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Eugene

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Tue Mar 30, 2021, 06:23 AM Mar 2021

Prosecutors Add Sex Trafficking Charges Against Ghislaine Maxwell

Source: NPR

Prosecutors Add Sex Trafficking Charges Against Ghislaine Maxwell

March 30, 2021 4:50 AM ET
JACLYN DIAZ

Federal prosecutors in New York filed new charges of sex trafficking a minor and sex trafficking conspiracy Monday against Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate of Jeffrey Epstein.

Maxwell is accused of grooming a 14-year-old girl to engage in sexual acts with Epstein from 2001 to 2004. The abuse allegedly took place in Epstein's Palm Beach estate in Florida.

The new indictment alleges that the 14-year-old girl, referred to as "Minor Victim-4" in court documents, was paid by Epstein and, at times, Maxwell for giving the billionaire "sexual massages." The teen or Epstein were often partially or fully nude during these massages, prosecutors said. Epstein would also engage in various sexual acts with the girl at that time, they said.

The two new counts broaden the time period of the sexual abuse allegations prosecutors allege Maxwell and Epstein committed.

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Read more: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/30/982597363/prosecutors-add-sex-trafficking-charges-against-ghislaine-maxwell
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