Ghislaine Maxwell was once a wealthy socialite, and the daughter of a British publishing mogul. She now spends her entire life locked up in tiny cells after she is convicted on sex trafficking allegations.
Maxwell was 60 years old on Christmas Day. He was found guilty of five out of six charges. This is a devastating blow for Maxwell who had been a London society girl and later made it into New York’s most elite circles.
What happened to the daughter of Robert Maxwell, a disgraced newspaper tycoon, who was accustomed private jets, yachts, and beach houses?
She was in a long-lasting romantic and business partnership with Jeffrey Epstein. Jeffrey Epstein was a late pedophile. His apparent suicide in prison in 2019 made him a target for his partner in crime.
Despite the horrifying allegations against Maxwell, Maxwell maintained that she was innocent of any claims that Epstein had made against her. She also claimed that Maxwell had sexually assaulted them. Maxwell was only 14.
Ghislaine Maxwell was once a wealthy member of New York and London’s social scene. She is now facing life imprisonment after she was convicted on Thursday of sex trafficking. Pictured holding Robert Maxwell’s photo, she is pictured with his daughter.
Maxwell maintains her innocence in all cases against her for procuring young girls for Epstein as well as engaging in sexual assault on them. The teen she allegedly was her youngest victim is just 14.
One photo shows Maxwell kissing the pedophile’s cheek with her arms wrapped around him. Many witnesses have said that Epstein was their boyfriend or girlfriend, and Ghislaine was their girlfriend.
Maxwell grew up in a 51-room English country mansion called Headington Hill Hall, There were lavish parties where business leaders, politicians and journalists attended.
She spent the first half of her life with her father, a rags-to-riches billionaire who looted his companies’ pension funds before dying a mysterious death when he fell off his superyacht – named The Lady Ghislaine.
Ghislaine was Robert Maxwell’s youngest children, and she was born on Christmas Day 1961.
Michael, Michael’s brother, was brain-damaged in a car accident at 15 years old. He lived another seven year.
Elisabeth Maxwell was her mother. She wrote in her memoir, that Robert and she were so concerned about their son’s injuries that Robert neglected their daughter. Ghislaine, who was 3 years old, stood up in front her mother to say, ‘Mummy! I exist!’
Elisabeth Maxwell stated that “I was devastated” in her book, “A Mind of My Own: My Lives with Robert Maxwell”. From that point on we made great efforts with her and fussed so much over her that she eventually became spoilt, which is what I can say about only one child of mine.
Robert Maxwell purchased the German rights to scientific journals. This was the start of an empire publishing that also included the Daily Mirror and Macmillan.
His nine children were his first. He was twice elected to the British parliament.
Robert Maxwell, (back row) is pictured with Betty Maxwell, their youngest daughter Ghislaine, and seven of their eight children, at Headington Hill Hall in Oxford. Ian was eleven years old when this photograph was taken. Isabel was 17 and was going to grammar school. Kevin was eight and was also attending preparatory. Anne (2), the second oldest child, was studying at St Hugh’s College in Oxford while Philip (1) had just entered his second year of undergraduate at Balliol College. Michael, Michael the oldest, died in his final days after an accident.
Ghislaine Maxwell (pictured front) and her six siblings in June 2019. Ian Maxwell, Ian Maxwell’s older brother (top right), shared the photograph in March 2021. Ghislaine, with Scott Borgerson her husband, was arrested one month later. L-R: Anne, Kevin and twins Isabel, Christine and Philip. Ian is the father.
Maxwell’s four siblings, Isabel, Ian, and Christine, arrived at court Monday to support their sister.
Ghislaine was a history student at Oxford University in the 1980s. She began to make connections with Prince Andrew who later invited her and Epstein, along with Epstein, to Windsor Castle, Sandringham and Sandringham.
She graduated from college and went to work with her father. She was 29 when her father bought The Daily News and made Rupert Murdoch, a New York Post owner, his U.S. ambassador.
Her father, who was on his yacht at the time of her death, fell from it and later died in Canary Islands.
Later, it was revealed that he diverted millions from the pension funds of his companies to support his empire.
Ghislaine, shortly after the death of her father, was photographed sitting beside Epstein at a Plaza Hotel memorial.
Ghislaine was a history student at Oxford University in the 1980s. She began to make connections with Prince Andrew who later invited her and Epstein, along with Epstein, to Windsor Castle, Sandringham and Sandringham.
Ghislaine, Robert Maxwell’s youngest child was born Christmas Day 1961. She is pictured here with her father in 1984
Ghislaine Maxwell, seen combing through the mountain of ‘Draw Coupons entries at Maxwell House 1984 before becoming involved with Jeffrey Epstein
John Sweney (a U.K. journalist who created the podcast Hunting Ghislaine’) told the Associated Press that he believed the Monster her Father died left the creature she had found a second one.
Sweeney stated that Robert Maxwell had stolen hundreds of millions from those who depended on his kind words; Jeffrey Epstein was a darker figure and a more dangerous human being.
Ian Maxwell stated that his sister’s friendship with Epstein began after her family told her she should stay in America because of the Maxwell’s name. He said that she was forced to forge new friendships and make her own decisions in New York, amid family’s financial and reputational woes.
Epstein was one of them. He is a former teacher, who made his fortune through connections like that of Victoria’s Secret’s parent company.
‘My father was a powerful man — you know, an alpha male, really. Ian Maxwell stated that when one has that experience, everyone, including the siblings, must deal with it. Ghislaine wasn’t the only exception. However, it is clear that you could then state, “Well, he dies and she goes on to the next richest man.” This is a lie.
Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sworn to testify in a civil case earlier, acknowledged that she and Epstein had been in a relationship, but later claimed she became Epstein’s employee. She was responsible for hiring employees for six of his homes.
“I employed assistants, chefs, designers, cleaners and pool-people pilots. Maxwell admitted that she had employed all kinds of people in April 2016, during a deposition. Jeffrey needed adult massage therapists. This was only a small portion of the job I had. To my knowledge, all who came to Jeffrey’s house were adult professionals.
Ian Maxwell claimed that Epstein became close to his sister after her family encouraged her to stay in the U.S., as the Maxwell name is ‘inthe dirt’ back home.
Ghislaine spent the first half of her life with her father, a rags-to-riches billionaire who looted his companies’ pension funds before dying a mysterious death when he fell off his superyacht – named The Lady Ghislaine (pictured)
But in 2005, Epstein was arrested in Palm Beach, Florida, and accused of hiring multiple underage girls — many students at a local high school — to perform sex acts. The charge of procuring under-18s for prostitution was pleaded guilty by Epstein, who spent 13 months in prison.
After many years of civil litigation Epstein, Maxwell and other women were accused of sexual abuse. New York Prosecutors revived this case and in 2019 Epstein was accused of sex trafficking. However, Epstein committed suicide before he could be tried.
Based on allegations from four women, Maxwell was indicted for sexual abuse. One of the women was 14 at that time. According to prosecutors, Maxwell was sometimes involved in sexual encounters. He also paid at most one accuser.
Virginia Giuffre has filed a civil suit against Prince Andrew of Britain but is not part of the criminal case. She described Maxwell, as a “Mary Poppins” figure that made teenage girls feel at ease as they were lured into Epstein’s web.
Giuffre says she was 17 when Andrew took her to London to have sex. Her lawsuit claims that Andrew also had encounters at Epstein’s Manhattan home and U.S Virgin Islands homes. Andrew refutes the allegation.
Prosecutors say Maxwell went into hiding after Epstein’s suicide, moving into a gated New Hampshire home she bought for $1 million with her husband Scott Borgerson— and wrapping her cellphone in foil to ward off hacking
Borgerson bought this $2.4million home in Manchester-by-the-Sea in June 2016. They were not able to make peace with their neighbors after Maxwell arrived.
Prosecutors say Maxwell went into hiding after Epstein’s suicide, moving into a gated New Hampshire home she bought for $1 million with her husband Scott Borgerson— and wrapping her cellphone in foil to ward off hacking.
Maxwell was just protecting herself from the press, her lawyers said in court papers — a notion U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan rejected.
Nathan denied Maxwell bail numerous times because he considered the possibility of Maxwell running away too risky. Maxwell is now in a cell with no toilet or concrete bed at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center. Ian Maxwell claimed that Maxwell was keeping his sister away from a fair trial by putting her in prison.
Ghislaine Maxille has been quiet about Epstein’s allegations for nearly 20 years. However, in 2016, she stated that she was informed about Epstein’s allegations ‘like everyone else’ and ‘like the rest of the people’ when they were announced in the papers.
She stated that Epstein was never given massages by any under-age person and that Epstein had never demanded sex from anybody.
‘Never,’ she declared.