Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 657 Filed 04/29/22 Page 1 of 45

Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 657 Filed 04/29/22 Page 1 of 45 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK United States of America, -v- Ghislaine Maxwell, Defendant. USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC //: DATE FILED: 4/29/22 20-CR-330 (MN) OPINION & ORDER ALISON J. NATHAN, Circuit Judge, sitting by designation: In 2020, the Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell was indicted for her participation in a scheme to entice, transport, and traffic underage girls for sexual abuse by and with Jeffrey Epstein, her longtime companion. The Government at trial presented extensive witness testimony from multiple victim witnesses and others, as well as corroborating documentary and physical evidence. The testimony and other trial evidence established the Defendant's role in grooming and recruiting underage girls and using the cover of massage to perpetrate sexual abuse. Following the thirteen-day trial, the Court submitted to the jury the six counts in the Indict