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Subject: GHISLAINE MAXWELL CHARGED IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT FOR CONSPIRING 
WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN TO SEXUALLY ABUSE MINORS 
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2020 19:52:29 +0000 
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The United States Department of Justice 
Audrey Strauss 
Acting United States Attorney 
Southern District of New York 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
VVWW JUSTICE GOV/USAO-SDNY 
CONTACT: JIM MARGOLIN 
PHONE: (212) 637-2600 
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2020 
EFTA00016166


GHISLAINE MAXWELL CHARGED IN MANHATTAN 
FEDERAL COURT FOR CONSPIRING WITH JEFFREY 
EPSTEIN TO SEXUALLY ABUSE MINORS 
Maxwell is Alleged to Have Facilitated, Participated in Acts of Abuse 
Additionally Charged With Perjury in Connection With 2016 
Depositions 
NEW YORK CITY - Audrey Strauss, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern 
District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director in Charge of 
the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and 
Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), 
announced that Ghislane Maxwell was arrested this morning and charged with 
enticing a minor to travel to engage in criminal sexual activity, transporting a 
minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, conspiracy to commit 
both of those offenses, and perjury in connection with a sworn deposition. 
The indictment unsealed today alleges that between at least in or about 1994 
through 1997, Maxwell and co-conspirator Jeffrey Epstein exploited girls as young 
as 14, including by enticing them to travel and transporting them for the purpose 
of engaging in illegal sex acts. As alleged, knowing that Epstein had a preference 
for young girls, Maxwell played a critical role in the grooming and abuse of minor 
victims that took place in locations including New York, Florida, and New 
Mexico. In addition, as alleged, Maxwell made several false statement…
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