Ghislaine Maxwell: Socialite’s life of luxury with rich and royal friends

This image of Ghislaine Maxwell was shown to the court (US Department of Justice)

Ghislaine Maxwell was once a “sophisticated” and “very impressive” British socialite until her affiliation with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein led to her detention for alleged sex trafficking.

The daughter of disgraced media tycoon Robert Maxwell, the 59-year-old attempted to start a new life in Manhattan after his death in 1991 and met Epstein the following year.