Ghislaine Maxwell Wiki – Biography
Ghislaine Maxwell is a British socialite and alleged procurer who is known for her association with Jeffrey Epstein. The youngest child of disgraced publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell, she moved to the United States after her father’s death in 1991 and became a close associate of the financier and subsequently convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell has faced persistent allegations of procuring and sexually trafficking underage girls for Epstein and others, charges she has denied.
Maxwell was a prominent member of the London social scene in the 1980s. She founded a women’s club named after the original Kit-Cat Club and was a director of Oxford United Football Club, during her father’s ownership. She also worked at The European, a publication Robert Maxwell had started. According to Tom Bower, writing for The Sunday Times, in 1986 Ghislaine’s father invited her to visit his new yacht in a shipyard in Holland to celebrate its christening in her honour as the Lady Ghislaine. Maxwell was reported to have spent a large amount of time in the late 1980s aboard her father’s yacht, which was equipped with a jacuzzi, a sauna, a gym and private disco. The Scotsman said Robert Maxwell had also “tailor-made a New York company for her.” The company, which focused on corporate gifts, was not profitable.
Maxwell had kept a low profile, and her location was unknown since Epstein’s arrest last July on charges that he abused and trafficked in women and girls in Manhattan and Florida between 2002 and 2005. The search for Maxwell has been the subject of intense speculation, with reported sightings and rumors of her whereabouts popping up across the US and even abroad.
She was arrested in the small town of Bradford, New Hampshire at 8.30am.
Epstein, who pleaded not guilty, killed himself in his Manhattan jail cell in August last year.
The 17-page, six-count indictment filed by the FBI charges Maxwell with a host of crimes, including conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, enticement of a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, conspiracy to transport minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and perjury.
The indictment described Maxwell’s relationship to Epstein as “personal and professional” – and that she was “in an intimate relationship” with him from about 1994 to 1997.
Epstein paid Maxwell “to manage their various properties”, the document says.
The court paperwork provides chilling detail into how Maxwell allegedly lured minors into Epstein’s orbit.
According to charging documents, Maxwell “befriended” some of these victims, “including by asking the victims about their lives, their schools, and their families”. She and Epstein spent time forging relationships with these girls, by taking them shopping and to the movies. The alleged grooming happened, according to the documents, at Epstein’s manse on the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, his estate in Palm Beach, Florida, his ranch in Sante Fe, New Mexico, as well as Maxwell’s residence in London.
After developing a rapport, the documents allege, “Maxwell would try to normalize sexual abuse for a minor victim by, among other things, discussing sexual topics, undressing in front of the victim, being present when a minor victim was undressed, and/or being present for sex acts involving the minor victim and Epstein”.
Ghislaine Maxwell Age
Ghislaine Maxwell is 58 years old. She was born on December 25, 1961, in Maisons-Laffitte, France.
Charges and Arrested
Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime companion of Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein whose accusers say was instrumental in helping find and groom underage girls for his alleged sex crimes has been arrested by the FBI, according to News 4 New York.
Maxwell’s whereabouts have been unknown for some time, but according to News 4 the FBI told them that the British heiress and socialite was arrested in New Hampshire on charges related to Epstein, and will make an appearance in federal court Thursday.
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Epstein killed himself in a jail cell last July after being arrested on federal charges, accused of exploiting dozens of underage girls in the early 2000s. Many well-known and powerful men orbited Epstein’s circles, including Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump.
Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s alleged victims, has said in a civil lawsuit that Maxwell recruited her into Epstein’s circle, where she claims Epstein forced her to have $ex with him and friends including British royal Prince Andrew – who has strongly denied the allegations.
Maxwell has said Giuffre’s allegations are untrue. Giuffre in response filed a defamation suit against Maxwell in 2015.
Net Worth
Maxwell is worth $10million (£7,997,000) but no amount has been confirmed.
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