{"id":18370,"date":"2021-03-29T19:44:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T23:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18370"},"modified":"2021-03-29T19:44:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T23:44:17","slug":"ghislaine-maxwell-fourth-alleged-victim-added-to-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/03\/29\/ghislaine-maxwell-fourth-alleged-victim-added-to-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghislaine Maxwell: Fourth alleged victim added to charges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two new US federal charges of sex trafficking conspiracy and sex trafficking of a minor have been filed against British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The new charges introduce a fourth alleged victim to the case against the ex-girlfriend of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Maxwell is accused of recruiting an underage girl for sex with Epstein at his home in Palm Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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There was no immediate comment on the new accusations from her lawyers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Maxwell is currently in jail in New York awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What are the charges?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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The two new charges in the amended indictment relate to the period 2001 and 2004.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Before Monday Ms Maxwell had faced six charges: four relate to the years between 1994 and 1997, when prosecutors say she helped Epstein groom girls as young as 14. The other two are allegations of perjury in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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If convicted on the first six charges, which she denies, she would face up to 35 years in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Maxwell, the daughter of media mogul Robert Maxwell, was in a relationship with financier Epstein in the 1990s. She allegedly introduced Epstein to wealthy and powerful figures including Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew of the British Royal Family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Epstein killed himself in 2019 as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges, more than a decade after he was convicted for soliciting prostitution from a minor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Earlier this month, Ms Maxwell’s brother Ian Maxwell told BBC News his sister, who was arrested last year, was being held in “degrading” conditions in jail in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

Gloria Allred, a lawyer representing alleged victims, told the BBC that\u00a0bail should be “out of the question”<\/a>\u00a0as it “would be very upsetting to the victims”.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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