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Ghislaine Maxwell And The Sealed Indictment (Part 1) (9/6/26) · Beyond The Horizon

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  Speaker 1: What's up everyone and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles.
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  Speaker 1: In this episode we're going to begin taking a look
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  Speaker 1: at the sealed grand jury indictment of Ghislaine Maxwell. Count
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  Speaker 1: number one. Conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage
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  Speaker 1: in illegal sex acts. The grand jury charges. Overview. Number one.
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  Speaker 1: The charges set forth herein stem from the role of
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  Speaker 1: Ghislaine Maxwell, the defendant of in the sexual exploitation and
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  Speaker 1: abuse of multiple minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein. In particular,
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  Speaker 1: from at least in or about 1994 up to and
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  Speaker 1: including at least in or about 1997, Maxwell assisted, facilitated,
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  Speaker 1: and contributed to Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of minor girls by,
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  Speaker 1: among other things, helping Epstein to recruit, groom, and ultimately
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  Speaker 1: abuse victims known to Maxwell and Epstein to be under
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  Speaker 1: the age of 18. The victims were as young as
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  Speaker 1: 14 years old when they were groomed and abused by
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  Speaker 1: Maxwell and Epstein, both of whom knew that certain victims
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  Speaker 1: were in fact under the age of 18. As part
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  Speaker 1: of the furtherance of their scheme to abuse minor victims,
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  Speaker 1: Ghislaine Maxwell, the defendant, and Jeffrey Epstein enticed and caused
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  Speaker 1: minor victims to travel to Epstein's residences in different states,
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  Speaker 1: which Maxwell knew and intended would result in their grooming, for,
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  Speaker 1: and subjection to sexual abuse. Moreover, in an effort to
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  Speaker 1: conceal her crimes, Maxwell repeatedly lied when questioned about her conduct,
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  Speaker 1: including in relation to some of the minor victims described herein,
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  Speaker 1: when providing testimony under oath in 2016. The Factual Background 3.
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  Speaker 1: During the time periods charged in this indictment, Ghislaine Maxwell,
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  Speaker 1: the defendant, had a personal and professional relationship with Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: Epstein and was among his closest associates. In particular, between
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  Speaker 1: in or about 1994 and in or about 1997, Maxwell
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  Speaker 1: was in an intimate relationship with Epstein and was also
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  Speaker 1: paid by Epstein to manage his various properties. Over the
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  Speaker 1: course of their relationship, Maxwell and Epstein were photographed together
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  Speaker 1: on multiple occasions, including in the image below. 4. Beginning
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  Speaker 1: in at least 1994, Ghislaine Maxwell, the defendant, enticed and
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  Speaker 1: groomed multiple minor girls to engage in sex acts with
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  Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein through a variety of means and methods, including
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  Speaker 1: but not limited to the following. a. Maxwell first attempted
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  Speaker 1: to befriend some of Epstein's minor victims prior to their abuse,
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  Speaker 1: including by asking the victims about their lives, their schools,
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  Speaker 1: and their families. Maxwell and Epstein would spend time building
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  Speaker 1: friendships with minor victims by, for example, taking minor victims
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  Speaker 1: to the movies or shopping. Some of these outings would
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  Speaker 1: involve Maxwell and Epstein spending time together with a minor victim,
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  Speaker 1: while some would involve Maxwell or Epstein spending... time alone
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  Speaker 1: with a minor victim. B. Having developed a rapport with
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  Speaker 1: a victim, Maxwell would try to normalize sexual abuse for
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  Speaker 1: a minor victim by, among other things, discussing sexual topics,
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  Speaker 1: undressing in front of the victims, being present when a
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  Speaker 1: minor victim was undressed, and or being present for sex
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  Speaker 1: acts involving the minor victim and Epstein. C. Maxwell's presence
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  Speaker 1: during minor victims' interactions with Epstein would including interactions where
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  Speaker 1: the minor victim was undressed or that involved sex acts
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  Speaker 1: with Epstein, helped put the victims at ease because an
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  Speaker 1: adult woman was present. For example, in some instances, Maxwell
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  Speaker 1: would massage Epstein in front of a minor victim. In
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  Speaker 1: other instances, Maxwell encouraged minor victims to provide massages to Epstein,
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  Speaker 1: including sexualized massages, during which a minor victim would be
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  Speaker 1: fully or partially nude. Many of those massages resulted in
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  Speaker 1: and Epstein sexually abusing the minor victim. D. In addition,
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  Speaker 1: Epstein offered to help some minor victims by paying for
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  Speaker 1: travel and or educational opportunities, and Maxwell encouraged certain victims
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  Speaker 1: to accept Epstein's assistance. As a result, victims were made
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  Speaker 1: to feel indebted and believe that Maxwell and Epstein were
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  Speaker 1: trying to help them. E. Through this process, Maxwell and
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  Speaker 1: Epstein enticed victims to engage in sexual activity with Epstein.
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  Speaker 1: In some instances, Maxwell was present for and participated in
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  Speaker 1: the sexual abuse of minor victims. Some such incidents occurred
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  Speaker 1: in the context of massages which developed into sexual encounters. 5.
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  Speaker 1: Ghislaine Maxwell, the defendant, facilitated Jeffrey Epstein's access to minor
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  Speaker 1: victims knowing that he had a sexual preference for underage
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  Speaker 1: girls and that he intended to engage in sexual activity
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  Speaker 1: with those victims. Epstein's resulting abuse of minor victims was included,
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  Speaker 1: among other things, touching a victim's breast, touching a victim's genitals,
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  Speaker 1: placing a sex toy, such as a vibrator, on a
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  Speaker 1: victim's genitals, directing a victim to touch Epstein while he masturbated,
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  Speaker 1: and directing a victim to touch Epstein's genitals. Epstein and
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  Speaker 1: Maxwell's Victims 6. Between approximately in or about 1994 and
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  Speaker 1: in or about 1997, Ghislaine Maxwell, the defendant, facilitated Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: Epstein's access to minor victims, by, among other things, inducing
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  Speaker 1: and enticing and aiding and abetting the inducement and enticement
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  Speaker 1: of multiple minor victims. Victims were groomed and or abused
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  Speaker 1: at multiple locations, including the following. A. A multi-story private
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  Speaker 1: residence on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York,
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  Speaker 1: owned by Epstein, the New York residence, which is depicted
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  Speaker 1: in the following photograph. B. an estate in Palm Beach, Florida,
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  Speaker 1: owned by Epstein, the Palm Beach residence, which is depicted
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  Speaker 1: in the following photograph. C. A ranch in Santa Fe,
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  Speaker 1: New Mexico, owned by Epstein, the New Mexico residence, which
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  Speaker 1: is depicted in the following photograph. D. Maxwell's personal residence
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  Speaker 1: in London, England. 7. Among the victims induced or enticed
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  Speaker 1: by Ghislaine Maxwell, the defendant and were minor victims identified
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  Speaker 1: herein as minor victim 1, minor victim 2, and minor
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  Speaker 1: victim 3. In particular, and during time periods relevant to
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  Speaker 1: this indictment, Maxwell engaged in the following acts, among others,
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  Speaker 1: with respect to minor victims. A. Maxwell met minor victim
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  Speaker 1: 1 when minor victim 1 was approximately 14 years old.
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  Speaker 1: Maxwell subsequently interacted with minor victim 1 on multiple occasions
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  Speaker 1: at Epstein's residence, knowing that minor victim one was under
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  Speaker 1: the age of 18 at the time. During these interactions,
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  Speaker 1: which took place between approximately 1994 and 1997, Maxwell groomed
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  Speaker 1: minor victim one to engage in sexual acts with Epstein
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  Speaker 1: through multiple means. First, Maxwell and Epstein attempted to befriend
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  Speaker 1: minor victim number one, taking her to the movies and
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  Speaker 1: on shopping trips. Maxwell also asked minor victim one about school,
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  Speaker 1: her classes, her family, and other aspects of her life.
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  Speaker 1: Maxwell then sought to normalize inappropriate and abusive conduct by,
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  Speaker 1: among other things, undressing in front of minor victim number
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  Speaker 1: one and being present when minor victim number one undressed
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  Speaker 1: in front of Epstein. Within the first year after Maxwell
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  Speaker 1: and Epstein met minor victim number one, Epstein began sexually
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  Speaker 1: abusing minor victim number one. Maxwell was present for and
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  Speaker 1: involved in some of this abuse. In particular, Maxwell involved
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  Speaker 1: minor number one in group sexualized massages of Epstein. During
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  Speaker 1: those group sexualized massages, Maxwell and or minor victim number
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  Speaker 1: one would engage in sex acts with Epstein. Epstein and
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  Speaker 1: Maxwell both encouraged minor victim number one to travel to
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  Speaker 1: Epstein's residence in both New York and in Florida. As
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  Speaker 1: a result, minor victim number one was sexually abused by
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  Speaker 1: Epstein in both Florida and New York. Minor Victim 1
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  Speaker 1: was enticed to travel across state lines for the purpose
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  Speaker 1: of sexual encounters with Epstein, and Maxwell was aware that
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  Speaker 1: Epstein engaged in sexual activity with Minor Victim 1 after
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  Speaker 1: Minor Victim 1 traveled to Epstein's properties, including in the
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  Speaker 1: context of sexualized massages. b. Maxwell interacted with Minor Victim
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  Speaker 1: 2 on at least one occasion in or about 1996.
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  Speaker 1: at Epstein's residence in New Mexico when Minor Victim 2
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  Speaker 1: was under the age of 18. Minor Victim 2 had
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  Speaker 1: flown into New Mexico from out of state at Epstein's
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  Speaker 1: invitation for the purpose of being groomed for and subjected
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  Speaker 1: to acts of sexual abuse. Maxwell knew that Minor Victim
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  Speaker 1: 2 was under the age of 18 at the time.
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  Speaker 1: While in New Mexico, Maxwell and Epstein took Minor Victim
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  Speaker 1: 2 to a movie and Maxwell took Minor Victim 2 shopping.
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  Speaker 1: Maxwell also discussed Minor Victim 2's school classes with Minor
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  Speaker 1: Victim 2. In New Mexico, Maxwell began her efforts to
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  Speaker 1: groom Minor Victim 2 for abuse by Epstein by, among
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  Speaker 1: other things, providing an unsolicited massage to Minor Victim 2,
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  Speaker 1: during which Minor Victim 2 was topless. Maxwell also encouraged
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  Speaker 1: Minor Victim 2 to massage Epstein. C. Maxwell groomed and
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  Speaker 1: befriended Minor Victim 3 in London, England between approximately 1994
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  Speaker 1: and 1995, including during a period of time in which
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  Speaker 1: Maxwell knew that Minor Victim 3 was under the age
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  Speaker 1: of 18. Among other things, Maxwell discussed Minor Victim three's
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  Speaker 1: life and family with minor victim three. Maxwell introduced minor
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  Speaker 1: victim three to Epstein and arranged for multiple interactions between
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  Speaker 1: minor victim three and Epstein. During those interactions, Maxwell encouraged
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  Speaker 1: minor victim number three to massage Epstein, knowing that Epstein
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  Speaker 1: would engage in sex acts with minor victim three during
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  Speaker 1: those massages. Minor Victim 3 provided Epstein with the requested massages,
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  Speaker 1: and during those massages, Epstein sexually abused Minor Victim 3.
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  Speaker 1: Maxwell was aware that Epstein engaged in sexual activity with
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  Speaker 1: Minor Victim 3 on multiple occasions, including at times when
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  Speaker 1: Minor Victim 3 was under the age of 18, including
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  Speaker 1: in the context of a sexualized massage. Maxwell's Efforts to
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  Speaker 1: Conceal Her Conduct 8 In or around 2016, in the
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  Speaker 1: context of a deposition as part of a civil litigation,
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  Speaker 1: Ghislaine Maxwell, the defendant, repeatedly provided false and perjurious statements
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  Speaker 1: under oath regarding, among other subjects, her role in facilitating
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  Speaker 1: the abuse of minor victims by Jeffrey Epstein, including some
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  Speaker 1: of the specific events and acts of abuse detailed above.
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  Speaker 1: All right, folks, we're going to finish off with part
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  Speaker 1: one right there. And in the next episode, we'll wrap
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  Speaker 1: up the Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury indictment. All of the
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  Speaker 1: information that goes with this episode can be found in
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  Speaker 1: the description box.