58-year-old British socialite and ex-girlfriend of convicted paedophile billionaire Jeffery Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested FBI. An FBI agent arrested her from Bradford, New Hampshire at 8:30 is EST on Thursday morning. Initially, it was said that a press conference would give details on six conspiracy charges she was facing.
She is accused of helping Jeffery Epstein the convicted paedophile, recruiting and grooming victims known to be underage. She was brought to New York after being arrested from New Hampshire. The court gave remand.
Paedophile Jeffery Epstein’s Ex Ghislaine Maxwell accused of Helping him
The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York called a press conference and announced charges against Jeffery Epstein’s ex Ghislaine Maxwell. It was said in the official tweet that Ms Ghislaine arrested by FBI over links with paedophile. A period of 1994-1997 was investigated.
The Attorney tweeted that “Ghislaine Maxwell for her role in the sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein” arrested.
Ghislaine Maxwell has denied any involvement in or knowledge of Epstein’s alleged sexual misconduct. Epstein breathed his last in jail on the 10th of August. His sudden death was determined to be a suicide.
Jeffery Epstein’s Arrest and Charges
In 2019, Jeffery Epstein was arrested in New York following allegations that he was running a network of underage girls – some as young as 14 – for sex.
Ghislaine Maxwell
Ms Maxwell – Daughter of Robert Maxwell who was a famous newspaper tycoon, remained a close confidante of paedophile billionaire Jeffry Epstein. She is accused of assistance in his alleged trafficking crimes for which he was due to stand trial before his death. Several of the girls caught victims accused her of ‘recruiting’ girls for him.
FBI has been working on the Jeffery Epstein’s case from various angles. It was a year ago when FBI started a probe into Ghislaine Maxwell links with paedophile. For most of this time, her whereabouts remained unknown. It was on Thursday at 8.30 am in Bradford, New Hampshire, on Epstein-related charges, News 4 New York reported.
Maxwell has denied all the accusations and allegations made against her. She has continuously termed all these allegations false. She was not photographed in public since 2016.
Jeffery Epstein was found dead in his prison cell last year. His sudden death was ruled as suicide. In 2008, He had been convicted for prostitution charges involving a minor and was sentenced 18 months imprisonment.
Virginia Giuffre, a former victim of abuse, told last year that Maxwell had first offered her a job as a masseuse for Epstein. The abuse victim also claimed that she was made to have sex with Prince Andrew at the age of 17. Maxwell called her a liar and launch a defamation suit against her in 2015.