The transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell from a jail in Florida to a federal minimum-security prison in Texas sparked a strong reaction from Virginia Giuffre’s family and other victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual crimes.
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In a statement given to Axios, the complainants expressed their “horror and outrage” at what they consider to be “preferential treatment” towards Maxwell, while the victims continue to wait for justice.
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The transfer of the sexual offender and Epstein’s accomplice comes days after the US Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche, met with Maxwell and her lawyer, David Oscar Markus, as part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to gather information on the case that has complicated the US President.
Blanche was also Donald Trump’s lawyer in the trial regarding the payment to silence a porn actress.
Reaction of the family and victims of Epstein
Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide in April 2025 at the age of 41, had claimed that Maxwell recruited her as a teenager while she was working at the Mar-a-Lago resort, owned by Donald Trump, and then handed her over to Epstein.
In a joint statement signed by Annie and Maria Farmer, also accusers, and relatives of Giuffre, such as her brother Sky Roberts and sister-in-law Amanda Roberts, they said that “President Trump has sent a clear message today: pedophiles deserve preferential treatment and victims don’t matter. This decision smells of cover-up. Victims deserve better.”.
The group accused the judicial system of publicly failing them “right before our eyes. The American people should be outraged by the special treatment being given to a pedophile and a sex offender with criminal charges."
Recent statements by Trump are generating more rejection.
The tension escalated this week when President Trump commented that Epstein “stole” Giuffre from her job at Mar-a-Lago. “She is not an object, she is a person,” responded Sky Roberts, Virginia’s brother, in an interview with NBC News. Later, in a conversation with CNN, he stated that “a predator came and took her to do absolutely horrible things, just like many other women”.
Last Wednesday, the family issued a statement asking the president to not pardon Maxwell, as some have suggested. “Ghislaine Maxwell is a monster who deserves to rot in prison for the rest of her life,” they expressed.
When asked about it, Trump did not completely rule out a possible presidential pardon. “I am allowed to grant a pardon, but no one has approached me about that,” he said in response to a group of journalists.
How is the new jail of Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice?
Maxwell, sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking of minors, was recently transferred from Florida to Camp Bryan, a minimum-security facility where public figures such as Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, and Jen Shah, reality show star, are also located.
Although the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) did not explain the reasons for the transfer, according to its assignment policy, a person with a history of sexual offenses, as is the case with Maxwell, should not be eligible for a minimum-security prison, according to NBC News.