Ghislaine Maxwell: From high-flying socialite to convicted sex trafficker

Maxwe was convicted on five of six counts by a jury just after Christmas and her 60th birthday
Ghislaine Maxwell: From high-flying socialite to convicted sex trafficker

Ghislaine Maxwell sunbathing on a yacht (US Dept of Justice/PA)

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

The daughter of disgraced media tycoon Robert Maxwell, the 60-year-old attempted to start a new life in Manhattan after his death in 1991 and met Epstein the following year.

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