DOJ-OGR-00019214.pdf

--- Page 1 --- Case 120-hj-00132-AJ Document 1 Filed 07/02/20 Page 11 of 19 Case 120-hj-00132-AJ Document 1 Filed 07/02/20 Page 11 of 19 abuse of minor victims by Jeffrey Epstein, including some of the specific events and acts of abuse detailed above. STATUTORY ALLEGATIONS 9. From at least in or about 1994, up to and including in or about 1997, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, GHISLAINE MAXWELL, the defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, and others known and unknown, willfully and knowingly did combine, conspire, confederate, and agree together and with each other to commit an offense against the United States, to wit, enticement, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2422. 10. It was a part and object of the conspiracy that GHISLAINE MAXWELL, the defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, and others known and unknown, would and did knowingly persuade, induce, entice, and coerce one and more individuals to travel in interstate and foreign commerce, to engage in sexual activity for which a person can be charged with a criminal offense, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2422. Overt Acts 11. In furtherance of the conspiracy and to effect the illegal object thereof, the following overt acts, among others, were committed in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere: DOJ-OGR-00019214 10