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Apollo CEO Retiring Over $158M in Epstein Payments

Leon Black viewed late sex offender as 'confirmed bachelor with eclectic tastes,' review found

(Newser) - Over a five-year period that ended in 2017, Apollo Global Management CEO and co-founder Leon Black forked over $158 million to Jeffrey Epstein, long after Epstein had pleaded guilty in 2008 to a prostitution charge in Florida that involved a teen girl. That revelation came out recently as part of...

Ghislaine Maxwell Tries Again After Bail Rejection

She appeals decision to turn down $28.5M package

(Newser) - The British socialite awaiting trial on charges that she recruited girls in the 1990s for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse is appealing a judge’s order that she remain jailed . Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell notified a trial judge Monday of plans to appeal her decision two weeks ago to reject...

Judge Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's $28.5M Bail Bid

Prosecutors say she is still a flight risk

(Newser) - A judge rejected a $28.5 million proposed bail package for Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Monday, saying her incarceration is necessary to ensure she faces trial on charges she recruited teenage girls for the late financier to sexually abuse. US District Judge Alison J. Nathan in Manhattan rejected the...

Here's How Badly Ghislaine Maxwell Wants Out of Prison

Jeffrey Epstein confidant offers to put up all of her assets for bail

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell wants out of prison and is apparently willing to put up all of her assets to make that happen. The British socialite accused of grooming underage girls for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein asked to be released from confinement in a court filing revealed Monday, claiming she's...

Ghislaine Maxwell's Sleep Interrupted 4 Times an Hour

Her lawyers say jailers are checking to make sure she's still breathing

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell is being "overmanaged" in jail, one of her lawyers told a federal judge Tuesday. Guards shine a flashlight into her cell every 15 minutes as she sleeps to make sure she's still breathing, the lawyer said in a letter to the judge, complaining that she is...

Ghislaine Maxwell Is Under Quarantine
Ghislaine Maxwell Quarantined 
Nov 24, 2020 1:49 AM CST

Ghislaine Maxwell Quarantined

She may have been exposed to coronavirus at a federal jail

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell has been placed under quarantine at a New York City federal jail after possibly being exposed to a worker at the jail who tested positive for COVID-19. Maxwell, the British socialite accused of aiding and abetting Jeffrey Epstein in sexually abusing underage girls, tested negative for the coronavirus...

Justice Dept. Calls Epstein's 2008 Deal 'Poor Judgment'

But it finds no misconduct on the part of former Labor Secretary Alex Acost, then a prosecutor

(Newser) - A Justice Department report has found that former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta exercised “poor judgment” in handling an investigation into wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein when he was a top federal prosecutor in Florida, per the AP . The report is a culmination of an investigation by the Justice Department’s...

$22M Mansion Is Set to Be Razed. City Says Good Riddance

Developer plans to demolish luxury Palm Beach residence formerly owned by Jeffrey Epstein

(Newser) - The waterfront mansion in Palm Beach, Fla., formerly owned by Jeffrey Epstein is currently under contract, but don't expect to see it for much longer once the developer who bought it officially gets the keys. CNN Business reports the $22 million, 14,000-square-foot home along the Intracoastal Waterway will...

Ghislaine Maxwell's Deposition Is Unsealed

'I never saw any inappropriate underage activities with Jeffrey ever'

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell fought hard to keep her 2016 deposition about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal under wraps, to no avail . A judge ordered the deposition, part of a civil lawsuit, released on Thursday, and news outlets were poring over the 465-page document. You can read it in full via Law &...

Ghislaine Maxwell's 2016 Deposition to Be Unsealed

Court of appeals refuses to overturn lower court's ruling

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell is believed to have perjured herself in a deposition for a 2015 civil suit during which she denied any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's underage sex-trafficking ring—and that deposition must be unsealed, a court ordered Monday. A lower court had already ordered it made public and Maxwell'...

Ghislaine Maxwell Complains About 'Onerous' Body Scans

And other conditions she is subject to at the Metropolitan Detention Center

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein's death is making Ghislaine Maxwell's jail stay all the harder—or so claim her lawyers. In a Monday night court filing, they say Maxwell has been subject to "uniquely onerous conditions" while at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, and that it's clear such...

Ghislaine Maxwell Saw Her at 19: 'Oh My God, Who Is That?'

So says an old pal in the upcoming Lifetime docuseries, 'Surviving Jeffrey Epstein'

(Newser) - The latest Ghislaine Maxwell tidbits are par for the course—allegations of sex and debauchery—but it's still hard to look away. In a docuseries about her time with Jeffrey Epstein, she apparently oohed and ahhed over the sight of 19-year-old Paris Hilton at a party in the early...

Accuser: Bill Clinton Was With 2 &#39;Young Girls&#39;
Accuser: Bill Clinton
Was With 2 'Young Girls'
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Aug 1, 2020 10:00 AM CDT

Accuser: Bill Clinton Was With 2 'Young Girls'

'Orgies were a constant thing,' says Virginia Giuffre

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent accuser says she once saw Bill Clinton with "two young girls" on an island used for sex orgies, Newsweek reports. In newly unsealed court documents, Virginia Giuffre responds to a lawyer who asked whether she recalled Epstein talking about the former president owing him...

Lawyers Fight to Seal Maxwell's 'Intimate' Testimony

Release of 2016 depositions would harm her chances of getting a fair trial, they say

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers are fighting to block the release of what they describe as "intimate information" about her sex life from two depositions in 2016. Other documents in the case were unsealed Thursday night, the Guardian reports. The depositions were part of a defamation lawsuit filed by Virginia...

Trump on Ghislaine Maxwell: 'I Just Wish Her Well'

POTUS was asked about her at coronavirus briefing

(Newser) - President Trump's onetime relationship with Jeffrey Epstein has been well-known since the disgraced financier's controversial 2008 plea deal . But it's under renewed scrutiny after Trump's first coronavirus briefing in months . "I don’t know," Trump said at the Tuesday presser when asked if he...

Ghislaine Maxwell Has Secret Spouse: Prosecutor

The accused sex offender won't reveal her husband's name, it seems

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell might have had company while hiding out all this time. Prosecutors say the accused sex offender is secretly married and refuses to reveal the name of her spouse, the New York Post reports. "In addition to failing to describe in any way the absence of proposed co-signers...

Maxwell in Court: I'm Innocent. Judge Then Denies Bail

Jeffrey Epstein friend pleads not guilty via video during Manhattan hearing

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell has long denied that she played any role in Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of underage girls. On Tuesday, she made it official during a Manhattan court hearing, reports the Guardian . "Not guilty, your honor," the 58-year-old said by video, offering her plea to charges that...

Filing: Ghislaine Maxwell Wrapped Her Phone in Foil

Prosecutors argue defendant, who had a security team guarding her, is a flight risk

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell can't be trusted to stay at home while she awaits trial, prosecutors argued, saying she had a cellphone wrapped in tin foil in "a misguided effort to evade detection" when she was arrested. The allegation was included in a court filing Monday opposing a request by...

Lawyers Distance Maxwell From Epstein in Bond Request

Seeking her release until trial, filing says Maxwell wasn't in hiding

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein weren't so close, her lawyers have told a New York court. In fact, the longtime companions had no contact for at least the last decade of Epstein's life, a court filing Thursday maintains. Maxwell's lawyers made the statement in asking a judge...

Report: Feds Are Working Hard to Prevent Maxwell Suicide

Sources say she has had bedsheets taken away

(Newser) - After the death of Jeffrey Epstein in federal custody last year, authorities don't want to be be embarrassed by another high-profile suicide—and they don't want Ghislaine Maxwell to escape justice. A source tells the AP that after Epstein's former girlfriend was moved to a federal detention...

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