Ms. Maxwell would also sometimes be present when Mr. Epstein sexually abused girls, which “helped put the victims at ease because an adult woman was present,” according to the indictment. In one instance in 1996, the indictment said, Ms. Maxwell gave an underage girl an unsolicited massage in New Mexico while the girl was topless. Jeffrey Pagliuca, who has been a lawyer for Ms. Maxwell, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Ms. Maxwell was born in France and grew up in a mansion in Buckinghamshire, England, where she rubbed shoulders with aristocrats and royals. Ms. Maxwell moved into a modest apartment on the Upper East Side.

Source: New York Times July 02, 2020 13:36 UTC