Subject: Maxwell - UMR

From Subject: Maxwell - UMR Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2020 13:31:26 +0000 FROM: UNITED STATES ATTORNEY SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK PHONE: 212-637-2200 DISTRICT POC: Audrey Strauss. Acting U.S. Attorney Phone: SYNOPSIS: At approximately 8:30am on Tuesday, July 2, FBI-NY in conjunction with the USAO-SDNY arrested Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and close confident of Jeffrey Epstein, on multiple counts stemming from her role in facilitating Epstein's sexual abuse of minor girls between approximately 1994 and 1997 in Palm Beach, Florida, New York, New York, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and London, England. Maxwell was arrested in Bradford, New Hampshire, and is expected to be presented later today at the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. DESCRIPTION: Since approximately December 2018, the USAO-SDNY has been investigating Jeffrey Epstein and his associates for their roles in abusing dozens of minor victims over a multi-year period. Between approx