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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Southern District of New York ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY AUDREY STRAUSS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 2, 2020 http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys CONTACT: U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FBI GHISLAINE MAXWELL CHARGED IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT FOR CONSPIRING WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN TO SEXUALLY ABUSE MINORS Maxwell is Alleged to Have Facilitated, Participated in Acts of Abuse Additionally Charged With Perjury in Connection With 2016 Depositions Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"), announced that GHISLANE MAXWELL was arrested this morning and charged with enticing a minor to travel to engage in criminal sexual activity, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, conspiracy to commit both of those offenses, and perjury in connection with a sworn deposition. The Indictment unsealed today alleges that between at least in or about 1994 through 1997, MAXWELL and co- conspirator Jeffrey Epstein exploited girls as young as 14, including by enticing them to travel and transporting them for the purpose of engaging in illegal sex acts. As alleged, knowing that Epstein had a preference for young girls, MAXWELL played a critical role in the grooming and