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Ghislaine Maxwell arrested by the FBI
- deadmetheny 6y agoI wonder what method they'll use to suicide her, considering they used up the inept guard ignoring a hanging method already.
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- dragonwriter 6y agoThat's a perennial favorite (whether genuine or as a cover for something more sinister), so it's hard to call it “used up”.
- edna314 6y agoI somehow have the feeling that she will talk before this happens.
- tyingq 6y agoSomewhat surprised she chose to be in the US. She has the means to be somewhere less likely to extradite.
- gee_totes 6y agoMaybe she was following CDC guidelines and staying home?
- nicolas_ 6y agoNot quite, she was rumored to be in Paris two weeks ago https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11913207/jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-hiding-paris-flat/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11913207/jeffrey-epstein-ghisl...
- RoutinePlayer 6y agoDid that joke go over your head?
- bladegash 6y agoGuessing she was already aware she was under investigation and knew if she tried to leave the country she would likely be stopped at the border/port of entry.
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- jaywalk 6y agoShe hasn't exactly been in hiding. I'd imagine she felt somewhat untouchable.
- HumblyTossed 6y agoWhich means she has a lot of dirt on people. Which means this will not end well for her.
- tsomctl 6y agoFor anyone wondering why this is significant, from Wikipedia: Maxwell has faced persistent allegations of procuring and sexually trafficking underage girls for Epstein and others, charges she has denied. Edit: or you could read the fine article.
- isanengineer 6y agoThis is a pretty good summary of the scope of the allegations: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/12/she-was-so-dangerous-where-in-the-world-is-the-notorious-ghislaine-maxwell https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/12/she-was-so-d... A useful concept to keep in mind as this develops: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_hangout https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_hangout
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- matwood 6y agoThe Netflix documentary on Epstein definitely painted her and others in a bad light. Not that she didn't already look guilty. As someone else mentioned, I'm surprised she was in the US.
- iandanforth 6y agoTo be clear, "bad light" here means testimony from multiple victims that she frequently participated in the seduction and rape of underage girls.
- tyingq 6y agoI'd add recruitment, under false pretenses, to that list.
- blondin 6y agoiirc, she settled at some point with an accuser too... anyways, i am impressed by how much conspiracy the whole story has garnered so far. even hn does not seem immune to this one. this is just weird!
- catalogia 6y agoIt's beyond dispute that intelligence agencies are real, therefore it seems beyond dispute that sometimes somethings really are 'conspiracies.' (I really hate that term. It used to have meaning, before the assassinations of JFK and Oswald.)
- andybak 6y agoIt's not unreasonable to believe in conspiracy theories based around 3-letter agencies. The kind of conspiracy theories that one shouldn't give time of day to are the ones that involve an unprecedented level of cooperation between multiple groups of people not known to have the discipline to keep things secret. If your conspiracy theory involves "most scientists" or "a large number of non-aligned nation states" then it's probably crazy talk. If however it just involves security agencies and small groups of powerful people then it's might be worth considering.
- hart_russell 6y agoHow long until she commits “suicide”?
- mikece 6y agoShe will be diagnosed with COVID-19, go on a ventilator, and die of complications therefrom. Just a statistic of the pandemic...
- cryptica 6y agoA freak accident would work better. They gotta mix it up.
- monkeynotes 6y agoUnfortunately this is not unreasonable or "conspiracy theory". She was involved with many high profile people, some of which chances are were customers. Obviously these people have incredible influence and her being silenced would a good outcome.
- skinkestek 6y agoI think I remember HN laugh at this suggestion a year ago or so when Epstein was taken into custody. Around a month later the other prisoner is moved out, two guards fell asleep and he manages to hang himself according to the official documents.
- dharma1 6y agoPrince Andrew must be sweating now. Or maybe not?
- scottoreily 6y agoHe’s about to have a heart attack
- drno123 6y agoOff topic, but her father was an interesting character to say the least.
- Amezarak 6y agoHoly cow, you're not joking. The man the article refers to as a "disgraced media tycoon" was, according to Wikipedia, a Mossad agent, British MP, and died mysteriously after falling off his yacht after tens of millions of dollars went missing!
- christoph 6y agoHe was near enough given a state funeral by Israel. "Maxwell was accorded a lavish funeral in Israel, attended by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli President Chaim Herzog, "no less than six serving and former heads of Israeli intelligence" and many dignitaries and politicians (both government and opposition), and was buried on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maxwell#Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maxwell#Death
- drcongo 6y agoHer brothers aren't much better.
- Udik 6y agoYou have to admire the delicacy of that "disgraced media tycoon" label.
- GnarfGnarf 6y agoIt's pronounced "JI-S-LAINE". News announcers can't seem to get it right.
- catalogia 6y agoIs this 'S' in this pronounced like the letter "S", e.g. "ess"? It's not clear to me from this explanation how her name is pronounced.
- davidivadavid 6y agoThe S in Ghislaine (in French) is silent (ghee-laine), even though people these days use a pronunciation that is closer to the spelling (jiss-laine).
- jobigoud 6y agoI'm in France and I only ever heard it pronounced "jisslaine". Although we had a friend called that and we used to nickname her "jilou".
- davidivadavid 6y agoIt's common for people not to know the "proper" pronunciation of the name. For a well-known example, you might have heard of the infamous case of Ghislaine Marchal. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_Omar_Raddad#Ghislaine_Marchal https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_Omar_Raddad#Ghislaine_...
- AndrewOMartin 6y agoTo clarify, it's pronounced GI-slaine as in GIF.
- andybak 6y agoI see what you did there.
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- kiliantics 6y agoThere is speculation this is being "allowed" to happen because US Attorney Berman of SDNY was fired https://twitter.com/TrueAnonPod/status/1278694263505600513 https://twitter.com/TrueAnonPod/status/1278694263505600513
- dls2016 6y agoNot sure why this is being downvoted, it completes my Epstein bingo card: 1. Epstein commited horrendous crimes with Maxwell. 2. Maxwell protected by Berman. 3. FREE SPACE 4. Berman fired by Barr. 5. Barr's dad hired Epstein at Dalton.
- eternalban 6y agoI recently found out that Barr Sr wrote a ‘SiFi’ book with the theme of sex slavery among space aliens. The book apparently starts with sexual assault on a minor. That this same man ran a private school simply does not compute for this middle class person unless Kubrick’s last work was not fiction: https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/william-barr-s-father-wrote-a-science-fiction-book-about-sexual-slavery-3zz4638V-E6QCzS9jft0qQ https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/william-b...
- hnanon1 6y agoBiggest news of 2020 so far, if true. Everyone should remember how her picture in NY magazine was faked last year with an encrypted message hidden inside!
- EForEndeavour 6y agoCould you link to more details about that "fake" picture with an "encrypted message hidden inside"?
- ksaj 6y agoI'm interested in this sort of thing, so I looked around for it. This is all I could find: https://usahitman.com/gmaxwell-stegophoto/ https://usahitman.com/gmaxwell-stegophoto/ and this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3lq0uGRrLo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3lq0uGRrLo The fact that none of the usual group of experts haven't been all over this despite all the "evidence" being right there in the open, and neither of the links I found are authoritative in their authorship and presentation, I'll leave any judgement of veracity up to you.
- hnanon1 6y agoI don't have access to my old backups, but here is something to archive while you can: https://twitter.com/_Luke_Slytalker/status/1169050767103102976 https://twitter.com/_Luke_Slytalker/status/11690507671031029...
- rjkennedy98 6y agoIf anyone believes in the narrative of Jeffery Epstein being a rich pedophile who committed suicide in prison, I'd suggest listening to Eric Weinstein's amazing podcast that includes his own experience meeting Epstein when he worked in New York. He makes a pretty strong case that Jeffrey Epstein (and Ghislaine Maxwell) were very likely agents of some government (likely Israel) used to gain information and blackmail rich people and those in power. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJNjH4SP6vw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJNjH4SP6vw edit: blackball -> blackmail
- twirlip 6y agoBlackball? Do you mean blackmail?
- rjkennedy98 6y agoYes - updated
- jaboutboul 6y agobring out the tinfoil hats
- artursapek 6y agoHave you been asleep for the last 20 years? Go read Snowden's book. Her father was a Mossad agent ffs.
- HumblyTossed 6y agoI don't think it's tinfoil hat anymore. Governments are so corrupt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Ygl2DiUdQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Ygl2DiUdQ
- hnanon1 6y agoExactly, there is vast amounts of evidence if one searches for it.
- gadders 6y agoHer Dad was a crook as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maxwell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maxwell