Ghislaine Maxwell
British socialite and sex trafficker, daughter of Robert Maxwell, accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein
Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell ( ghee-LEN; born 25 December 1961) is a British convicted child sex trafficker and former socialite. In 2021, she was convicted of child sex trafficking, and in 2022 was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Born in France and raised in Oxford, England, she attended Balliol College, Oxford, in the 1980s and became a prominent member of London's social scene. She is a naturalised American citizen and retains both French and British citizenship. She worked for her father, the media proprietor Robert Maxwell, until his death in 1991; she then moved to New York City, where she continued living as a socialite and developed a close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Alongside Epstein, Maxwell maintained an extensive social network of prominent elites. Maxwell maintained friendships with Naomi Campbell, Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Kerry Kennedy.
In July 2020, Maxwell was arrested by the FBI in the United States following a federal indictment charging her with multiple offences, including conspiracy to entice minors and sex trafficking of minors to Jeffrey Epstein. She was denied bail. Her trial ran from 29 November until 29 December 2021 when she was convicted on five out of six counts, including one of sex trafficking of a minor.
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