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Rock band Oasis, who Hatton adored and would later befriend, were building on Manchester's reputation as a capital of the music world.

The women said that Maxwell befriended them, arranged meetings with Epstein and at times took part in the abuse.

She has attended the Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley, Idaho—where talks with Ellison heated up—befriended playwright David Mamet, filmmaker Sam Levinson and comedian Bill Maher, and appeared on Glenn Beck’s podcast.

One method, Friend A recalls, was simple: Agnes would befriend someone who offered to buy her a drink, then quietly ask the bartender to skip the drink and hand her the cash instead.

But attending club meetups has made befriending strangers easy, they said.