Maxwell’s new digs: Fla. prison known for yoga, music, abuse
Maxwell was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. Maxwell’s new home, FCI Tallahassee, is about 360 miles (580 kilometers) from Epstein’s since-demolished mansion in glitzy Palm Beach where prosecutors say some of the abuse occurred. The prison also offers yoga, Pilates, movies and an inmate talent show, according to prison consulting firm Zoukis Consulting Group. Like many federal prisons, as The Associated Press has reported, FCI Tallahassee has had its share of employees committing crimes in recent years — including sexual abuse of inmates. In August 2021, former FCI Tallahassee food service foreman Phillip Golightly was sentenced to two years in prison for sexually abusing an inmate in November 2019.
wftv.comGhislaine Maxwell moved to lower-security Florida prison
Ghislaine Maxwell: What you need to know Ghislaine Maxwell - What you need to know (NCD)TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Convicted Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved to the Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. FCI Tallahassee is a low-security federal correctional institution located on the city’s eastern outskirts, according to WTXL. Before the move, Maxwell, 60, had been jailed in a federal facility in New York City. According to the Tallahassee Democrat, Judge Alison J. Nathan recommended that Maxwell be sent to FCI Danbury in Connecticut. Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial, sexually abused children hundreds of times over a decade, exploiting vulnerable girls as young as 14.
wftv.comMaxwell’s new digs: Fla. prison known for yoga, music, abuse
Maxwell was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. Maxwell’s new home, FCI Tallahassee, is about 360 miles (580 kilometers) from Epstein’s since-demolished mansion in glitzy Palm Beach where prosecutors say some of the abuse occurred. The prison also offers yoga, Pilates, movies and an inmate talent show, according to prison consulting firm Zoukis Consulting Group. Like many federal prisons, as The Associated Press has reported, FCI Tallahassee has had its share of employees committing crimes in recent years — including sexual abuse of inmates. In August 2021, former FCI Tallahassee food service foreman Phillip Golightly was sentenced to two years in prison for sexually abusing an inmate in November 2019.
wftv.comWho is Ghislaine Maxwell?
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell NEW YORK CITY, NY - MARCH 15: Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend de Grisogono Sponsors The 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Benefitting Wall Street Rising, with a Performance by Rod Stewart at Cipriani Wall Street on March 15, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images/Patrick McMullan via Getty Image)The socialite daughter of a disgraced media mogul, Ghislaine Maxwell had a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein that lasted for years. Who is Ghislaine Maxwell? According to media reports, Maxwell has been under investigation for procuring underage girls for Epstein’s sex trafficking purposes. June 28, 2022, Maxwell is sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.
wftv.comA timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell scandal
Jeffrey Epstein Maxwell Trial FILE - Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York, on July 2, 2020. Maxwell faces the likelihood of years in prison when she is sentenced for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. 2007: Federal prosecutors prepare an indictment against Epstein. Aug. 10, 2019: Guards find Epstein dead in his cell at a federal jail in New York City. July 2, 2020: Federal prosecutors in New York charge Ghislaine Maxwell with sex crimes, saying she helped recruit the underage girls that Epstein sexually abused and sometimes participated in the abuse herself.
wftv.comSeven accusers write to Ghislaine Maxwell's sentencing judge
Four women testified at Maxwell's monthlong trial, where they described sexual attacks on teenage girls from 1994 to 2004 by Epstein and Maxwell at Epstein's mansions and estates in Manhattan, New Mexico, Florida and the Virgin Islands. Prosecutors, though, said no redactions were required or necessary because any privacy interests belonged to victims and none asked for their statements to be sealed. They added that no “due process interest is protected by withholding victim impact statements from the public.” Three victims may speak at sentencing. You could’ve called the authorities and reported that you were a part of something awful. ... Ghislaine, you deserve to spend the rest of your life in a jail cell.
wftv.comSeven accusers write to Ghislaine Maxwell's sentencing judge
Seven women who say Ghislaine Maxwell helped Jeffrey Epstein steal the innocence of their youth and poison the promise of their future are asking a judge to consider their pain as she decides what prison sentence she will dispense Tuesday to the incarcerated British woman. Four women testified at Maxwell's monthlong trial, where they described sexual attacks on teenage girls from 1994 to 2004 by Epstein and Maxwell at Epstein's mansions and estates in Manhattan, New Mexico, Florida and the Virgin Islands. In a statement, Annie Farmer, who testified at trial and spoke at Epstein's bail hearing before he killed himself in August 2019 as he awaited a sex trafficking trial, said Maxwell's lack of remorse and her repeated lies about victims forced “a long fight for justice that has felt like a black hole sucking in our precious time, energy and wellbeing.”
news.yahoo.comPrince Andrew’s ex Sarah Ferguson says she would marry the disgraced Duke of York again: ‘I will stand by him'
Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew, one of Queen Elizabeth's sons, were married from 1986 until 1996. Today, the mother of two is a novelist who recently wrote "Her Heart for a Compass."
news.yahoo.comWarden at Epstein jail quietly retires amid federal probe
Federal Prisons FILE - The now-closed Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, Aug. 13, 2019. The warden who ran the beleaguered federal jail where disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself quietly retired in February in the midst of a federal investigation into the failures that allowed one of the most high-profile inmates in the federal prison system to take his own life. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) (Mary Altaffer)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The warden who ran the federal jail where disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself was allowed to quietly retire from the Bureau of Prisons in February. He was most recently the warden at FCI Fort Dix, a low-security prison in Burlington County, New Jersey. FCI Fort Dix, located on the grounds of the joint military base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, is the largest single federal prison by population, with just under 3,000 inmates.
wftv.comGhislaine Maxwell juror makes 'bombshell revelation' in new interview: lawyers
The Ghislaine Maxwell juror who failed to disclose that he was a victim of sexual abuse putting her sex trafficking conviction in jeopardy made a "bombshell revelation" in a TV interview, according to the British socialite's attorney.
news.yahoo.comFeds: Guard lied in probe of gun found at NYC federal jail
Federal Prisons Gun Search FILE - The brown bricked Metropolitan Correctional Center is shown in the foreground with municipal and court facilities in the background, Aug. 13, 2019, in New York. A federal correctional officer was arrested Friday, March 18, 2022, for lying to investigators after a loaded gun was found in an inmate's cell at the federal jail — the same lockup where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in 2019. A message seeking comment was left with the federal Bureau of Prisons. The incident, just before the start of nationwide COVID-19 shutdowns, marked a massive breach of protocol and raised serious questions about security practices in federal prisons, which house more than 154,000 inmates. Bureau of Prisons officers located the gun March 5, 2020, inside a wall accessible to a particular cell in a Metropolitan Correctional Center housing unit.
wftv.comFeds: Guard lied in probe of gun found at NYC federal jail
A federal correctional officer was arrested Friday for lying to investigators after a loaded gun was found in an inmate's cell at a federal jail in New York City — the same troubled lockup where financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in 2019. Greg McKenzie, a guard at the since-shuttered Metropolitan Correctional Center, used a prepaid cellphone to communicate with the inmate and the inmate's wife prior to the gun's discovery in March 2020, but denied doing so when federal agents interviewed him about it last year, prosecutors said. McKenzie was released on $200,000 bond following his arraignment in Manhattan federal court and must seek court approval to travel outside of Connecticut and the New York City area.
news.yahoo.comPrince Andrew pays donation after sex case settlement, case dismissed
The sex abuse case against Prince Andrew has been dismissed after the royal paid a donation to his accuser’s charity as part of a settlement. Prince Andrew had until March 17 to fulfill the agreement or a trial date would have been set. Three weeks ago, lawyers from both sides had agreed to allow Prince Andrew to donate a substantial sum to Giuffre’s charity and make a declaration about her character. Giuffre had accused the prince of sexual abuse in 2001 when she was 17 and traveling with financier Jeffrey Epstein. Last month, however, Giuffre’s attorney wrote to the court saying, “Prince Andrew intends to make a substantial donation to Ms. Giuffre’s charity in support of victims’ rights.
wftv.comSex abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew formally dismissed
Epstein-Prince-Andrew FILE - Britain's Prince Andrew speaks during a television interview at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor, April 11, 2021. Lawyers for Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was 17, formally asked a judge Tuesday to dismiss her lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan signed court papers dismissing the August lawsuit after lawyers on both sides asked him to do so earlier in the day. Giuffre, 38, reached the settlement with Andrew after the judge rejected the prince's bid to win early dismissal of the lawsuit earlier this year. The settlement stopped the lawsuit before the start of evidence gathering, including depositions that would have forced Andrew to answer questions posed by attorneys.
wftv.comSex abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew formally dismissed
Epstein-Prince-Andrew FILE - Britain's Prince Andrew speaks during a television interview at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor, April 11, 2021. Lawyers for Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was 17, formally asked a judge Tuesday to dismiss her lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan signed court papers dismissing the August lawsuit after lawyers on both sides asked him to do so earlier in the day. Giuffre, 38, reached the settlement with Andrew after the judge rejected the prince's bid to win early dismissal of the lawsuit earlier this year. The settlement stopped the lawsuit before the start of evidence gathering, including depositions that would have forced Andrew to answer questions posed by attorneys.
wftv.comGhislaine Maxwell juror regrets not disclosing sex abuse
Jeffrey Epstein Maxwell Trial FILE - This courtroom sketch shows Judge Alison Nathan reading the guilty verdict against Ghislaine Maxwell in her sex trafficking trial, Wednesday Dec. 29, 2021, in New York. “This is one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made in my life,” the juror identified only as Juror No. Lawyers for Maxwell say the verdict should be thrown out over the juror's failure to disclose before the trial began that he'd been a victim of childhood sexual abuse. Maxwell was convicted in late December of sex trafficking and other charges alleging she helped financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls from 1994 to 2004. Epstein killed himself in August 2019 as he awaited trial at a federal jail in New York on related sex trafficking charges.
wftv.comSupreme Court rejects Epstein sex abuse accuser's lawsuit
Supreme Court "The Authority of Law," sculpted by James Earle Fraser, stands outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (Patrick Semansky)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision throwing out a lawsuit filed by a woman who accused billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing her when she was a child. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against Wild in April 2020, saying a lower court had correctly thrown out her lawsuit. The lawsuit claimed the deal was never discussed with any of his victims in violation of the Crime Victims Rights Act. A federal judge in Florida initially ruled that prosecutors violated the victims’ rights law and asked for recommendations from both sides on what to do about it.
wftv.comEpstein associate Jean-Luc Brunel found dead in French jail
Dead in cell: Jean-Luc Brunel was found dead in his cell in southern France early Saturday. (Allan Swart/iStock)PARIS — A French modeling agent and former associate of disgraced American financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell, a spokesperson for the Paris prosecutor’s office said Saturday. >> Read more trending newsJean-Luc Brunel, 75, was discovered in his cell in La Santé prison in southern Paris, the BBC reported, citing French media outlets. The newspaper cited a French official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because an investigation had been opened. https://t.co/718jhSHflr — The New York Times (@nytimes) February 19, 2022Prosecutors would not comment on reports that Brunel killed himself, according to CNN.
wftv.comModeling agent close to Epstein found dead in French jail
PARIS — (AP) — A modeling agent who was close to disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell, where he was being held in an investigation into the rape of minors and trafficking of minors for sexual exploitation, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. Paris police are investigating the death of the agent, Jean-Luc Brunel, the prosecutor’s office said. Brunel was detained at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport in 2020 as part of a broad French probe unleashed by sex-trafficking charges in the U.S. against Epstein. A frequent companion of Epstein, Brunel was considered central to the French investigation into alleged sexual exploitation of women and girls by the U.S. financier and his circle. Multiple women have identified themselves as victims and spoken to police since the French probe was opened in 2019.
wftv.comEpstein’s Alleged Model-Agent Pimp Jean-Luc Brunel Found Hanged in Cell
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New YorkJean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling agent accused of procuring underage women for Jeffrey Epstein, was found hanged in his Paris jail cell—in a shocking replay of how Epstein himself died, French newspapers reported.The 76-year-old was found during a night-time check by guards at La Santé early Saturday, officials told Le Monde.His attorneys told the paper that the apparent suicide “was not driven by guilt, but by a deep sense of injustice.”Frenc
news.yahoo.comPrince Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson makes first public outing since Duke of York's sex abuse settlement
Britain’s Prince Andrew, accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl supplied to him by financier Jeffrey Epstein, has agreed to settle by making a substantial donation to his accuser’s charity and declaring he never meant to malign her character.
news.yahoo.comSenate launches group to examine embattled US prison system
Federal Prisons FILE - Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., takes a question from a reporter during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 28, 2021. The working group is led by Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia and Sen. Mike Braun, an Indiana Republican. The group plans to examine the conditions of incarceration inside America’s 122 federal prisons, protect human rights and promote transparency. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., also will be part of the group. In early January, the embattled federal prisons director, Michael Carvajal, announced he was resigning amid growing criticism over his leadership of the bureau.
wftv.comPrince Andrew to settle sex abuse case, donate to charity
Epstein Prince Andrew Britain's Prince Andrew is seen in this April 5, 2015 photo in London. Besides the undisclosed donation to Virginia Giuffre's charity, it says Andrew acknowledges she has suffered as an abuse victim. Attached to the letter from Boies was a statement that read: “Virginia Giuffre and Prince Andrew have reached an out of court settlement. “Prince Andrew intends to make a substantial donation to Ms. Giuffre’s charity in support of victims’ rights. “She’s been vindicated in the sense that Prince Andrew acknowledges that she’s a victim of sexual abuse,″ Stephens said.
wftv.comPrince Andrew gives up membership of prestigious golf club
Britain’s Prince Andrew has given up his honorary membership of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, considered one of the world’s most prestigious golf clubs, as he fights allegations of sexual abuse that have forced him to retreat from public life.
Prince Andrew effort to toss sex assault suit hits roadblock
A judge appears mostly dismissive of arguments by a lawyer for Prince Andrew who wants to win fast rejection of a lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was sexually trafficked to the royal by the millionaire Jeffrey Epstein when she was 17.
Prince Andrew: Accuser cannot sue because she isn't in US
Lawyers for Prince Andrew say a lawsuit by an American who claims he sexually abused her when she was 17 may need to be thrown out because she no longer lives in the U.S. The lawyers said in a Manhattan federal court filing Tuesday that they've recently discovered that Virginia Giuffre has lived in Australia all but two of the last 19 years.