Gretchen Rhodes was 24 and working at a spa when Ghislaine Maxwell first came in to recruit her as a private masseuse.
Even though Andrew settled out of court with Virginia Giuffre,he is still said to be a “person of interest” to the US federal agency,as are other Epstein associates.
Ghislaine Maxwell has been put on suicide watch at a Brooklyn jail,and may seek to delay her Tuesday sentencing for aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of underage girls,her lawyer said.
Maxwell’s appearance proved wrong her claims of trauma-induced hair loss,prosecutors said:“The defendant is perfectly healthy,with a full head of hair.”
“Had Ghislaine Maxwell never had the profound misfortune of meeting Jeffrey Epstein over 30 years ago,she would not be here,” lawyers wrote in a court submission.
So last-minute was the intervention that the order of service had already been printed,listing Prince Andrew’s position in the procession alongside the Earl of Wessex and directly ahead of Prince William.
Andrew inherited the colonelcy of the Grenadier Guards from his father,Prince Philip,in 2017,and it was returned to the Queen in January.
Andrew paid an undisclosed sum earlier this year to Virginia Giuffre,who accused him of sexually abusing her two decades ago when she was 17.
Local councillors voted en masse to rescind the honour bestowed on Andrew,Queen Elizabeth’s second son,in 1987.
“Our family is optimistic about Ghislaine’s success on appeal,” wrote the family of Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend.
Maxwell had argued for a new trial because the juror’s failure to disclose his past abuse denied her lawyers a chance to question him about potential bias.