EFTA00077111.pdf

Public Corruption Unit Short Form Updates July 5, 2020 A. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN CASES • In re Jeffrey Epstein, USAO 2018R01618 (AUSAs : On August 10, Epstein committed suicide at the MCC. The investigation into Epstein's co-conspirators continues. In particular, we have developed considerable evidence regarding the involvement of Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's former girlfriend, in grooming multiple underage victims for sexual abuse b Epstein in the 1990s and for participating in some of the abuse, as well as one of Epstein's , who participated in scheduling massages, setting up the massage room, photographing victims, and paying victims in the early to mid 2000's. On June 29, 2020 a grand July returned a six count indictment charging Maxwell for her role in facilitating Epstein's abuse of minor girls. Maxwell was arrested on July 2 at a residence in New Hampshire and has been detained since. She was transported by the USMS to New York and is currently at the MDC. On July I, we had an initial appearance and bail hearing before Judge Nathan, who heard a bail argument and granted our request to detain Maxwell pending trial, which has been scheduled for July 2021. The team is now working on making initial productions of discovery, with a deadline for initial productions of August 21. Additionall the team is in theprocess of reaching out to counsel for to Finally, we are also continuing to pursue a potential interview with Prince Andrew, and the team has had a number of conversations with his counsel, conversations which do not appear likely to result in a voluntary interview but which may help us make the case for a compelled one under the MLAT. • EFTA00077111 EFTA00077112 EFTA00077113 EFTA00077114 EFTA00077115 EFTA00077116