Ghislaine Maxwell faces new charges, including sex trafficking of a minor

New indictment also adds sex trafficking conspiracy charge as US prosecutors expand criminal case

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite accused of aiding in her former partner Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of minor girls, faces two more charges, a new Manhattan federal court indictment filed on Monday reveals.

This indictment also identified a new accuser in the case, referred to as minor victim-4" in court papers, and expanded the timeframe of Maxwell's alleged participation in Epstein's abuse by seven years - from 1994 to 2004, rather than from 1994 to 1997. Maxwell now faces a total of eight counts.