Ghislaine Maxwell

Prison term caps dramatic downfall of British socialite who was a fixture of disgraced financier's inner circle for years.

"Today's sentence holds Ghislaine Maxwell accountable for perpetrating heinous crimes against children," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a tweeted ...

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Updated June 28, 2022 at 8:59 AM ET. U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan will sentence the disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell to a prison term on ...

Another survivor, Sarah Ransome, said Epstein and Maxwell threatened that her family would be killed if she ever tried to escape what she calls a "dungeon of sexual hell." As in other statements, Bryant also said she was grateful to see the crimes exposed, with the hope of justice finally found. Maria Farmer said her future as an artist was ruined by Maxwell and Epstein when she met them in 1996. Eight women who say Maxwell manipulated and abused them for years sent victim impact statements for the court to consider in weighing Maxwell's punishment. "This toxic combination of being sexually exposed and exploited, feeling confused and naïve, blaming myself all resulted in significant shame," Annie Farmer wrote in her statement. Prosecutors also asked Nathan to impose a $750,000 fine on Maxwell — the maximum allowed for her crimes. She is a very dangerous and devious individual." They say the pair often traveled between Epstein's mansion on Manhattan's Upper East Side, a villa in Palm Beach, a ranch in New Mexico, a private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and an apartment in Paris. But prosecutors sought a sentence between 30 and 55 years, citing the number of victims and Maxwell's refusal to take responsibility. But prosecutors dismissed those claims and cited Maxwell's "utter lack of remorse" for her actions. Nathan ruled that six of the victims were also free to speak at the hearing if they chose to. Epstein, who was a convicted sex offender, died in August 2019 at a Manhattan correctional facility.

Ghislaine Maxwell was ordered to spend 20 years in prison after a hearing at which victims described how their lives had been devastated by the sexual abuse ...

The British socialite, 60, was convicted in December of five charges, including sex trafficking a minor, for recruiting and grooming four girls to have sexual ...

“Maxwell directly and repeatedly and over the course of many years participated in a horrific scheme to entice, transport and traffic underage girls, some as young as 14, for sexual abuse by and with Jeffrey Epstein,” Nathan said. “Ms. Maxwell was instrumental in the abuse of several underage girls.” “It is the greatest regret of my life that I ever met Jeffrey Epstein,” Maxwell said.

The British socialite maintained her innocence as women came forward to accuse her of sexual abuse and trafficking.

“I called her office for delivery instructions and was told to bring them to a hotel close by to the store,” Stein said. Elizabeth Stein, who came to New York City in 1991 to study at Fashion Institute of Technology, said she was lured into Maxwell and Epstein’s orbit as a college senior. “Just hours later, you and [Epstein] abused me together for the first time.” “For a long time I wanted to erase from my mind the crimes that Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell committed against me … but I’ve had to acknowledge the long-lasting effects. Virginia Giuffre has alleged Maxwell and Epstein forced her into a sexual encounter with Britain’s Prince Andrew when she was just 17; he denies all wrongdoing. Kate said that Maxwell “ruined the lives of countless women and children” but was unrepentant.

Maxwell in court told victims that she was 'sorry' but prosecution argued Maxwell had shown an 'utter lack of remorse'.

Speaking at her sentencing hearing in Manhattan federal court before learning the sentence, Maxwell called Epstein a “manipulative, cunning and controlling man” who fooled everyone in his orbit. Prosecutors had suggested Maxwell be sentenced to between 30 and 55 years behind bars. But the prosecution contended in its own court filing last week that Maxwell “was an adult who made her own choices”.

Ghislaine Maxwell is set to be sentenced Tuesday for her sex trafficking conviction connected to her role facilitating Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of ...

She made the choice to conspire with Epstein for years, working as partners in crime and causing devastating harm to vulnerable victims. There was never any ambiguity or doubt about her having full knowledge of what was to take place once she recruited girls," she said in her victim impact statement. Maxwell also lost her bid for a new trial earlier this year. "I hope you weigh the systemic effects of the crimes she perpetrated -- the ways that our family members, romantic partners, and friends have been hurt through our suffering." Prosecutors said Maxwell refused to answer questions from psychology staff about why she fears for her safety but did tell staff she was not suicidal. And then, Ghislaine, like a wolf in sheep's clothing, you used your femininity to betray us, and you led us all through it." She made the choice to sexually exploit numerous underage girls. But I never would have met Jeffrey Epstein if not for you," she wrote. how to give Epstein a sexual massage. The judge granted requests from eight women to give victim impact statements either in writing or in person at the sentencing. the abuse. "Her life has been ruined.

Ms. Maxwell, who was convicted of conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to recruit, groom and abuse underage girls, could spend much of the rest of her life in ...

She had been given back clothing and her legal papers, could meet with her lawyer and would be able to “continue to prepare for sentencing unencumbered,” the prosecutors wrote. “You deserve to spend the rest of your life in a jail cell,” the statement said. Prosecutors told the judge that the jail had acted after the warden learned on Friday that the federal Bureau of Prisons inspector general’s office had received an email from Ms. Maxwell, who claimed to be in fear for her safety. The prosecutors also said Ms. Maxwell had refused to answer questions from the jail’s psychology staff and would not elaborate on her concerns. Afterward, Ms. Farmer said, Ms. Maxwell gave her a massage in which she touched the top of her breasts. “It is my sincerest wish to all those in this courtroom and to all those outside this courtroom that this day brings a terrible chapter to the end, to an end. “Your honor, it is hard for me to address the court after listening to the pain and anguish expressed inn the statements made here today," she said. And to those of you who spoke here today and those of you who did not, may this day help you travel from darkness into the light.” One said Ms. Maxwell was sometimes present in the encounters, and the other said Ms. Maxwell directly molested her by touching her breasts. The lawyers claimed the government turned its attention to Ms. Maxwell only after the public uproar following Mr. Epstein’s death while in the Justice Department and the Bureau of Prisons’ custody. Several of her accusers, including some who testified at her trial, have asked to address the judge, and Ms. Maxwell also will be given the opportunity to speak. Her lawyers have said she is planning to appeal, and it is possible that Ms. Maxwell, who did not testify at her trial, will choose to remain silent in court on Tuesday as well.

Maxwell, 60, could be sentenced to up to 55 years in prison — the most concrete punishment yet for the sex-trafficking conspiracy she operated with ...

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Victims of Ghislaine Maxwell confronted the British socialite at her sentencing hearing on Tuesday about her role in helping sex offender and globetrotting ...

read more "These kids had hopes and dreams for their future, and the defendant used those dreams as her tool to abuse them," Moe said. U.S. Circuit Judge Alison Nathan said sentencing guidelines call for Maxwell, 60, to spend between 15 and 20 years in prison for recruiting and grooming girls to have sexual encounters with Epstein, then her boyfriend, between 1994 and 2004.

Eight women sent the court victim impact statements — unredacted, over Maxwell's objections — describing the long-lasting effects of Maxwell's crimes. Nathan ruled that six of the victims were also free to speak at the hearing if they chose to. Prosecutors ...

Another survivor, Sarah Ransome, said Epstein and Maxwell threatened that her family would be killed if she ever tried to escape what she calls a "dungeon of sexual hell." As in other statements, Bryant also said she was grateful to see the crimes exposed, with the hope of justice finally found. Maria Farmer said her future as an artist was ruined by Maxwell and Epstein when she met them in 1996. Eight women who say Maxwell manipulated and abused them for years sent victim impact statements for the court to consider in weighing Maxwell's punishment. "This toxic combination of being sexually exposed and exploited, feeling confused and naïve, blaming myself all resulted in significant shame," Annie Farmer wrote in her statement. Prosecutors also asked Nathan to impose a $750,000 fine on Maxwell — the maximum allowed for her crimes. She is a very dangerous and devious individual." They say the pair often traveled between Epstein's mansion on Manhattan's Upper East Side, a villa in Palm Beach, a ranch in New Mexico, a private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and an apartment in Paris. But prosecutors sought a sentence between 30 and 55 years, citing the number of victims and Maxwell's refusal to take responsibility. But prosecutors dismissed those claims and cited Maxwell's "utter lack of remorse" for her actions. Nathan ruled that six of the victims were also free to speak at the hearing if they chose to. Several of those girls, now adults, testified during the trial, bravely pulling the curtain back on years of abuse they suffered after Maxwell and Epstein tugged them into their orbit.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Today's sentence holds Ghislaine Maxwell accountable for perpetrating heinous crimes against children. This sentence sends ...

In the later phase, from approximately 2001 until at least approximately 2004, MAXWELL and Epstein enticed and recruited, and caused to be enticed and recruited, minor girls to visit Epstein’s Palm Beach Residence to engage in sex acts with Epstein, after which Epstein, MAXWELL, or another employee of Epstein’s would give the victims hundreds of dollars in cash. MAXWELL and Epstein’s victims were groomed or abused at Epstein’s residences in New York, Florida, and New Mexico, as well as MAXWELL’s residence in London, England. The victims were as young as 14 years old when they were groomed and abused by MAXWELL and Epstein, both of whom knew that their victims were in fact minors. MAXWELL also acclimated victims to Epstein’s conduct simply by being present for victim interactions with Epstein, which put victims at ease by providing the assurance and comfort of an adult woman who seemingly approved of Epstein’s behavior. From at least 1994, up to and including in or about 2004, GHISLAINE MAXWELL assisted, facilitated, and participated in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of minor girls by, among other things, helping Epstein to recruit, groom, and ultimately abuse victims known to MAXWELL and Epstein to be under the age of 18. Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GHISLANE MAXWELL was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court by United States Circuit Judge Alison J. Nathan to 240 months in prison for her role in a scheme to sexual exploit and abuse multiple minor girls with Jeffrey Epstein over the course of a decade.

Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial, sexually abused children hundreds of times over more than a decade, exploiting vulnerable girls as ...

The fourth was Farmer, the sole accuser to identify herself in court by her real name, after speaking out publicly. Maxwell’s lawyers fought to have her conviction tossed out on the grounds of juror misconduct. Outside the courthouse, Kevin Maxwell said that his sister won’t give up on her legal battle, “and we as a family will be solidly behind her.” But she did not admit culpability and laid blame for the abuse on Epstein, saying meeting him was the “greatest regret of my life.” In the years that followed, many women sued Epstein over alleged abuse. Judge Alison J. Nathan noted as she imposed the prison term and a $750,000 fine that Maxwell never expressed remorse for her crimes. Eleven months after his death, Maxwell was arrested at a New Hampshire estate. Afterward, he was required to register as a sex offender. The allegations against Epstein first surfaced in 2005. “It’s been an incredibly long road to justice for myself and for many other survivors,” said Sarah Ransome, one of Epstein’s accusers. She wore leg shackles that could be heard rattling when she walked into the courtroom. Prosecutors said he couldn’t have done so without the help of Maxwell, his longtime companion.

NEW YORK, June 28 (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier ...

“Ms. Maxwell was instrumental in the abuse of several underage girls.” “The damage done to these young girls was incalculable.” Speaking at her sentencing hearing in Manhattan federal court before learning the sentence, Maxwell called Epstein a “manipulative, cunning and controlling man” who fooled everyone in his orbit.

Disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday after being convicted on multiple counts of sex trafficking and ...

A longtime associate and a former girlfriend of Epstein’s, Maxwell was convicted in April of five of six charges against her, and was acquitted of enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts. “You could have put an end to the rapes, the molestations, the sickening manipulations that you arranged, witnessed and even took part in,” Giuffre said in a statement read by her lawyer, according to Bloomberg. “You deserve to be trapped in a cage forever, just like you trapped your victims.” Annie Farmer, who testified during the trial that Maxwell exposed himself and groped her during a nude massage when she was 16 years old, said she and other victims, as well as their friends, family and romantic partners had been negatively affected by the abuse. “Maxwell was an adult woman and she made the choice, week in, week out, to commit crimes with Jeffrey Epstein, to make his crimes possible,” said federal prosecutor Alison Moe, according to Bloomberg, adding that Maxwell and Epstein “were predators together, they were partners in crime and they molested kids together.” Virginia Giuffre—an alleged victim of Epstein’s who recently settled a sexual assault lawsuit against Prince Andrew related to Epstein—said she believes Maxwell understood the damage she was causing victims.

Shortly before the British socialite and confidante to Epstein was sentenced to 20 years in prison for federal sex trafficking, she made a statement in ...

She added that she hopes her conviction "brings peace and finality". - She added that she hopes her conviction "brings peace and finality".

British socialite sidesteps responsibility before receiving 20 years for aiding Jeffrey Epstein's abuse.

Jailed for 20 years yesterday, she was a wicked, greedy and depraved criminal that no childhood troubles can excuse, says documentary film-maker Dorothy ...

Sadly, the oceans will not have the benefit of her altruism during her 20 years in jail. One of the interviewees in our documentary, The Making of a Monster, describes Maxwell’s attitude towards her victims. My favourite section of the mitigation statement makes the point that later in life, Ghislaine set up a charity to save the oceans. Why should we assume that the woman is not responsible for her own actions and the man is the person really to blame for her crimes? At the age of three, allegedly suffering from anorexia, Maxwell declared to her mother, “Mummy, I exist.” Her father was often away and when at home was an overbearing bully. Her father, the publisher Robert Maxwell, was one of the biggest fraudsters in British corporate history.

The British socialite, 60, was convicted in December for recruiting and grooming four girls to have sexual encounters with Epstein, then her boyfriend, between ...

Her lawyer has compared her confinement conditions to those of Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs." The month-long trial was widely seen as the reckoning that Epstein - who killed himself in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 at age 66 while awaiting his own sex trafficking trial - never had. Since then, she has been held mostly at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), where she has complained of vermin and the scent of raw sewage in her cell.

The disgraced British socialite, who was convicted of sex-trafficking underage girls to her former boyfriend, billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, was this ...

“I worry every single day and night that you will get away with it and evade being punished. Danbury, however, has male and female prisoners who are housed separately. And what should that justice look like? I will worry about that until you are brought to justice. “She will be able to walk to the library and the exercise track, and be able to make phone calls.” One expert described Danbury as being “like Disneyland” compared to the previous facility where she was being held during the trial, which is notorious for its violence, filthy conditions and overcrowding.