Ghislane Maxwell moved from jail
Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has been moved from prison in Florida, to a low security federal prison camp in Texas.
Maxwell, who was sentenced in 2022 for carrying out a scheme to recruit, groom and sexually abuse underage girls with Epstein, has been serving 20 years for her part in the crimes, and since her sentencing some three years ago, has continued to appeal her conviction.
The decision to move her to a low security camp, comes just one week after Maxwell met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, at the US attorney’s office in Tallahassee, Florida.
Ghislaine Maxwell. Pic: Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
A report on CNN News in the US says details of that meeting have not been made public, though her lawyer has said that Maxwell ‘honestly answered every question that Mr. Blanche asked.’
Meanwhile a Republican-led congressional committee has rejected a request by Ghislaine Maxwell, for immunity from future prosecution, as a condition for testifying to the panel during recent political storms surrounding the White House and President Donald Trump.
Questions over whether or not Mr Trump had a close friendship with Epstein, who died in jail in New York in 2019 while awaiting trial, have been a real bone of contention for the President in the past few months, including during his recent visit to Scotland where he was again questioned about his relationship with Epstein.
Maxwell is accused of facilitating the sex crimes of the late Jeffrey Epstein (second right). Pic: Davidoff Studios/Getty Images
Meanwhile, the family of Virginia Giuffre, one of Epsteins most well-known sex trafficking accusers, expressed their shock after President Trump said that Virginia was one of his employees at Mar-a-Lago, and that Epstein ‘stole’ the then teenager from the spa resort.
Giuffre, had also accused Britain’s Prince Andrew and other influential men of sexually exploiting her when she was trafficked as a teenager by Epstein. Yesterday her family said ‘It was shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware that Virginia had been ‘stolen’ from Mar-a-Lago’.
Virginia Giuffre, an alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein, exits from federal court in New York, in 2019. Pic: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Mr. Trump, was responding to a reporter’s question on Tuesday, when he said that he got upset with Epstein over his ‘poaching of workers’, including Virginia Giuffre, from his Palm Beach, Florida, club.
American-born Virginia Giuffre lived in Australia for years and had become an advocate for sex trafficking survivors after emerging as a central figure in Epstein’s prolonged downfall.
Her family’s statement said she endured death threats and financial ruin over her cooperation with authorities against Epstein and Maxwell.
Ms Giuffre died by suicide earlier this year.
