner-
able teenage girls to provide 
sexual services to her ex-boy-
friend but illegally trafficked 
them around the world and 
took part in appalling episodes 
of abuse? 
Or was she merely a naive 
party girl with a gift for 
networking, who helped the 
rich but somewhat awkward 
Epstein climb the social ladder, 
By Guy 
Adams 
yet had little idea about the 
sordid sex crimes he was 
committing? 
One thing which can't be 
denied is that no one has a 
better knowledge of the 
billionaire paedophile and his 
relationships with the great 
and good than Maxwell. 
She beams like a proud 
mother in the notorious 2001 
photogra 
York with 
then a 17 
claims Epstein paid her to 
sleep with the Prince after a 
late-night visit to the night-
club Tramp. Epstein himself 
took the picture at Maxwell's 
mews house in Belgravia. 
Maxwell looks on as the 
Prince drapes an arm round his 
painfully young acquaintance. 
Maxwell also pops up in 
photographs of Epstein and 
Donald Trump taken at the 
latter's Florida resort Mar-a-
Lago, and in pictures that 
show her socialising with teen-
age girls (plus a middle-aged 
French model agent called 
Jean the Brunel, also allegedly 
implicated in Epstein's crimes) 
on the late financiers private 
island in the Caribbean. 
And Maxwell's name runs, 
like letters in a stick of rock, 
through the many lawsuits and 
legal depositions filed by 
Epstein's alleged victims, many 
of whom accuse her of 
recruiting them, flying them 
around the world and, in 
several cases, presiding over 
sickening abuse. 
Flight records show 
Born into fabulous wealth. Impeccable 
connections. Toast of New York party set. So... 
How DID she , 
plunge from 
society 
darling 
to sleazy 
p• II yand 
disgrace? 
took at least 23 
with Maxwell on 
Epstein's private Jet, dubbed 
the %Mita Express'. 
She says she was 15 years old 
when Maxwell first persuaded 
her to visit Epstein's Florida 
mansion, where the walls were 
covered with pictures of naked 
girls and the bathrooms 
contained soap shaped like 
male and female genitalia. 
She claims Ghlslalne stripped 
naked and told her to do the 
same, before showing her how 
to wash the middle-aged 
financier with soap, then 
perform a series of sex acts. In 
court papers, she has said 
'Ghislaine took several nude 
photos of me for Jeffrey' and 
used to buy erotic outfits for 
teenage visitors to his house 
to wear. 
'effrey loved the latex outfits 
Ghislaine had for us girls,' 
reads a 2011 court filing. •He 
had bondage outfits, he had all 
different kinds of outfit but his 
favourite was the school irl.' 
nd woman, 
has testMe 
afish-strapped student 
when Maxwell approached her 
on the campus of a small uni-
versity in Palm Beach. She 
says she was offered SIM to 
perform foot massages at 
Epstein's nearby home but 
ended up being told to strip 
naked 
while 
Maxwell 
performed a sex act on her. 
In 2001and 
say they 
its axwe 
and Prince Andrew at Epstein's 
New York home. 
At one point, they allege, the 
Duke groped their breasts 
with a Spitting Image puppet. 
A third woman, known as 
claimed in a 2010 lawsuit 
Eat Maxwell 'maintained a 
wardrobe at Epstein's estate 
in which she kept sexual toys 
and outfits', and 'upon her 
own volition, actively and 
passively participated in 
sexual acts with minor girls 
she recruited'. And soon. 
These and other alleged 
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Defiant 
party girl: 
Ghislaine 
poses in a 
stars and 
stripes bikini 
and heels 
Royal 
guests: 
Epstein 
and 
Maxwell 
at a shoot 
in Norfolk, 
2000 
victims have doubtless 
been helping the FBI 
with their investiga-
tions. But however the 
legal case plays out, 
Maxwell has had plenty 
of practice at coping 
with public disgrace. 
The favourite child of 
crooked newspaper 
tycoon Robert Maxwell, 
she had a gilded 
upbringing, attending 
Marlborough College 
and then Oxford Uni-
versity before moving 
to London in the 1980s 
to start the Kit Kat 
Club, which purported 
to be an alternative to 
the old-school-tie 
network for high-pow-
ered women. 
She then worked for 
her father's newspaper 
The European and was 
made a director of 
Oxford United football 
club, which he owned. 
This happy existence 
imploded in November 1991 when 
her father drowned after falling off 
a yacht named Lady Ghislaine, 
alter his daughter. 
It soon emerged that his 
newspaper empire was built on 
the proceeds of epic financial 
criminality, which had seen him 
defraud Its pension fund of almost 
half a billion pounds. 
Vilified in the UK, where Robert 
Maxwell's victims were angered 
by the plush lifestyle his family 
had enjoyed at their expense, 
Ghlslaine relocated to New York, 
where she took up residence in a 
small apartment and set about 
reinventing herself as a socialite. 
It was an inspired move. 
'Ghislaine has always been a 
prodigious networker,' an 
acquaintance once told me. 
'People in New York didn't care 
about the pensions scandal. 
And, of course, they are all 
suckers for an English accent.' 
Maxwell, then 30, quickly met 
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