U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division VAA:WHG:TNB:AF:ss DOJ No. CRM-182-[number] Office of International Affairs Washington, D.C. FROM: The Central Authority of the United States TO: The Central Authority of France SUBJECT: Request for Assistance in the Prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell DATE: January 2021 INTRODUCTION The Central Authority of the United States requests the assistance of the appropriate authorities in France pursuant to the 1998 U.S.-France Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, as supplemented by the 2004 U.S.-France Mutual Legal Assistance Instrument (collectively, "the Treaty"). The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York ("the prosecutor") and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (collectively, the "U.S. authorities") are prosecuting charges of violations of United States criminal law concerning Ghislaine Maxwell and her role in the sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein from at least in or about 1994, up to and including at least in or about 1997. The U.S. authorities request to conduct a voluntary interview of French citizen ("Ml=" or the "Witness") and request the assistance of French authorities in arranging for such an interview. The U.S. authorities understand that was a witness to certain events, conduct, or conversations relevant to its prosecution of Maxwell and, in particular, that was sexually abused by Epstein 1 EFTA00092519