Epstein Associate Sentenced to 20 Years

The former girlfriend and business associate of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein drew a 20-year prison sentence at a hearing held Tuesday in New York. Ghislaine Maxwell, 60, was sentenced after a federal jury convicted her of sex trafficking conspiracy and related offenses.

Maxwell was found guilty in late December in a trial held in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. District Court Judge Alison J. Nathan pronounced her sentence.

Federal prosecutors said Maxwell, a one-time girlfriend to Epstein and later a business associate, helped procure young women and female minors between 1994 and 2004. Some of those recruited in the scheme were as young as 14, government attorneys said.

Authorities also said Maxwell’s activities helped supply sexual service providers for Epstein and entertainment for guests of Epstein’s at residential properties he owned in Paris, New Mexico, Florida, New York, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.