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In a letter to a Florida state prosecutor related to Epstein’s 2008 guilty plea, Epstein’s attorneys describe his relationship with Maxwell as one of two “long-term intimate relationships” Epstein had in adulthood. They met through mutual friends in 1991, his attorneys said, and parted “amicably” in 2000 because “the demands of his work … precluded a good married life with children.” The same letter contains what purports to be a quote from Maxwell, in which she describes Epstein as a “thoughtful, kind, generous, loving man.”¶
Maxwell has asserted in court filings that she entered Epstein’s employ in 1999, where she remained, despite the end of their romantic relationship, until at least 2006.¶
Maxwell’s only sworn testimony on the nature of her work for Epstein can be found in excerpts — unsealed by a federal court last year — of two 2016 depositions related to a defamation lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s alleged victims, who has accused Maxwell of recruiting her into Epstein’s alleged child trafficking scheme, an accusation Maxwell denied.¶
According to Maxwell’s testimony, she was responsible for the staffing and management of Epstein’s various properties.¶
“There were six homes,” Maxwell said. “I hired assistants, I hired architects, I hired decorators, I hired cooks, I hired cleaners, I hired gardeners, I hired pool people, I hired pilots, I hired all sorts of people.”¶
“A very small part of my job,” she added, “was from time to time to find adult professional massage therapists for Jeffrey.”¶
She denied, under oath, that she had ever hired underage girls to work for Epstein, assertions that are now the subject of perjury charges.¶
“As far as I’m concerned, everyone who came to his house was an adult, professional person,” Maxwell said. “I am not aware of teenagers who worked in his home.”¶
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’I’m no Cruella de Vil’: Ghislaine Maxwell insists she is not an ‘evil villain’¶
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Maxwell says she is not the ‘cartoon caricature of a villain’ she is portrayed as
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The 58-year-old is scheduled to appear before a judge in New York on Tuesday
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She will be charged with procuring girls as young as 14 for Jeffrey Epstein
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Defiant Ghislaine Maxwell has rounded on her accusers, insisting that her portrayal as a ‘cartoon caricature of a villain’ is utterly false.¶
Friends say that the 58-year-old socialite, who is scheduled to appear before a judge in New York on Tuesday to be formally charged with procuring girls as young as 14 for Jeffrey Epstein – the serial paedophile and her former boyfriend – ‘is no Cruella de Vil’.¶
Referring to the glamorous but evil character from the Disney film One Hundred And One Dalmatians, one friend told The Mail on Sunday: ‘This cartoon caricature of a villain she is being painted as is utterly untrue and false.¶
‘This is a real human being with real feelings.’¶
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Ghislaine Maxwell, 58, has rounded on her accusers, insisting that her portrayal as a ‘cartoon caricature of a villain’ is utterly false¶
Breaking a year-long silence since Epstein’s death, sources close to Maxwell have gone on the offensive to put her side of the story.¶
After a year during which she was neither seen nor heard, her allies now reveal how she intends to salvage her liberty and reputation against claims that she supplied depraved Epstein with young girls.¶
Maxwell’s allies have told The Mail on Sunday that she:¶
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Is not the person who introduced billionaire Epstein to Prince Andrew;
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Fears dying of Covid-19 while in prison;
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Insists she and Epstein had not met in person for 15 years;
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Weeps over friends who have lost jobs because of their association with her;
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Has not had a haircut in a year and is being moved ‘from cell-to-cell’ for her own safety.
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Maxwell is scheduled to appear before a judge in New York on Tuesday to be formally charged with procuring girls as young as 14 for Jeffrey Epstein – the serial paedophile and her former boyfriend¶
The daughter of the late newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell will make global headlines on Tuesday when she appears in court via remote link from her New York jail cell.¶
She will be formally charged with sex offences between 1994 and 1997 and will plead not guilty to them all. Her lawyers will argue for her release from the high-security Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on £4 million bail, arguing that her life is in danger from coronavirus and ‘multiple and credible’ death threats.¶
Maxwell, who is a long-time friend of Prince Andrew and who saw him most recently in 2019, was arrested at her £800,000 New Hampshire hideaway on July 2.¶
Prosecutor Audrey Strauss condemned her as ‘playing a critical role in finding and grooming victims’, while scores of Epstein’s victims claim that she acted as his ‘madam’, often driving from his £20 million mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, to nearby trailer parks to ‘procure’ vulnerable young girls for the paedophile.¶
But last night a source close to Maxwell hit back, saying: ‘Ghislaine is no Cruella de Vil. She is being portrayed as this evil character and a cartoon-like villain but she is nothing like that. She is a real person and is determined to prove her innocence despite the fact that she has been characterised as some sort of monster.’¶
Maxwell insists that her romance with Epstein ended in 2001 and that she did not see him in person after 2005 when she was photographed with him at a party.¶
At the time, she was dating billionaire Gateway computer founder Ted Waitt.¶
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A source close to Maxwell hit back, saying: ‘Ghislaine is no Cruella de Vil’. Pictured: The character played by Glenn Close in the 1996 film 101 Dalmatians¶
‘The reality is that Ghislaine’s relationship with Epstein ended in 2001,’ says the friend. ‘Starting in late 2002, early 2003, she was dating Ted and she loved him deeply. Epstein kept trying to woo her back but she wasn’t interested.’¶
However, the friend adds, Maxwell continued to work for the twisted tycoon. ‘She hired Epstein’s pool guys, the IT guys.¶
‘She managed his household. They weren’t that close. It was a professional relationship.’¶
When Epstein negotiated an infamous plea deal, pleading guilty to two child sex prostitution charges in 2008 and serving just 13 months in prison – most on day release –¶
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