Federal prosecutors have assured that the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case, including the conspiracy charge, is ongoing.
WASHINGTON — The apparent suicide of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein brought a devastating blow to several women: It meant they will never be able to see a public trial of the man they said sexually abused and exploited them when they were minors.
Legal experts say prosecutors will face an uphill battle if they try to charge Maxwell or other alleged aiders and abettors, especially because the principal defendant is gone. "He was the center of it, and the peripheral players, if [prosecutors] have particularly strong cases against them, one would've expected some of them would've been charged already," Levenson said.
Maria Farmer, another accuser, said in an affidavit that Epstein and Maxwell sexually assaulted her in the summer of 1996 at billionaire Leslie Wexner's Ohio mansion, where she was working on an art project. Farmer, who said she also worked for Epstein manning the front door of his New York mansion, alleged seeing"school-age girls" coming to the home. She said Maxwell told her the girls were interviewing for modeling positions.
Maxwell is the daughter of Robert Maxwell, a publishing tycoon and former member of the British Parliament who died in 1991 after falling overboard his luxury yacht, Lady Ghislaine, named after the youngest of his nine children.
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