Ghislaine Maxwell
Ghislaine Maxwell | |
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Maxwell in a 2022 mug shot taken at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn | |
| Born | 25 December 1961 Maisons-Laffitte, Île-de-France, France |
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| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated at Federal Prison Camp, Bryan, Texas, US |
| Spouse |
Scott Gerald Borgerson
(m. 2016; div. 2021) |
| Convictions |
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| Criminal penalty | 20 years in United States federal prison |
| Accomplice | Jeffrey Epstein |
| Imprisoned at | Federal Prison Camp, Bryan, Texas, US |
| Organisation | TerraMar Project |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | 8 siblings, including Christine, Isabel, Ian and Kevin |
Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell (/ɡiːˈlɛn/ gee-LEN; born 25 December 1961) is a British former socialite and convicted child sex offender. In 2022, she was convicted of child sex trafficking and 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 built up a vast social network consisting of prominent elites. Documents released by the US Department of Justice reveal that she had maintained friendships with Naomi Campbell, Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Kerry Kennedy.
In July 2020, Maxwell was arrested by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and charged by the US federal government 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. She was convicted on five out of six counts, including one of sex trafficking of a minor, in December 2021.