What to Know Jeffrey Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested Thursday morning in New Hampshire, law enforcement sources say.
Epstein, a friend to presidents and captains of industry, died by suicide last August while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite and heiress who became a confidante of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and was later implicated in his alleged sexual crimes, has been arrested by the FBI.
The six-count indictment in Manhattan federal court alleges that Maxwell helped Epstein groom girls as young as 14 years old, going back as far as 1994.
The FBI said that it had been tracking her movements for some time, though she was not indicted until June 29.
Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of N.Y., Audrey Strauss, outlines the charges filed against Jeffrey Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell.
Prosecutors have been seeking to speak with him for months about his friendship with the financier and the allegations of abuse. »