Document 1:20-mj-00132-AJ

Case 1:20-mj-00132-AJ Document 2 Filed 07/02/20 Page 2 of 7 incorporated herein. See Standing Orders 20-5 (Mar. 20, 2020) and 20-21 (June 17, 2020).2 The hearing held today will be an initial appearance and removal hearing for defendant Ghislaine Maxwell. Today's hearing has been noticed as a video hearing. In the event defendant consents to proceed, the court makes the findings below. Before convening this video/telephone hearing, the court carefully considered the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to public court proceedings and the public's and press's First Amendment rights to in-person access to such proceedings. See Bucci v. United States, 662 F.3d 18, 22 (1st Cir. 2011) (citing Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39, 48 (1984)); Press-Enter. Co. v. Superior Court of California, Riverside Cty., 464 U.S. 501, 509-10 (1984). This Order details my findings. II. Partial Rather Than Total Closure The court first finds that this video hearing constitutes a partial, rather than total, closure of these proceedings. The court so finds because the goals of public access will still be achieved: this proceeding is not being held in secret and the public, including members of the press, maintains the 2 All the court's Standing Orders regarding the COVID-19 outbreak can be found here: http://www.nhd.uscourts.gov/court-response-coronavirus-disease-covid-19. 2 DOJ-OGR-00019224 --- PAGE BREAK --- Case 1:20-mj-00132-AJ Document 1 Filed 07/02/20 Page 15 of 19 New York Residence, in violation of New York Penal Law, Section 130.55. c. In or about 1996, when Minor Victim-2 was under the age of 18, MAXWELL provided Minor Victim-2 with an unsolicited massage in New Mexico, during which Minor Victim-2 was topless. d. Between in or about 1994 and in or about 1995, when Minor Victim-3 was under the age of 18, MAXWELL encouraged Minor Victim-3 to provide massages to Epstein in London, England, knowing that Epstein intended to sexually abuse Minor Victim-3 during those massages. (Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.) COUNT FOUR (Transportation of a Minor with Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity) The Grand Jury further charges: 18. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 8 of this Indictment are repeated and realleged as if fully set forth within. 19. 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, knowingly did transport an individual who had not attained the age of 18 in interstate and foreign commerce, with the intent that the individual engage in sexual activity for which a person can be charged with a criminal offense, and attempted to do so, and 14 DOJ-OGR-00019188 --- PAGE BREAK --- Case 1:20-mj-00132-AJ Document 1 Filed 07/02/20 Page 17 of 193 Q. List all the people under the age of 18 that you interacted with at any of Jeffrey's properties? A. I'm not aware of anybody that I interacted with, other than obviously [the plaintiff] who was 17 at this point. (Title 18, United States Code, Section 1623.) COUNT SIX (Perjury) The Grand Jury further charges: 22. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 8 of this Indictment are repeated and realleged as if fully set forth within. 23. On or about July 22, 2016, in the Southern District of New York, GHISLAINE MAXWELL, the defendant, having taken an oath to testify truthfully in a deposition in connection with a case then pending before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under docket number 15 Civ. 7344, knowingly made false material declarations, to wit, MAXWELL gave the following underlined false testimony: Q: Were you aware of the presence of sex toys or devices used in sexual activities in Mr. Epstein's Palm Beach house? A: No, not that I recall. . . . Q. Do you know whether Mr. Epstein possessed sex toys or devices used in sexual activities? A. No. 16 DOJ-OGR-00019220