Court yesterday revealed that Ghislaine Maxwell was Jeffrey Epstein’s second-in command.
Jurors in the 59-year-old British socialite’s trial were shown never-before-seen photographs of paedophile Epstein’s £60 million fleet of jets, which he allegedly used to shuttle teenage girls between his lavish homes.
Prosecutors say the planes flew from his private Caribbean Island, New Mexico Ranch, New York City Townhouse, and an 8,600 sq. ft Parisian Apartment near the Arc de Triomphe.
Sarah Kellen was one of many personal assistants who arranged the trip. She also showed several photos to the jury.
Jurors in the 59-year-old Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial were shown never-before-seen photographs of paedophile Epstein’s (pictured with his Gulfstream G2B) £60 million fleet of jets
Epstein is alleged to have used jets for transporting teenage girls between homes. An array of personal assistants coordinated the trip, including Sarah Kellen (pictured here with Maxwell).
Jeffrey Epstein, Sarah Kellen
One photo showed Miss Kellen as a child standing before a Cessna 421, twin-engine Cessna. Epstein was behind her, hugging and kissing the head. Recent photos showed her smiling in the Caribbean.
Larry Visoski was Epstein’s chief Pilot. He told New York Court: “[Epstein]There were many items needed for each property that was being purchased, so there was an entire team of personal shoppers.
Miss Kellen, 42 years old, was named by him as the most important person to whom he had spoken about booking flights. According to the court, they spoke so frequently that the pilot kept her number dialed.
Maxwell once described Miss Kellen’s “lieutenant”, in Epstein’s circle, as Maxwell. Kellen was also accused of helping to get young girls.
Her role as Epstein’s chief fixer has been identified. In legal filings she is accused of having ‘brought girls to Epstein’s mansion to abuse’.
According to some reports, Miss Kellen had a “Rolodex” of women that she called for massages at Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion.
Evidence: Epstein’s Boeing 727, below, dubbed the ‘Lolita Express’
Interior of the ‘Lolita Express’
Private property: Epstein’s £50million Little St James island in the Caribbean
Epstein’s first purchase was this Hawker Siddeley.
Chopper: This financier flew shorter distances in a helicopter.
After Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to procuring child for sexual purposes, he reached an agreement with US authorities that would protect his unindicted co-conspirators.
Miss Kellen was one of the four recipients of future immunity. She started her own company after she left Epstein’s job, but it was from one his New York properties.
Later, she reinvented her self as Sarah Kensington and began working as an interior designer. She has renovated corporate apartments all over New York City, Paris, and the Caribbean.
In 2015, her interior design website described how she was ‘fortunate’ to have been able “to travel to many places around the globe, which has in turn broadened my designing abilities.”
Miss Kellen was married to American race car driver Brian Vickers last year. She said, “I’m not a monster.”
When approached outside her £3.4 million New York home, she claimed she was a victim, saying: ‘I’ve been made out to be such a monster – but it’s not true. Jeffrey Epstein has made me a slave. My weekly rape and abuse included a series of sex.
8,000 acres: The main house on Epstein’s £21million Zorro ranch in New Mexico
To the entrance of Mr. Epstein’s main property at Zorro Ranch in New Mexico
Seven storeys: Jeffrey Epstein’s townhouse on New York’s Upper East Side
Views of the Arc de Triomphe: The paedophile’s apartment in Paris
These photographs were taken by Miss Kellen as part of evidence that revealed the private life of Maxwell, Epstein’s confidante.
Epstein owned a Hawker Siddeley 125 and a Gulfstream G2B helicopter. He also had a Boeing 727 he called the ‘Lolita Express,’ claiming he flew underage girls all over the globe.
This plane is over 130 feet long and features an office, nicknamed “the red” due to its furniture. The master bedroom has a queen-sized mattress, while the lounge area includes a big round couch, large kitchen, and a full-decked out kitchen.
The jury were also shown pictures of Epstein’s £164 million property empire, including Little St James, his private island in the US Virgin Islands, worth around £50 million. Epstein also owned the neighbouring island, Great St James, which is valued at £14 million, while he had a £12 million mansion in Florida.
Other properties included an 8,000-acre, £21 million ranch in New Mexico, a £10 million Paris apartment, and a £57 million seven-storey townhouse on New York’s Upper East Side.