Explainer: Who is Ghislaine Maxwell and what charges did she face in her trial?
One-time British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell spent her 60th birthday, Christmas Day, in one of New York’s most squalid and dangerous jails, as far from her privileged origins as one can imagine.
Epstein, a disgraced billionaire hedge-fund manager and convicted sex offender, had pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges and was awaiting trial when he died in prison on August 10, 2019. His death was ruled a suicide. “The charges against Ghislaine Maxwell are for things that Jeffrey Epstein did. But she is not Jeffrey Epstein. She is not like Jeffrey Epstein. And she is not like any of the other men — powerful men, moguls, media giants — who abuse women.”
She introduced Epstein to powerful friends, including former president Bill Clinton, and Prince Andrew, the Duke of York. Together, the pair socialised with Donald Trump. Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, outlined the charges against Ghislaine Maxwell at a press conference on July 2, 2020.Maxwell was charged with two counts of violating the Mann Act, which bars transporting people across state lines for illegal sexual activity., who testified that Epstein first abused her when she was 14 in 1994, and that Maxwell participated in some of their sexual encounters.
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