THE CHARGES
Conspire to lure minors to illegal sex acts (maximum sentence 5 years)
Incentive to minor to travel and engage in illegal sexual acts (20 years).
Conspiracy for minors to be transported with the intent of engaging in criminal sexual activities (20 years).
Transporting a minor in the intention to engage or continue criminal sexual activities (10 year minimum, lifetime maximum).
The Sex Trafficking Confessional
Sex Trafficking of Minors
Ghislaine Maxwell also faces two charges of perjury but those counts are due to be tried after her sex crimes trial.
She was accused of giving testimony in defamation proceedings in which she testified in 2016.
FACTS
Prosecutors claim Maxwell groomed three girls for Epstein between 1994-97.
Although they aren’t named in the indictment she did allegedly target them in London and New York.
Maxwell would, according to some reports, befriend the girls and ask them questions about their lives as well as their education. They would be made to feel at home by Maxwell taking them to the movies or taking them shopping. She won their trust and later delivered them to Epstein.
Prosecutors say that she undressed herself in front of the girls and asked sexual questions to ‘normalize the abuse’ later.
Prosecutors say she then assisted Epstein in their abuse, and even took part herself.
The allegations of sex abuse include’sexualized group massaging’.
Indictment states that Maxwell encouraged the girls to borrow money from Epstein and pay him for education.