From Subject: Maxwell - UMR Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2020 13:31:26 +0000 FROM: UNITED STATES ATTORNEY SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK PHONE: 212-637-2200 DISTRICT POC: Audrey Strauss. Acting U.S. Attorney Phone: SYNOPSIS: At approximately 8:30am on Tuesday, July 2, FBI-NY in conjunction with the USAO-SDNY arrested Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and close confident of Jeffrey Epstein, on multiple counts stemming from her role in facilitating Epstein's sexual abuse of minor girls between approximately 1994 and 1997 in Palm Beach, Florida, New York, New York, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and London, England. Maxwell was arrested in Bradford, New Hampshire, and is expected to be presented later today at the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. DESCRIPTION: Since approximately December 2018, the USAO-SDNY has been investigating Jeffrey Epstein and his associates for their roles in abusing dozens of minor victims over a multi-year period. Between approximately 1994 and 1997, Maxwell was in an intimate relationship with Epstein, was paid by Epstein to manage his various properties, and was one of Epstein's closest associates. Evidence gathered during our investigation establishes that, beginning in at least 1994, Maxwell enticed and groomed multiple minor girls to engage in sex acts with Epstein. Maxwell did so by befriending minor victims, and then, after developing a rapport with them, normalizing sexual abuse by discussing sexual topics and undressing in front of the victim, and ultimately being present when the victim was undressed, and/or subjected to sex acts involving Epstein. Maxwell did so knowing that the victims were minors and that Epstein intended to engage in sex acts with those minors. Additionally, in or around 2016, in the context of a deposition as part of civil litigation, Maxwell repeatedly provided false and perjurious statements, under oath, regarding, among other subjects, her role in facilitating the a