Sexual predator Epstein associate Maxwell charged with sex abuse
By AFP
06 July 2020 |
8:50 am
Acting US attorney Audrey Strauss confirms that British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in the United States and has been charged with sex trafficking minors for her former boyfriend, the disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein committed suicide in jail while awaiting trial last year.
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