Epstein Scandal Widens With Arrest of Maxwell for Conspiracy (2)

She flew on his private jet, luxuriated on his private island and regaled the rich and powerful at his sumptuous homes in New York and Palm Beach.

And, prosecutors say, onetime British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell lured girls into the clutches of Jeffrey Epstein.

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in New York on March 15, 2005.

Photographer: Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

A year after the Epstein scandal jolted moneyed Manhattan, Epstein’s longtime friend was arrested Thursday by federal agents and charged with conspiracy and enticing minors to engage in sex, among other allegations in a six-count indictment. It comes a year after Epstein, whose death in a federal jail last August was ruled a suicide, was ...