She will return there after trial proceedings end each day. Maxwell’s requests for bail have been denied multiple times, and she has been held in a Brooklyn jail since her arrest in July 2020. The two perjury charges will be tried separately. In March 2021, a grand jury added sex trafficking charges. In July 2020, she initially faced a six-count indictment: conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts enticement of a minor to travel to engage in illegal sexual acts conspiracy to transport minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and two counts of perjury. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) What are the allegations against Maxwell?įederal prosecutors say that starting in 1994, Maxwell “enticed and groomed multiple minor girls to engage in sex acts with Jeffrey Epstein” by developing friendships with them, then tried to “normalize sexual abuse” by “discussing sexual topics, undressing in front of the victim, being present when a minor victim was undressed, and/or being present for sex acts involving the minor victim and Epstein.” The Metropolitan Detention Center, where Ghislaine Maxwell is being held in New York City.
A compensation fund for Epstein’s sexual assault victims established by his estate has paid out more than $120 million to at least 135 people. After his death, some of Epstein’s accusers appeared in court to describe their alleged abuse, with several mentioning Maxwell’s involvement. The indictment describes how Epstein allegedly “enticed and recruited” minors to abuse at his homes in New York and Florida, then would pay them to help recruit additional girls.Įpstein died by apparent suicide in August 2019 in a New York jail while awaiting trial. Epstein was a convicted sex offender, having pleaded guilty to the solicitation of prostitution involving a minor in Florida, but a 2008 non-prosecution agreement allowed him to avoid federal charges at that time.Įpstein was arrested in July 2019 after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of sex trafficking minors and the conspiracy to commit it. Who was Jeffrey Epstein?Įpstein was born in Brooklyn and, after a brief stint as a teacher, became an investment adviser known for his associations with high-profile individuals, including politicians, and a luxurious lifestyle that included homes in New York City and Palm Beach, a ranch in New Mexico, and a private island in the Caribbean. Maxwell introduced Epstein to politicians, celebrities and even members of the British Royal Family, and the duo appeared separately and together at high-profile society events. The two dated for a period then remained close friends. Maxwell started associating with Epstein in the early 1990s when she moved to New York City after her father’s death.
In 2016, she married a tech entrepreneur. She founded a now-shuttered charity to support the oceans. Over the years, the Oxford-educated Maxwell worked in various capacities at several of her father’s companies. Robert Maxwell and his daughter Ghislaine watch a soccer match in 1984. Two of his sons were tried for conspiracy to defraud and acquitted. In 1991, at 68, he went overboard his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, and drowned in the Canary Islands, sparking conspiracy theories Ghislaine has said she believes he was murdered.Īfter Robert’s death, hundreds of millions of dollars were found missing from the pension funds of his companies, which subsequently filed for bankruptcy. Her father was a Jewish refugee who fled Czechoslovakia during World War II and went on to become a member of the British parliament, rumored Israeli spy and media mogul who owned the Mirror Group Newspapers and the New York Daily News. Maxwell is the youngest of nine children born to Elizabeth and Robert Maxwell. Here is what we know about Maxwell, her links to Epstein and the case against her: Who is Ghislaine Maxwell?
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