Ghislaine Maxwell Wiki – Biography
Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite, and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein were arrested by the FBI Thursday morning in New Hampshire, the FBI said Thursday. FBI spokesman Marty Feely told the Associated Press that Maxwell was taken into custody around 8:30 a.m.
Maxwell, who is Epstein’s former girlfriend, has been accused of overseeing his alleged sex trafficking ring. Many women have accused her of recruiting them to give Epstein massages, during which they were pressured into sex. Those accusations, until now, never resulted in criminal charges.
Epstein, a convicted sex offender, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Manhattan in August last year. The 66-year-old died by apparent suicide after over a dozen lawsuits against his estate said women and teenage girls suffered sexual abuse, sometimes for years, from Epstein and his enablers at homes in Manhattan, the Virgin Islands, Paris, New Mexico, and Florida.
Maxwell has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and called some of the claims against her “absolute rubbish.”
Ghislaine Maxwell Age
Ghislaine Maxwell’s age is unknown.
Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested
Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite, and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein were arrested by the FBI Thursday morning in New Hampshire, the FBI said Thursday. FBI spokesman Marty Feely told the Associated Press that Maxwell was taken into custody around 8:30 a.m.
Charged
Maxwell, who is Epstein’s former girlfriend, has been accused of overseeing his alleged sex trafficking ring. Many women have accused her of recruiting them to give Epstein massages, during which they were pressured into sex. Those accusations, until now, never resulted in criminal charges.
The indictment, filed by the Southern District of New York, charges Maxwell with six counts, including “conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts.” The indictment says she “assisted, facilitated and contributed to Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of minor girls by, among other things, helping Epstein to recruit groom, and ultimately abuse ” girls under age 18.
According to the indictment, beginning in “at least 1994” Maxwell “enticed and groomed multiple minor girls to engage in sex acts with Jeffrey Epstein, through a variety of means and methods.”
Victim
“Maxwell first attempted to befriend some of Epstein’s minor victims prior to their abuse, including by asking the victims about their lives, their schools, and their families,” reads the indictment. “Maxwell and Epstein would spend time building friendships with minor victims by, for example, taking minor victims to the movies or shopping.”
