She always told me thatandrewis kind of naive and stupid and would have thought any girls in the house were servants

Ghislaine Maxwell’s friend Laura Goodman yesterday

won’t be Andrew. Ghislaine’s always told me that Andrew’s kind of stupid and naive and if there were girls in the house while he was there, he would have thought they were servants.” Maxwell, daughter of late media mogul Robert Maxwell, has previously denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of sexual misconduct by her former boyfriend Epstein. At a brief hearing on Thursday, after her arrest in New Hampshire, a magistrate judge ordered her to remain in custody while she is transferred to New York for a detention hearing. Four of the six charges cover Maxwell’s dealings with Epstein from 1994 to 1997, when she was in an “intimate relationship” with him, according to the indictment. These include conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts and enticement of a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts. She is further charged with conspiracy to transport minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.

Epstein killed himself in August last year before facing trial on sex-trafficking and conspiracy charges. Audrey Strauss, acting US attorney for the southern district of New York, told a press conference that authorities would welcome a statement from the duke. However, a source close to the duke said he was “bewildered” by claims made by US authorities that he has not offered to co-operate with the Epstein case. One of Epstein’s victims, Virginia Giuffre, who claims she was trafficked by the financier, alleges the duke had sex with her on three separate occasions, including when she was 17, still a minor under US law.

The duke categorically denies he had any form of sexual contact or relationship with Ms Giuffre.

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