Inside the wicked saga of Jeffrey Epstein: the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell | 60 Minutes Australia

there was little Jeffrey Epstein wouldn't do to satisfy his lust for young women and girls he spent millions masterminding a worldwide sex trafficking operation a year ago he was arrested and a month after that died in custody investigators though refused to let this scandal go to the grave with him they shifted their attention to his high-profile friends among them Prince Andrew who continues to dodge requests from the FBI for an interview but now there's been a substantial breakthrough with the arrest of socialite Gillan Maxwell accused of being Epstein's right-hand woman she's been charged with multiple child sex offenses and for the first time in a long time the countless victims in this wicked saga are feeling relief instead of terror little son James in the Virgin Islands is a picture-perfect playground for the super-rich but it's never been seen like this before this now abandoned Island is the keeper of terrible secrets a place haunted by what went on here at the hands of the now dead Jeffrey Epstein a man who knew no limits in 2003 as he told a reporter this island was his world ran by his rules and what a dark personality it was driven to sexually abuse countless young girls his private sanctuary an isolated prison known as pedo island where he would share the girls like prey with his rich and powerful friends we weren't anything important to them at all we weren't even a human being to them we were just another toy to be passed around and that's what they did Jeffrey Epstein may be dead but the fight for justice is not today we announce the arrest of one of the villains in this investigation just four days ago Glenn Maxwell the most wanted woman in the world was found hiding out in New Hampshire she ruined so many lives she belongs in jail you want to hurt kids that's where you go Epstein's number-one co-conspirator finally arrested after a year on the run helped him exploit girls who were as young as 14 years old she's repellent she's truly evil now a new criminal investigation on Epstein's Caribbean island exposes the true extent of this predators shocking behavior what happened under the sink James it was so horrifying their actions were just reprehensible and adds pressure on Prince Andrew still hiding in the palace refusing to be interviewed by the FBI Byrnes andrew has simply totally stole all of all Epstein's victims it's the allegations of Virginia Robert's true frei that has had the most fallout around the world amongst many others she claims Epstein trafficked her to Prince Andrew three times the first in London when she was 17 then once in New York and the third and final time here in the Virgin Islands Prince Andrew close friends with Glenn Maxwell denies the allegations the third time that you were trafficked to him were you alone with him no there were a lot of younger girls with us and it was it was very shocking how many young women with you I believe there were eight Prince Andrew met abstain through Maxwell a British socialite daughter of disgraced media Baron Robert Maxwell with Gillen Maxwell's arrest how do you think Prince Andrew is feeling right now Oh Prince Andrew should be panicking at the moment because Gillen doesn't really care about anyone else but Keeling it's all a bear in her artwork [Music] mariya farmer is filling her canvas with the Epstein story the bad and the ugly for her a story that started in 1995 it was then as a gifted student at the New York Academy of Art she met patrons Jeffrey Epstein and Glenn Maxwell it makes me really sad because the only thing I did wrong was I went to the wrong graduate school that's the only thing I did wrong Jeffrey fell in love with Maria's art bought her first major work and hired her in 1995 to buy art for his New York mansion during that year she had a front-row seat to what went on behind these closed doors and saw Glenn Maxwell in full flight she would turn like that and like a schools getting out she's like I've got to get the new vials I'm going to get the new vials what did she mean by that and what did you witness so several times I was in the car with her and she would ask the driver to stop the car and she dashed across to the school or the park or wherever she was going and she would like write down her phone number for a child a young girl and then I'd see that child at the house and she'd say they're auditioning you know I found a model in the park and I thought it was really strange because I did see a couple girls in braces and I've never seen a model of braces of course it was a ruse Epstein claimed to help manage Victoria's Secret and Maxwell was his eager model Scout instead as Maria unwittingly witnessed Maxwell was happily procuring girls to feed Epstein's insatiable appetite for sex with teenagers and young women you start getting it all excited and mr. Fisher himself a compulsion Maria would soon experience firsthand he LAN came in to get me one evening um basically they brought me to the Gillan escorts me to Geoffrey's room and he's lying there and he goes well here sit down you know and so right next to him and then he land sits on the other side and they began assaulting me but really while I was lying there the whole time I'm thinking my sister's been around these people my sister was 16 she's been around them alone Maria's fears were well-founded her youngest sister Annie revealed she too was sexually abused by the pair Maria went to the FBI it was 1996 and she was the very first victim to officially report Jeffrey Epstein Angeline Maxwell to the authorities but in a pattern that would be set in the decades ahead her complaint was ignored they just kept it all quiet put in the bottom drawer and they were so dismissive that I just felt daunted and I stopped but by going to police Maria felt the full force of Maxwell's fury terrified Maria went into hiding and gave up her art career what sort of threat so she made against you originally it started with things like I'm gonna burn your arms and then I'm gonna burn your career and then I'm gonna burn you and the house you live in and then it was oh be careful crossing a street you know you can get shot in the back of the head you know they were threats against my life and I told the FBI this do you reflect on how different life would be for so many women today if the FBI had investigated your complaints in 1996 yeah they yeah I think about it all the time I do and it hurts a lot and they never had children because of it because I didn't feel like they would be safe threats he made no bones about that he could inflict harm lies she wanted me to believe that she was Jeffrey's girlfriend and bargains we prosecuted this is the O like none other that I've ever heard of how Epstein and Maxwell she's the repellent way worse than I even understood did whatever they pleased to get away with that makes me very angry that's next on 60 minutes in July last year the slippery Jeffrey Epstein was finally arrested and charged with sex trafficking a minor actually was arrested aboard his private jet for years he'd used his wealth and power to avoid the full brunt of the law the charges allege that Epstein sexually abused young girls by enticing them to engage in sex acts for money but finally apprehended in New York with bail refused and with no other way out lawyer Brad Edwards believes Epstein killed himself in prison despite some speculation he was murdered I think once his bond was revoked just crashed in the only control he had left was over his life so he took a hearing directly from a victim is the only way that anyone's really going to understand Brad represents victims and describes Epstein as a genius sociopath one of his most confounding and dangerous adversaries he was charming charismatic funny he made you want to like him that's why he was able to access over a hundred young girls and do the kind of things that he was able to do you speak about his charisma and charm but he sort of had a double whammy didn't he because he was always implying threats that he could and would hurt you make no bones about that he could yeah inflict harm you know he might say I'll tell you what if you keep prosecuting me this way doing this someone is going to get hurt and so clearly it was a threat you know there's no other way to perceive it but his his delivery was as non-threatening as possible I think they were in disguise they were wolf in sheep's clothing in the early 90s the well-connected Christina Oxenberg a member of the Serbian royal family and a cousin to the British royals met up Steen Angeline Maxwell his alleged Madame now charged with procuring girls for him and sometimes joining in the abuse she wanted me to believe that she was Jeffrey's girlfriend but I knew that she was them but she wanted that to be the storyline how did you know she wasn't his girlfriend because she's not 12 with Epstein's death Maxwell went on the run but Christina remembers the time when both Maxwell and Epstein were desperate to be seen they were a perfect fit they needed each other they were both halves of a whole that they wanted to be he had the money she had the connections did you like Jeffrey Epstein no not at all he was just a Goomba from Queens call me a snob but no he was a typical greedy person who wants more than they already have 66 year old Jeffrey Epstein was in court today for allegedly engaging in sex trafficking crimes how serious are these charges against F Steen David when Epstein's arrests last year made headlines Christina was moved to call the FBI so disturbed was she by what Glenn Maxwell had told her in private all those years ago she was very cocky and she told me that she had just got her helicopter pilot's license and that as gift as to reward her Jeffrey had bought her a helicopter and I said so dangerous why would you want to do that and she said well because this way we have total control on privacy of who's doing who's with us and Maxwell let her in on another secret this time about the infamous lolita express their private plane used to transport young girls and high-profile friends including Bill Clinton she also told me in that meeting that the plane the private plane that she and Jeffrey used was wired first for audio video Christina at the time were there any red flags for you at that point were you thinking children are at risk here unfortunately I did not have even the wherewithal to think of such tremendous evil frankly I just thought she was the sort of rancid personality I had no idea we were dealing with true evil justice has long been denied in this sordid case why did you keep going back [Music] in 2005 an investigation started into epstein for the sexual abuse of more than 40 young girls in Florida [Music] prosecutors had the evidence and the opportunity to put this sexual predator away for life instead Epstein negotiated a secret seedy deal he'd plead guilty to the lesser charge of unlawfully paying for sex with a teenager for which he'd serve just over a year in jail in return he was led off all other charges and incredibly his co-conspirators including Glenn Maxwell were given full immunity in Florida but only for the crimes committed there between 2001 and 2007 the fact that not only was he able to get away with dozens if not hundreds of crimes but also somehow get immunity for his co-conspirators named and unnamed is something that even the judges who have reviewed this case I've never seen with her immunity deal in Florida and since the criminal investigation had run cold Maxwell settled into a luxury hideout aptly named tucked away in New Hampshire it seems Maxwell didn't count on being chased down for her crimes outside the immunity period at her remote court hearing on Thursday where reporters could only listen in thanks to covered Maxwell's disbelief could be heard a very loud British woman screaming why is this happening how is this happening how could this happen and just crying her eyes out Acting US attorney Audrey Strauss as alleged starting in 1994 until at least 1997 maxwell was among Epstein's closest associates and helped him exploit girls who were as young as 14 years old maxwell has been charged with multiple child sex abuse offences relating to the abstain sex ring as well as perjury for lying about it under oath as the world played the whizz gallon guessing game FBI investigators knew all along waiting for the right time to strike we've been discretely keeping tabs on Maxwell's whereabouts as we work this investigation and more recently we learned she had slithered away to a gorgeous property in New Hampshire continuing to live a life of privilege while her victims live with the trauma inflicted upon them years ago haunted by that trauma Virginia Roberts Zhu Frey was not only abused by Epstein and Maxwell but also traffic by them she alleges to some of the most powerful people in the world Virginia is now married and lives in Queensland from where she runs the victims refuse silence foundation news of Maxwell's arrest makes this a good day this day to me has been like one of the best days of my life I have not stopped smiling and crying happy tears and I'm just yeah I am elated to know that she's where she belongs she is the most narcissistic evil vain woman I've ever known and she's finally been knocked off her pedestal coming up the actions are just reprehensible no escape these young girls subject to sexual assault sexual exploitation from an island he'll help us victims get some accountability the women refusing to give up I'm very proud of myself for standing up and what now for the playboy royal the Department of Justice feels Prince Andrew who has simply totally stolen that's nets on 60 minutes Jeffrey Epstein's paradise getaway in the Virgin Islands may now lie abandoned and desolate but it holds the secrets of a sex ring even more extensive than first thought once you get on that island how do you get off the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands Denis George paints a terrifying picture of what confronted the young women who found themselves trapped here it's not like a person who's there and needs help that they can sneak away and run outside and flag down a police car there is now evidence that abstains here in a Florida jail back in 2007 did not stop him from sexually abusing young girls it's alleged he did so until a year before his death here on the Virgin Islands these young girls and women were subject to sexual assault sexual exploitation through coercion false imprisonment where the passports at some points were taken away and it was quite a number of women at least up to 2018 that continued and that is the jaw-dropping aspect of this isn't it so what your investigation is showing is the broad scope of Jeffrey Epstein's nefarious activities that it just kept going based on the evidence that we found thus far and then there's the FBI investigation out of New York which snared ghilane Maxwell it still has its sights on Prince Andrew Virginia Roberts Drew Frey has long maintained she was trafficked to the Prince by Epstein she says she met you in 2001 she dined with you she danced with you and she went on to have sex with you in a house in Belgravia belonging to girl in Maxwell didn't happen it's a claim the Prince famously denied in this car crash interview with the BBC last year no recollection of ever meeting her she was very specific about that night she described dancing with you and you profusely sweating and that she went on to have possibly there's a slight problem with with with with with the sweating because I have a peculiar medical condition which is that I don't sweat or I didn't sweat at the time and that was a machine yes I didn't sweat at the time Prince Andrew is likely sweating right now with her arrest there's speculation Maxwell will reveal all the dark and dirty secrets naming all the men who were party to them in the event that she were to become a cooperator I think that we can deal with that I really hope she comes forward and says ABCDE was involved this is how it ran you know just help us victims get some accountability last month the Duke of York's legal team released a statement claiming he was cooperating with the FBI investigation the Duke of York has on at least three occasions this year offered his assistance as a witness to the department of justice in turn today Prince Andrew yet again sought to falsely portray himself to the public as eager and willing to cooperate the US Department of Justice released its own statement denying Prince Andrew was telling the truth according to Virginia's lawyer David Boies this is an extraordinary step it's very significant in terms of the extent to which the Department of Justice feels Prince Andrew has simply totally stalled what is the endgame here in terms of getting Prince Andrew before the Department of Justice they want to interview him as a witness as somebody who was present at the sex trafficking somebody who was close to Jeffrey Epstein the second thing that they obviously are going to look at is Prince Andrew as a participant just for the record you've been on his private plane yes you've been to stay on his private island yes you've stayed at his home in Palm Beach yes you visited Galen Maxwell's house in Belgravia in London yes Epstein's luxury properties on the island in Paris New York New Mexico and Florida are where so many girls were abused where many of them say they were recruited by Glenn Maxwell and the other co-conspirators everybody needs to be held accountable that was involved with Jeffrey Epstein and in all the crimes they committed Courtney wild was just 14 when she became trapped in Epstein's abusive web for the past 12 years she's been fighting in the courts to make him and all co-conspirators answerable for their crimes I feel like I'm fighting against the biggest baddest people in the world but in the long years since Epstein's arrest and death his victims have just been offered some compassion now able to seek compensation without the pain of lengthy court cases do you have any idea yet of how many women will claim and and what sort of figures we're talking about as individual payouts my expectation is that it's probably somewhere in the range of 50 to 100 I I think I think you're certainly talking about a million dollars or more the recoveries are going to be quite substantial inna move that has shocked and appalled many ghilane Maxwell has also staked a claim on the Epstein estate demanding it pick up her legal bills I'm like what she's doing what I just can't even believe she has the balls to do something like that she basically conspired with him and the fact that she would come back for money after he's passed it's just offensive things would have been very different for Cortney if she had not been hurt like this would have been very different for Virginia if she had not been hurt like this these are very sweet people that have a lot of creativity and they're very smart as women Maria farmer Courtney wild and Virginia Roberts drew Frey are fighting against the unthinkable crimes done to them as teenagers with Epstein dead and Maxwell potentially facing more than 30 years in jail that fight now turns against the other co-conspirators who enabled Epstein to inflict his monstrous acts on the most vulnerable at the end of the day I'm very proud of myself for standing up to somebody like him and putting up a fight regardless of who he was is this the end of the abstain story this is just the beginning there were so many women in Epstein's orbit that participated procured and benefited from Epstein's sickness jeffrey was dirty he was sick he was a pedophile he's gone Gulin she is the wicked one and these women with her they deserve the same punishment they deserve to be taken down as well so just the beginning just the beginning yeah hello I'm Tara Brown thanks for watching to keep up with the latest from 60 minutes Australia make sure you subscribe to our Channel you can also download the 9 now app for full episodes and other exclusive 60 minutes content

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Published: Sun Jul 05 2020