Ghislaine Maxwell, the shadow of Jeffrey Epstein and his sexual abuse

The british Ghislaine Maxwell, 60, found guilty of sex trafficking of minors this Wednesday, has spent a lifetime rubbing shoulders with political, business and art personalities, but will spend the rest of his days behind bars, with a pending sentence that could add up to 80 years.

Maxwell is the youngest daughter of the late mogul Robert Maxwell, the controversial owner of the London daily “Daily Mirror” and the New York tabloid “Daily News”, but he developed his working career in the shadow of the tycoon Epstein, of whom he was a right hand man and sentimental partner for years.

Over time, Maxwell dealt with political personalities such as the former United States Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, with members of the British royal family such as the Prince Andrew, businessmen like him Microsoft founder Bill Gates and a myriad of other actors and celebrities, many of whom have suffered or are experiencing a relationship with Epstein.

The members of the jury considered it proven that Between 1994 and 2004, the years in which he lived and worked for his ex-lover, Maxwell acted as “madame” by procuring, grooming and introducing women and girls to satisfy Epstein’s sexual appetites, although his official job was to manage the millionaire’s houses and mansions.

Ghislaine Maxwell took refuge in a luxurious $ 1 million home, tucked away in the woods of New Hampshire

These properties are a house in Palm Beach, Florida, a five-story mansion in New York, a ranch in New Mexico, another apartment in Paris and an island in the Virgin Islands (US). Properties that, according to the prosecution during the trial, Maxwell administered with a heavy hand, demanding that the workers “not see, hear or say” anything that happened in their rooms and hallways.

All four victims who came to testify at the trial described her as “very sophisticated and very elegant,” and one of them initially said she was “very excited” to establish a friendly relationship with Maxwell.

“She seemed to be everything I wanted to be,” said a former British model who spoke on the stage under the pseudonym Kate to remain anonymous, revealing how Maxwell was able to gain the trust of women with her image and flair. young victims.

The “socialite” managed to convince the victims to have sex with Epstein, and even them touched their private parts in preparations for abuses, as a way to “normalize” the whole situation, the witnesses said.

Discreet in the shade

Maxwell enjoyed his position and his connections openly until 2008, when Epstein was sentenced to 13 months in prison after pleading guilty to child abuse by a Florida court.

Since then, he has tried to keep a low profile, although without disappearing from the public light, since In 2012 he founded the organization TerraMar Project, for the protection of the oceans, in whose name he even participated in various events at the United Nations.

However, when Jeffrey Epstein was arrested again in 2019, everything changed for the British “socialite” who also possesses French and American nationalities.

He shut down the organization he had founded and lost his trail until the FBI arrested her, on August 13, 2020, in a mansion in the state of New Hampshire, a year after Epstein committed suicide in a cell in New York, while awaiting the start of his trial.

The death of the billionaire, whose trial had sparked great interest in the potential to uncover criminal behavior from some of Epstein’s friends and contacts, has drawn all eyes to his closest aide for years, Maxwell.

Charges against Maxwell

The british He has only gotten rid of one of the six charges he faced: two for inciting and transferring a person between states to participate in sexual activities, another two for inciting and transferring a person under 17 years of age between states with the intention of having sexual relations and another two for sex trafficking of minors of 18 years.

During the trial, which began on November 29 and concluded today with the verdict of the members of the court, the The prosecution described Maxwell as a “dangerous woman who tricked girls into Epstein abusing them.”

Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Esptein’s ex-girlfriend, and Kevin Spacey posed on the English throne

It was useless for her defense to try to draw her client as the “scapegoat” of the Epstein case, according to which the Prosecutor’s Office is cruel to her because of the impossibility of sitting the tycoon in the chair of the accused.

Neither have their attempts to prove that the four victims who took the floor narrated events that were actually suggested by the investigators and did so with the sole objective of obtaining millionaire sums as a reward. (I)