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Case 22-1426, Document 79, 06/29/2023, 3536060, Page16 of 93 worked together to identify girls, groom them, and then entice them to travel and transport them to Ep- stein’s properties in New York, Florida, New Mexico, and elsewhere. The girls—some of whom were as young as 14 years old—were then sexually abused, of- ten under the guise of a “massage.” The evidence at trial included, among other things, the testimony of four women who described the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of Maxwell and Ep- stein; the testimony of former employees of Epstein and Maxwell; the testimony of law enforcement offic- ers; corroborating physical evidence, including photo- graphs of and evidence recovered from searches of Ep- stein’s residences and Maxwell and Epstein’s black ad- dress book; and other corroborating records, such as flight logs of Epstein’s private planes and FedEx rec- ords. Beginning in approximately 1991, Maxwell had a close and intimate relationship with Epstein. (Tr.1494-96; GX-422).!1 Maxwell was Epstein’s girl- friend for many years, until the early 2000s, after 1 “Tr.” refers to the trial transcript; “GX” refers to a Government exhibit at trial; “Voir Dire Tr.” refers to the voir dire transcript; “Br.” refers to Maxwell’s brief on appeal; “A.” refers to the appendix filed with that brief; “SA” refers to the supplemental appendix filed with this brief; and “Dkt.” refers to an entry on the Dis- trict Court’s docket for this case. Unless otherwise noted, quotations omit internal quotation marks, cita- tions, alterations, and footnotes. DOJ-OGR-00021663