UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Southern District of New York ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY AUDREY STRAUSS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 2, 2020 hup://www.justice.gov/usao/nys NYPD CONTACT: U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 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