The exact nature of the charges against her weren't immediately revealed. Maxwell, who is Epstein's former girlfriend, has been accused of overseeing his alleged sex trafficking ring.
Many women have accused her of recruiting them to give Epstein massages, during which they were pressured into sex. Those accusations, until now, never resulted in criminal charges.
Maxwell has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and called some of the claims against her «absolute rubbish.» Epstein, a convicted sex offender, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Manhattan in August last year.
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