As expected, Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred to a detention facility in New York this week to face charges for a litany of sex crimes related to former companion Jeffrey Epstein.
The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) confirmed that Maxwell has been taken to Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn today after being arrested and held in New Hampshire last week. The BOP declined to comment on whether she was in a cell by herself, and what kind of supervision she is receiving.
The Daily News adds that the feds are hoping to secure a Friday hearing in Manhattan Federal Court on whether the 58-year-old will remain behind bars pending trial. Prosecutors have said that Maxwell “poses an extreme risk of flight,” because she has three passports, is wealthy with lots of international connections, and has “absolutely no reason to stay in the United States and face the possibility of a lengthy prison sentence."
Maxwell has been charged with four counts of sex crimes related to a minor and two counts of perjury. Prosecutors allege that, for several years, Maxwell "assisted, facilitated, and contributed to Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of minor girls by, among other things, helping Epstein recruit, groom, and ultimately abuse victims."
She has long been described by Epstein's victims as his right-hand lieutenant, and an enabler who made the whole scheme possible. She is accused of befriending the children on Epstein's behalf, and allegedly helping normalize sexual abuse by "discussing sexual topics, undressing in front of the victim, being present when a minor victim was undressed, and/or being present for sex acts involving the minor and Epstein."
Epstein had been charged with federal sex trafficking involving minors before he committed suicide in August 2019 at Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan. The day before he was found dead, thousands of pages of damning court documents were released to the public, offering a closer look at Maxwell's alleged role in procuring teenage girls for Epstein to abuse.
In recent months, Maxwell, the daughter of late British newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell, had been living "a life of privilege" while hiding out in a home in Bradford, New Hampshire. She had reportedly inquired about flight patterns over the luxury hideout as well.
