US prosecutors file new charges against Ghislaine Maxwell

Prosecutors of USA They filed two new charges for sex crimes against the British woman on Monday Ghislaine Maxwell, ex-partner and collaborator of Jeffrey Epstein, while adding a new victim.

The prosecutors Federals filed their indictment in a New York court adding charges conspiracy for sex trafficking and sex trafficking of a minor; which brings the charges what is facing Maxwell.

The action includes a new accuser, identified as “Minor Victim-4” and extends by seven years the time during which Maxwell She is accused of collaborating in the recruitment of minors to satisfy her ex-partner Epstein.

59 years old, Maxwell She will now answer for crimes allegedly committed between 1994 and 2004, after having been initially accused of committing them between 1994 and 1997.

The charges They are more serious than the first, which referred to “instigation” and “transport” of minors to travel to carry out illegal sexual acts.

Maxwell is also accused of two charges perjury for his testimony in 2016 in a defamation case filed against by Virginia Giuffre; Epstein’s accuser.

Daughter of media mogul Robert Maxwell, the British denies having recruited minors for Epstein; an American financier who committed suicide in jail in 2019 awaiting trial.

According to the new indictment, the new victim was about 14 years old when Maxwell he met her in 2001, at Epstein’s Palm Beach residence.

According to court documents, Maxwell “He arranged for the young woman to have sexual acts with Epstein in multiple ways.”

The prosecutors they hold that Maxwell he also urged the victim to “recruit other young girls to give Epstein sexual massages.”

The girl brought in “multiple women,” including those under the age of 18, court documents say.

Maxwell, imprisoned since July 2020, is at risk of being sentenced to life imprisonment. His trial should begin in July but could be postponed due to the pandemic and the new indictment.