Jeffrey Epstein Companion Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested on Sex Abuse Charges
Ghislaine Maxwell, thé longtime confidante, lover and accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in Bradford by the FBI on child sex abuse charges. According to ABC News, she was taken into custody without incident at 8:30 a.m.
Maxwell is scheduled to appear in federal court Thursday afternoon in the Granite State.
As we reported, the billionaire, 66, died in his jail cell in August 2019, after he was arrested for sex trafficking charges. Officials believe it was a suicide, however, his lawyers dispute that and believe foul play was involved.
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Maxwell was very visible in Netflix’s documentary about Epstein and was a longtime companion of his. She was accused by underage women of recruiting them to give Epstein massages, which turned sexual.
Maxwell is accused of aiding Epstein recruit underage girls and participating in multiple group sexual encounters with the girls.
Maxwell is also charged with enticing and transporting the girls to engage in illegal sex acts, including taking an underage girl from Florida to New York to have sex with Epstein. Some of the victims were as young as 14 years old. She was also charged with perjury for lying about Epstein’s actions on the stand.
Maxwell has vehemently denied the accusations.