Ghislaine Maxwell arrested by the FBI

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epsteins-confidante-arrested-by-the-fbi-report-says

by longdefeat • 6 years ago

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tyingq3• 6 years ago

Somewhat surprised she chose to be in the US. She has the means to be somewhere less likely to extradite.

gee_totes• 6 years ago

Maybe she was following CDC guidelines and staying home?

nicolas_• 6 years ago

Not quite, she was rumored to be in Paris two weeks ago https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11913207/jeffrey-epstein-ghisl...

bladegash• 6 years ago

Guessing she was already aware she was under investigation and knew if she tried to leave the country she would likely be stopped at the border/port of entry.

jaywalk• 6 years ago

She hasn't exactly been in hiding. I'd imagine she felt somewhat untouchable.

HumblyTossed• 6 years ago

Which means she has a lot of dirt on people. Which means this will not end well for her.

tsomctl• 6 years ago

For anyone wondering why this is significant, from Wikipedia: Maxwell has faced persistent allegations of procuring and sexually trafficking underage girls for Epstein and others, charges she has denied.

Edit: or you could read the fine article.

isanengineer• 6 years ago

This is a pretty good summary of the scope of the allegations: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/12/she-was-so-d...

A useful concept to keep in mind as this develops: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_hangout

matwood• 6 years ago

The Netflix documentary on Epstein definitely painted her and others in a bad light. Not that she didn't already look guilty.

As someone else mentioned, I'm surprised she was in the US.

iandanforth• 6 years ago

To be clear, "bad light" here means testimony from multiple victims that she frequently participated in the seduction and rape of underage girls.

tyingq3• 6 years ago

I'd add recruitment, under false pretenses, to that list.

Mirioron• 6 years ago

The Netflix documentary on Epstein definitely painted her and others in a bad light.

I've wondered about this point. If you've watched the documentary then does that make you ineligible to be on the jury because you'd be considered biased?

docdeek• 6 years ago

My understanding (IANAL) is that being aware of a high profile case from media reports or documentaries or such things is not by itself disqualifying. It comes down to whether the juror can maintain an open mind and base their vote fairly on the evidence in the trial. If this was not the case then it would be difficult for any high profile national figure to secure a jury trial in any jurisdiction.

xeromal• 6 years ago

yeah, full stop. I wouldn't lie when questioned about that either.

no-dr-onboard• 6 years ago

Somehow I recall her appearing in court documents as very guilty[1]. Its still unclear to me why it took too long for her arrest to happen.

1. https://www.scribd.com/document/421319777/Maxwell-All-Search...

hnanon14• 6 years ago

There have been numerous articles of late that quote her as being in France because of the favorable extradition laws for their citizens, so yes it does strike me as extremely odd.

hart_russell• 6 years ago

How long until she commits “suicide”?

mikece• 6 years ago

She will be diagnosed with COVID-19, go on a ventilator, and die of complications therefrom. Just a statistic of the pandemic...

cryptica2• 6 years ago

Then her death will also help promote Bill Gate's COVID-19 vaccine. Two birds, one stone.

tyingq3• 6 years ago

That actually has a lot of plausible deniability. Jails and prisons are having issues with COVID-19 everywhere. High density combined with poor management.

cryptica2• 6 years ago

A freak accident would work better. They gotta mix it up.

monkeynotes2• 6 years ago

Unfortunately this is not unreasonable or "conspiracy theory". She was involved with many high profile people, some of which chances are were customers. Obviously these people have incredible influence and her being silenced would a good outcome.

skinkestek• 6 years ago

I think I remember HN laugh at this suggestion a year ago or so when Epstein was taken into custody.

Around a month later the other prisoner is moved out, two guards fell asleep and he manages to hang himself according to the official documents.

dharma1• 6 years ago

Prince Andrew must be sweating now. Or maybe not?

drno123• 6 years ago

Off topic, but her father was an interesting character to say the least.

Amezarak• 6 years ago

Holy cow, you're not joking. The man the article refers to as a "disgraced media tycoon" was, according to Wikipedia, a Mossad agent, British MP, and died mysteriously after falling off his yacht after tens of millions of dollars went missing!

christoph• 6 years ago

He was near enough given a state funeral by Israel.

"Maxwell was accorded a lavish funeral in Israel, attended by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli President Chaim Herzog, "no less than six serving and former heads of Israeli intelligence" and many dignitaries and politicians (both government and opposition), and was buried on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maxwell#Death

drcongo• 6 years ago

Her brothers aren't much better.

Udik• 6 years ago

You have to admire the delicacy of that "disgraced media tycoon" label.

GnarfGnarf• 6 years ago

It's pronounced "JI-S-LAINE". News announcers can't seem to get it right.

catalogia2• 6 years ago

Is this 'S' in this pronounced like the letter "S", e.g. "ess"? It's not clear to me from this explanation how her name is pronounced.

davidivadavid3• 6 years ago

The S in Ghislaine (in French) is silent (ghee-laine), even though people these days use a pronunciation that is closer to the spelling (jiss-laine).

AndrewOMartin• 6 years ago

To clarify, it's pronounced GI-slaine as in GIF.

andybak2• 6 years ago

I see what you did there.

davidivadavid3• 6 years ago

That's really not how that name is traditionally pronounced (even though people do say it that way these days).

DanBC• 6 years ago

That's the correct French pronunciation, but it's not how she pronounces it. She uses a silent S.

kiliantics• 6 years ago

There is speculation this is being "allowed" to happen because US Attorney Berman of SDNY was fired

https://twitter.com/TrueAnonPod/status/1278694263505600513

dls20162• 6 years ago

Not sure why this is being downvoted, it completes my Epstein bingo card:

1. Epstein commited horrendous crimes with Maxwell.

2. Maxwell protected by Berman.

3. FREE SPACE

4. Berman fired by Barr.

5. Barr's dad hired Epstein at Dalton.

eternalban2• 6 years ago

I recently found out that Barr Sr wrote a ‘SiFi’ book with the theme of sex slavery among space aliens. The book apparently starts with sexual assault on a minor. That this same man ran a private school simply does not compute for this middle class person unless Kubrick’s last work was not fiction:

https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/william-b...

hnanon14• 6 years ago

Biggest news of 2020 so far, if true. Everyone should remember how her picture in NY magazine was faked last year with an encrypted message hidden inside!

EForEndeavour• 6 years ago

Could you link to more details about that "fake" picture with an "encrypted message hidden inside"?

ksaj• 6 years ago

I'm interested in this sort of thing, so I looked around for it. This is all I could find: https://usahitman.com/gmaxwell-stegophoto/ and this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3lq0uGRrLo

The fact that none of the usual group of experts haven't been all over this despite all the "evidence" being right there in the open, and neither of the links I found are authoritative in their authorship and presentation, I'll leave any judgement of veracity up to you.

hnanon14• 6 years ago

I don't have access to my old backups, but here is something to archive while you can:

https://twitter.com/_Luke_Slytalker/status/11690507671031029...

rjkennedy982• 6 years ago

If anyone believes in the narrative of Jeffery Epstein being a rich pedophile who committed suicide in prison, I'd suggest listening to Eric Weinstein's amazing podcast that includes his own experience meeting Epstein when he worked in New York.

He makes a pretty strong case that Jeffrey Epstein (and Ghislaine Maxwell) were very likely agents of some government (likely Israel) used to gain information and blackmail rich people and those in power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJNjH4SP6vw

edit: blackball -> blackmail

twirlip• 6 years ago

Blackball? Do you mean blackmail?

rjkennedy982• 6 years ago

Yes - updated

mmrezaie• 6 years ago

Eric is a reputable person, and he must know how to cite, I assume. I am sure Epstein has been a monster, but Eric lately is talking about physics and politics the way that I cannot even comprehend what is he talking about other than him being opressed somehow!?

Without the turture of listening the whole thing, does anyone know of any good resources of where he is learning about the Epstein's life? What he actually was doing with all these powerful people?

sky_rw• 6 years ago

If you listen to it and get your knowledge first hand, you will hear a detailed explanation of exactly what he was doing with all these powerful people.

loceng2• 6 years ago

He's being "playful" trying to get people to figure out what he's getting at instead of outlining everything for us for what he understands something.

eternalban2• 6 years ago

Whitney Webb has been doing amazing work digging into this matter. Her earlier work was on Mint Press and now she’s continuing her work here: https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/category/whitney-web....

gadders• 6 years ago

Her Dad was a crook as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maxwell

Ghislaine Maxwell arrested by the FBI

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