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Case 1:20-mj-00132-AJ Document1i Filed 07/02/20 Page 2of19 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK seheaweeeeasedwueuea # ¢ SEALED UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : INDICTMENT = Vi # 20 @re. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, : 20 C 330 , : r. Defendant. Z — pee vend -_ _ -_ — ~ — — — coon ~ = _ x COUNT ONE (Conspiracy to Entice Minors to Travel to Engage in Illegal Sex Acts) The Grand Jury charges: OVERVIEW dls The charges set forth herein stem from the role of GHISLAINE MAXWELL, the defendant, in the sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein. In particular, from at least in or about 1994, up to and including at least in or about 1997, MAXWELL assisted, facilitated, and contributed to Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of minor girls by, among other things, helping Epstein to recruit, groom, and ultimately abuse victims known to MAXWELL and Epstein to be under the age of 18. The victims were as young as 14 years old when they were groomed and abused by MAXWELL and Epstein, both of whom knew that certain wWettos were in fact under the age of 18. 2. As a part and in furtherance of their scheme to abuse minor victims, GHISLAINE MAXWELL, the defendant, and Jeffrey Epstein enticed and caused minor victims to travel to DOJ-OGR-00019175