Ghislaine Maxwell

About Ghislaine Maxwell

Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell is a British former socialite.

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. Maxwell worked for her father, Robert Maxwell, until his death in 1991; she then moved to New York City, where she continued living as a socialite and had a relationship with Epstein. Maxwell founded the non-profit TerraMar Project for the protection of oceans in 2012. In July 2019, after prosecutors brought sex trafficking allegations against Epstein, the organisation ceased operations. Maxwell was arrested by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and charged by the US federal government in July 2020 with the crimes of enticement of minors and sex trafficking of underage girls, related to her association with Epstein as his recruiter. She was denied bail as a flight risk, with the judge expressing concerns regarding her "completely opaque" finances, her skill at living in hiding, and the fact that France does not extradite its citizens. She was convicted on five out of six counts, including one of sex trafficking of a minor, in December 2021. The following year, she was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment in the United States.

Maxwell attended Chelsea Clinton's wedding to Marc Mezvinsky in Rhinebeck, New York, on July 31, 2010. She was known to be associated with many world leaders and celebrities, including Andrew Mountbatten Windsor (fka Prince Andrew, Duke of York), former US president Bill Clinton, businessman Bill Gates, model Naomi Campbell, actor Kevin Spacey, the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger, actor Bruce Willis, and actress Cameron Diaz.

Maxwell was portrayed by Anna Khachiyan in the 2020 horror/thriller "The Scary of Sixty-First", which was directed by Dasha Nekrasova.

Maxwell is of Czech-Jewish, French, and Ukrainian descent. She holds citizenship with France, the United Kingdom, and the United States.