dailymail | Speaking to The Sun,
Epstein's former employer Steven Hoffenberg said the paedophile's
ex-girlfriend Maxwell 'knows everything' and will 'totally co-operate'
after her arrest.
Hoffenberg, a
convicted fraudster who employed Epstein at Towers Financial in the
1980s, said 'there's a lot of people very worried' about what Maxwell
could reveal. 'She's going to cooperate and be very important. Andrew is
definitely, definitely concerned,' Hoffenberg said.
On
Thursday, a source close to the Duke of York's legal team told
DailyMail.com that he was 'bewildered' by prosecutors' remarks that they
wanted to speak to him.
'The Duke’s
team remains bewildered given that we have twice communicated with the
DOJ in the last month and to-date, we have had no response.'
On
Thursday, Acting US Attorney Audrey Strauss said the investigation into
Epstein's decades of abuse is ongoing and that she'd 'welcome' Prince
Andrew 'coming in to provide a statement', prompting speculation that he
may among people investigators may focus their attention on next.
'We
would welcome Prince Andrew coming in to talk to us. We would like to
have the benefit of his statement. Our doors remain open. We would
welcome him coming in and giving us an opportunity to hear his
statement,' she said.
It opens the
door to questions of jurisdiction and whether or not US Attorney Strauss
may charge for alleged incidents that happened in London and not
America. Among the claims in the indictment is that Maxwell groomed one
of the victims in London. At her press conference, Strauss said some of
the sexual abuse also happened at Maxwell's house in London.
US
attorney Lisa Bloom, who represents one of Maxwell's accusers, said
'all others accused of enabling Jeffrey Epstein's predations must
immediately be brought to justice as well'.
'Maxwell's
brutal, ruthless behaviour caused my client tremendous pain,' Ms Bloom
said in a statement, adding that she and her client applauded the
socialite's 'long overdue arrest'.
One
Epstein accuser, Michelle Licata, has previously voiced hopes that
prosecutors looking into Epstein were 'going to start digging into his
life... and start pulling out this spider web of people that were
related to it', according to the New York Post.
Former
federal prosecutor Jessica Roth told Bloomberg: 'There is no way for
prosecutors to present a case against her without going into all the
evidence they had against Epstein, because the charges here are
intertwined.
'The original indictment
against Jeffrey Epstein made it clear that he didn’t act alone and that
the government had evidence that other people were also involved.'
Celebrating
Maxwell's arrest, Prince Andrew's accuser, Roberts said last night:
'Thank you to the FBI, Southern District of New York and anyone involved
in the arrest of this insidious creature. Hope the judge throws the
book at her. So so so happy- she’s finally where she belongs.'
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