From: To: Cc: Subject: FW: Ghislaine Maxwell arrest, court appearance -- from Reuters Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2020 13:19:15 +0000 Jeffrey Epstein Confidante Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested, Sources Say Maxwell was accused in a civil suit of allegedly helping Epstein traffic underage girls; he died by suicide awaiting trial last year By Jonathan Dienst Joe Valiquette Tom Winter and Sarah Fitzpatrick • Published S2 seconds ago • Updated 41 seconds ago Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite and heiress who became a confidante of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and was later accused of involvement in his alleged sexual crimes, has been arrested by the FBI, two senior law enforcement sources tell News 4 New York. She was arrested on the East Coast on Epstein-related charges and is expected to appear in a federal court later today, the sources say. Spokespeople for the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan declined to comment. The daughter of media baron Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine was a one-time girlfriend of Epstein's and was at the high-flying investor's side for decades. But she was also alleged to have helped Epstein groom teen girls for sex with the rich and powerful. One of those teens, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, leveled that charge against Maxwell in a 2015 defamation suit. Epstein, a registered sex offender, was arrested last summer on new federal charges of exploiting dozens of underage girls in New York and Florida in the early 2000s. EFTA00099523