Just a heads up, this episode contains some strong language.

It was one of those days where you remember exactly where you were.

On July 2, 2020, I was in Charleston, South Carolina, on vacation.

I've been off for drinks the night before, and I was feeling pretty dead.

I was walking my dog, Penchetta, when I got this text message that nearly made me drop the leash.

It's happening, the message said.

This was from my colleague, Emily Saul, who used to be a court reporter for the New York Post.

She'd got a tip off from a source at the Southern District of New York that she should rush to the courthouse.

They were putting together an impromptu press conference at noon, and it was going to be big.

She didn't know what was happening for sure, but I had a feeling.

And then, it happened.

FBI agents arrested Gelaine Maxwell nearly one year to the day after Epstein was arrested.

Today, we announced charges against Gelaine Maxwell for helping Jeffrey Epstein,

sexually exploit and abuse multiple minor girls from the period of 1994 through 1997.

Gelaine Maxwell, of course, denies these accusations.

This development felt so extraordinary because up until that morning, Gelaine Maxwell was MIA.

You see, I just finished making another podcast.

Season 2 of Broken, where I followed many of the victims of Jeffrey Epstein while they took justice into their own hands.

I've been reporting for nine months, and I was feeling deflated.

Because nearly a year after Epstein killed himself in that jail cell, Gelaine was still on the run.

Where is Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend?

She's vanished.

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