Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell arrested for sex-trafficking, perjury
07/02/2020 7:03 am PDT
via WPIX:
NEW YORK (WPIX/AP) -- The FBI says a British socialite who was accused by many women of helping procure underage sex partners for Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested in Bradford, New Hampshire.
The FBI said Thursday that Ghislaine Maxwell was taken into custody at around 8:30 a.m. on charges related to the Epstein scandal. Epstein killed himself in a federal detention center in New York last summer while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Maxwell was accused by many women of recruiting them to give Epstein massages, during which they were pressured into sex. She's been charged with four counts relating to sex trafficking and two counts of perjury.
The New York Times reports in an indictment, Maxwell was accused of helping Epstein “recruit, groom and ultimately abuse” multiple girls, including one as young as 14.
The arrest came nearly a year after Epstein was charged in a federal indictment with sexually exploiting and abusing dozens of underage girls at his mansion in Manhattan, his estate in Palm Beach, Fla., and other locations, the Times reports.
Strauss also urged Prince Andrew to speak with investigators and cooperate with the ongoing investigations into Epstein and Maxwell.
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