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Type: Court filing / legal order (case 1:20-cr-00330-pae)
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Summary

This document is page 11 of a court filing from April 2022 related to the criminal case against Ghislaine Maxwell. It summarizes the Government's arguments regarding Maxwell's consistent 'playbook' of grooming victims (specifically naming Jane, Annie, Carolyn, and Kate) and her conspiracy with Jeffrey Epstein to provide underage girls for abuse. The text details how their methods evolved around 2001 into a 'pyramid scheme' involving payments for massage appointments.

People (6)

Name Role Context
Ghislaine Maxwell Defendant
Accused of running a 'playbook' to groom victims; conspired with Epstein.
Jeffrey Epstein Co-conspirator
Conspired with Maxwell to sexually abuse minor victims; had an agreement with Maxwell to be provided with underage gi...
Jane Victim/Witness
Testified at trial; victim of the 'playbook'.
Annie Victim/Witness
Testified at trial; groomed by Maxwell as part of an agreement with Epstein.
Carolyn Victim/Witness
Testified regarding Count Five; groomed by Maxwell.
Kate Victim/Witness
Testified at trial; victim of the 'playbook'.

Organizations (2)

Name Type Context
The Government
The prosecution team presenting arguments and evidence.
DOJ
Department of Justice (referenced in footer stamp).

Timeline (2 events)

2001
Evolution of abuse tactics from one-on-one relationships to a 'pyramid scheme of abuse'.
Not specified
Epstein Maxwell
Trial (Prior to 2022-04-29)
Criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell where witnesses testified.
Court
Maxwell Government Witnesses

Relationships (2)

Ghislaine Maxwell Co-conspirators Jeffrey Epstein
Conspired to sexually abuse minor victims; agreement to provide underage girls.
Ghislaine Maxwell Abuser/Victim Jane, Annie, Carolyn, Kate
Maxwell manipulated and groomed them using a uniform 'playbook'.

Key Quotes (5)

"She ran the same playbook again and again and again. She manipulated her victims and she groomed them for sexual abuse."
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"The similarities between what happened to Jane and Annie and Carolyn and Kate are incredibly powerful evidence of the defendant’s guilt."
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"Maxwell groomed both Annie and Carolyn as part of a broader agreement with Epstein to provide him with underage girls for abuse."
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"pyramid scheme of abuse"
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"acquired underage girls by paying them for so-called 'massage' appointments"
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 657 Filed 04/29/22 Page 11 of 45
minors for sexual abuse. Trial Tr. at 714–19. Applying that expert testimony to the witnesses’
testimony, the Government argued that the Defendant’s conduct as to each victim followed a
uniform “playbook.” E.g., id. at 2184 (“She ran the same playbook again and again and again.
She manipulated her victims and she groomed them for sexual abuse.”), 2853 (“The patterns you
saw throughout this trial, the playbook that Maxwell ran for years, is just one of the many ways
that you know that Maxwell is guilty.”). And the Government emphasized the many similarities
in the Defendant’s conduct as recounted by all four witnesses. Id. at 2848 (“The similarities
between what happened to Jane and Annie and Carolyn and Kate are incredibly powerful
evidence of the defendant’s guilt. So I want to talk to you about the playbook that Maxwell ran
again and again and again.”), 2901 (“Four women have testified at this trial about Maxwell.
They all describe the same woman, the same playbook.”). Carolyn was the only witness who
testified regarding Count Five. The Government argued that her testimony “was corroborated by
what Annie and Kate and Jane told [the jury] about Maxwell and how she operated for years.”
Id. at 2880; see also id. at 2895–96 (“Maxwell groomed both Annie and Carolyn as part of a
broader agreement with Epstein to provide him with underage girls for abuse.”). The
Government, in short, argued that the Defendant engaged in substantially the same operations for
a decade as to all victims under both Counts Three and Five.
The Government responds that while the Defendant and Epstein continuously conspired
to sexually abuse minor victims, their conduct beginning in 2001 evolved from developing one-
on-one relationships with their victims to include a “pyramid scheme of abuse,” by which they
acquired underage girls by paying them for so-called “massage” appointments. Gov. Br. at 32
(quoting Trial Tr. at 40). To be sure, the Government in both its opening statement and its
closing arguments explained that the Defendant and Epstein’s abuse “evolved over the course of
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