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2019-12-27 -Lurid Crime Tales-

FBI investigating British socialite and others who 'facilitated' Epstein - sources

(Reuters) - The FBI is investigating British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and several other people linked to U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, according to two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation.

They said a principal focus of the FBI’s investigation is Maxwell, a longtime associate of Epstein, and other "people who facilitated" Epstein’s allegedly illegal behavior.

Maxwell has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing. Her lawyers Jeffrey Pagliuca and Ty Gee did not respond to a request for comment.

The FBI also is following up on many leads received from women who contacted a hotline the agency set up at its New York field office in the wake of Epstein’s arrest in July, the sources said.

One of the sources said the probe remains at an early stage.

The sources declined to give further details or identify the people they are looking at apart from Maxwell. However, they said the FBI has no current plans to interview Britain’s Prince Andrew, a friend of Epstein’s who stepped down from his public duties in November because of what he called his "ill-judged" association with the well-connected money manager.

A spokeswoman for the FBI declined to comment.

A representative for the British royal family said that whether the agency interviewed Andrew was "a matter for the FBI."

Epstein’s suicide in August, at age 66, came a little over a month after he was arrested and charged with trafficking dozens of underage girls as young as 14 from at least 2002 to 2005. Prosecutors said he recruited girls to give him massages, which became sexual in nature.

He had pleaded not guilty.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-27 13:27|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 The 'Bridge To Nowhere' graphic is waiting patiently in the snug.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-27 13:34|| 2019-12-27 13:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Not sure I want to know what's meant by "facilitated Epstein"

Posted by Lex 2019-12-27 15:25|| 2019-12-27 15:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Jizz-lane

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-27 15:33|| 2019-12-27 15:33|| Front Page Top

#4 What's with Jizz's outfit?
Did she and Ep just come back from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch?

Posted by Lex 2019-12-27 15:38|| 2019-12-27 15:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Another deatho'cide coming up. This time it might be an overdose or something. Why can't the justice system also kill the regular crims this way ?

Posted by Dron66046 2019-12-27 16:14|| 2019-12-27 16:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, her daddy drowned (allegedly), her boyfriend didn't hang himself, so I'm up for a gas leak explosion or a nasty electrocution in the bathtub.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-27 16:21|| 2019-12-27 16:21|| Front Page Top

#7 The 8-Ball sez, "Outlook uncertain,"
As down falls Ghislaine's final curtain:
"I've made such a mess
that I can't face the press,
And I'm fresh out of fans! Shuddup, Merton."

Posted by Heriberto Flamp5084 2019-12-27 22:20|| 2019-12-27 22:20|| Front Page Top

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