It was early in the morning of July 2, 2020 when, after months of keeping a low profile after the death of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in prison, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in an FBI raid on isolated property in Bradford, New Hampshire.
The story made headlines around the world. Accused of helping procure four underage girls – one as young as 14 – to be sexually assaulted by the disgraced financier, her former boyfriend and boyfriend, she is now in jail in Brooklyn, New York, awaiting what will be a High-profile trial that could see her jailed for up to 80 years, if found guilty.
The daughter of the late newspaper mogul Robert Maxwell – who was found dead in the Atlantic Ocean in 1991, near the yacht he named after her, the Lady Ghislaine – Maxwell, 59, has pleaded not guilty to the charges and denies all of the allegations against her.
Maxwell was a former girlfriend and friend of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, who died in prison in 2019. Photo: Albanpix / Shutterstock
Acting U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, gave details of the charges against Maxwell at a press conference following his arrest. Photo: AP
For a top-flight thief with ties to some of the richest, most famous and most powerful people in the world, whatever the outcome of her trial, she has already suffered a huge disgrace; it is the woman who would have helped a monster. Now a new three-part documentary, Shadow of Epstein, aims to tell the story of who she is.
The series features former friends and associates and those who knew her father, as well as women who made allegations about Maxwell and Epstein and waived their right to anonymity to appear on camera. An accuser, Maria Farmer, claims Maxwell was instrumental in Epstein’s crimes. “Without Ghislaine, I don’t think any of us would have been …
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This notice was published: 2021-06-25 16:42:00