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.