Ghislaine Maxwell

Ghislaine Maxwell faces the likelihood of years in prison when she is sentenced for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage ...

He pleaded guilty to sex charges in Florida and served 13 months in jail, much of it in a work-release program as part of a deal criticized as lenient. “She made the choice to sexually exploit numerous underage girls. In the years that followed, many women sued Epstein over alleged abuse. Eleven months after his death, Maxwell was arrested at a New Hampshire estate. Prosecutors said Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial, sexually abused children hundreds of times over more than a decade, and couldn’t have done so without the help of Maxwell, his longtime companion and onetime girlfriend. He was arrested in 2019, but killed himself a month later. Most of the others in the crowded courtroom were members of the media. Afterward, he was required to register as a sex offender. Maxwell, wearing a blue prison uniform and a white mask to conform with coronavirus rules, sat quietly through the first hour of the sentencing hearing as lawyers debated the law. The fourth was Annie Farmer, who identified herself in court by her real name after speaking out publicly. At some point, Maxwell will have a chance to speak, as will five women who say they were sexually abused by Epstein with Maxwell's help. Several women who testified against Maxwell or released statements prior to sentencing also were in court.

Maxwell, 60, could be sentenced to up to 55 years in prison — the most concrete punishment yet for the sex-trafficking conspiracy she operated with ...

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Prosecutors said Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial, sexually abused children hundreds of times over more than a decade and couldn't have ...

Carolyn testified that she was one of several underprivileged teens who lived near Epstein's Florida home in the early 2000s and took up an offer to massage him in exchange for $100 bills in what prosecutors described as "a pyramid of abuse." She made the choice to conspire with Epstein for years, working as partners in crime and causing devastating harm to vulnerable victims. In letters to the judge, six of Maxwell's seven siblings pleaded for leniency. "She made the choice to sexually exploit numerous underage girls. He pleaded guilty to sex charges in Florida and served 13 months in jail, much of it in a work-release program as part of a deal. "Maxwell was an adult who made her own choices," they wrote to the court. He was arrested in 2019 and killed himself a month later. In the years that followed, many women sued Epstein over alleged abuse. Eleven months after his death, Maxwell was arrested at a New Hampshire estate. Afterward, he was required to register as a sex offender. The fourth was Annie Farmer, who identified herself in court by her real name after speaking out publicly. Prosecutors said she deserved 30 to 55 years in prison.

The sentence was the punctuation mark on a trial that explored the sordid rituals of a predator power couple who courted the rich and famous as they lured ...

Maxwell’s fellow inmate also submitted a letter describing how Maxwell has helped to educate other inmates over the last two years. He pleaded guilty to sex charges in Florida and served 13 months in jail, much of it in a work-release program as part of a deal criticized as lenient. In the years that followed, many women sued Epstein over alleged abuse. Eleven months after his death, Maxwell was arrested at a New Hampshire estate. Prosecutors say the claims about the jail are exaggerated and that Maxwell has been treated better than other prisoners. He was arrested in 2019, but killed himself a month later. Her lawyers also fought to have her conviction tossed on the grounds of juror misconduct. Afterward, he was required to register as a sex offender. The fourth was Farmer, the sole accuser to identify herself in court by her real name, after speaking out publicly. Inside the crowded courtroom, three of Maxwell’s siblings sat in a row behind her. Prosecutors had asked the judge to give her 30 to 55 years in prison, while Maxwell’s defense sought a lenient sentence of just five years. Prosecutors said Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial, sexually abused children hundreds of times over more than a decade, and couldn’t have done so without the help of Maxwell, his longtime companion and onetime girlfriend.

"Today's sentence holds Ghislaine Maxwell accountable for perpetrating heinous crimes against children," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a tweeted ...

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U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Today's sentence holds Ghislaine Maxwell accountable for perpetrating heinous crimes against children. This sentence sends ...

In the later phase, from approximately 2001 until at least approximately 2004, MAXWELL and Epstein enticed and recruited, and caused to be enticed and recruited, minor girls to visit Epstein’s Palm Beach Residence to engage in sex acts with Epstein, after which Epstein, MAXWELL, or another employee of Epstein’s would give the victims hundreds of dollars in cash. MAXWELL and Epstein’s victims were groomed or abused at Epstein’s residences in New York, Florida, and New Mexico, as well as MAXWELL’s residence in London, England. The victims were as young as 14 years old when they were groomed and abused by MAXWELL and Epstein, both of whom knew that their victims were in fact minors. MAXWELL also acclimated victims to Epstein’s conduct simply by being present for victim interactions with Epstein, which put victims at ease by providing the assurance and comfort of an adult woman who seemingly approved of Epstein’s behavior. From at least 1994, up to and including in or about 2004, GHISLAINE MAXWELL assisted, facilitated, and participated in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of minor girls by, among other things, helping Epstein to recruit, groom, and ultimately abuse victims known to MAXWELL and Epstein to be under the age of 18. Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GHISLANE MAXWELL was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court by United States Circuit Judge Alison J. Nathan to 240 months in prison for her role in a scheme to sexual exploit and abuse multiple minor girls with Jeffrey Epstein over the course of a decade.

Ghislaine Maxwell was ordered to spend 20 years in prison after a hearing at which victims described how their lives had been devastated by the sexual abuse ...

Eight women sent the court victim impact statements — unredacted, over Maxwell's objections — describing the long-lasting effects of Maxwell's crimes. Nathan ruled that six of the victims were also free to speak at the hearing if they chose to. Prosecutors ...

Another survivor, Sarah Ransome, said Epstein and Maxwell threatened that her family would be killed if she ever tried to escape what she calls a "dungeon of sexual hell." As in other statements, Bryant also said she was grateful to see the crimes exposed, with the hope of justice finally found. Maria Farmer said her future as an artist was ruined by Maxwell and Epstein when she met them in 1996. Eight women who say Maxwell manipulated and abused them for years sent victim impact statements for the court to consider in weighing Maxwell's punishment. "This toxic combination of being sexually exposed and exploited, feeling confused and naïve, blaming myself all resulted in significant shame," Annie Farmer wrote in her statement. Prosecutors also asked Nathan to impose a $750,000 fine on Maxwell — the maximum allowed for her crimes. She is a very dangerous and devious individual." They say the pair often traveled between Epstein's mansion on Manhattan's Upper East Side, a villa in Palm Beach, a ranch in New Mexico, a private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and an apartment in Paris. But prosecutors sought a sentence between 30 and 55 years, citing the number of victims and Maxwell's refusal to take responsibility. But prosecutors dismissed those claims and cited Maxwell's "utter lack of remorse" for her actions. Nathan ruled that six of the victims were also free to speak at the hearing if they chose to. Several of those girls, now adults, testified during the trial, bravely pulling the curtain back on years of abuse they suffered after Maxwell and Epstein tugged them into their orbit.

Victims of Ghislaine Maxwell confronted the British socialite at her sentencing hearing on Tuesday about her role in helping sex offender and globetrotting ...

read more "These kids had hopes and dreams for their future, and the defendant used those dreams as her tool to abuse them," Moe said. U.S. Circuit Judge Alison Nathan said sentencing guidelines call for Maxwell, 60, to spend between 15 and 20 years in prison for recruiting and grooming girls to have sexual encounters with Epstein, then her boyfriend, between 1994 and 2004.

Jailed for 20 years yesterday, she was a wicked, greedy and depraved criminal that no childhood troubles can excuse, says documentary film-maker Dorothy ...

Sadly, the oceans will not have the benefit of her altruism during her 20 years in jail. One of the interviewees in our documentary, The Making of a Monster, describes Maxwell’s attitude towards her victims. My favourite section of the mitigation statement makes the point that later in life, Ghislaine set up a charity to save the oceans. Why should we assume that the woman is not responsible for her own actions and the man is the person really to blame for her crimes? At the age of three, allegedly suffering from anorexia, Maxwell declared to her mother, “Mummy, I exist.” Her father was often away and when at home was an overbearing bully. Her father, the publisher Robert Maxwell, was one of the biggest fraudsters in British corporate history.