For years, Ghislaine Maxwell has tried to separate herself from Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender and disgraced financier. She’s stuck to this narrative through her criminal trial, conviction, and even in a recent interview with federal authorities.
Maxwell describes herself as a former girlfriend who later managed Epstein’s luxury homes. According to her, she had no real insight into his inner circle, his financial dealings, or the sex-trafficking network that ultimately came to light.
But newly revealed emails from Epstein’s personal Yahoo account tell a different story. These messages, never before reported, offer a clearer picture of just how close the two really were. They also raise serious doubts about Maxwell’s honesty, including during her two-day interview with the Department of Justice this past summer. She is currently serving a 20-year sentence for recruiting and grooming young women for Epstein’s abuse, following her 2021 conviction.
Bloomberg News obtained over 18,000 emails, and within them, details show that Maxwell and Epstein’s connection ran far deeper than they ever publicly admitted. Maxwell opened at least one foreign bank account using Epstein’s address. She was also listed as a director of one of his main money-making companies and was involved in trading stocks tied to joint investments.
The emails even include conversations about undergoing a fertility procedure together, which took place long after Maxwell claimed she had distanced herself from Epstein. In another disturbing exchange, the two discussed ways to discredit women who accused them. In one message, Maxwell said she intended to spread damaging information about one of Epstein’s victims.
Taken together, the emails suggest a partnership that went far beyond what Maxwell has admitted — and raise serious questions about what she knew and when.
A spreadsheet found in Jeffrey Epstein’s emails lists nearly 2,000 luxury gifts, cash payments, and purchases worth a total of $1.8 million. These entries were tagged for his friends, business contacts, and alleged victims. The document, compiled by one of Epstein’s accountants, reveals gifts like a $35,000 watch for a former Bill Clinton aide, a $71,000 Lexus purchase for one of his lawyers, and items like lingerie and chocolates. Some of these were intended for teenage girls who would later accuse Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell of sexual abuse.
The spreadsheet also suggests that Maxwell was directly involved in coordinating many of these gifts. However, it doesn’t clarify whether the recipients actually received or accepted them.
Despite Maxwell’s repeated claims that she was unaware of the details surrounding Epstein’s first criminal case in the mid-2000s, the emails tell a different story. They show that she was not only aware of the legal danger Epstein faced but also actively helped him strategize.
In one striking exchange, Epstein wrote to Maxwell on May 23, 2008:
“Question. Which one do you prefer,,, lewd and lscivious conduct ,, or procuring minors for prostituion.”
This was during a crucial moment, as Epstein’s legal team was negotiating a plea deal with Florida state and federal officials. Maxwell’s reply came quickly, without hesitation:
“I suppose Lewd and lecivious conduct.. I would prefer lewd and lescivious conduct w/a prositute if possible.”
Just a month later, Epstein pleaded guilty to two Florida state charges: felony solicitation of prostitution and procuring a minor for prostitution. He registered as a sex offender.
Maxwell’s lawyer, David Markus, declined to comment when asked about her involvement in handling gifts, her email conversations with Epstein, or the contradictions between those messages and her more recent statements to the Department of Justice.
Over two decades, Epstein’s story has been exposed through court filings, books, and headlines. He was known for his glamorous connections, from royalty and celebrities to sitting presidents. Behind the scenes, though, he built a financial empire while operating as a serial sex abuser. The Justice Department estimates that he victimized more than 1,000 girls and young women. Much of what we know comes from other people’s accounts — Epstein himself never testified in court.
His inbox, however, offers something different. The emails, spanning from 2002 to 2022 but most active between 2005 and 2008, provide a direct look into Epstein’s world. They expose the behavior, relationships, and mindset of a man whose influence still haunts politics and society years after his death in a New York City jail.
The messages are filled with typos, missing punctuation, and scattered thoughts. They don’t answer every mystery — such as how Epstein made his fortune — and they don’t contain proof that any public figures engaged in abuse. Some emails appear to have been deleted, and this Yahoo account was only one of several Epstein used. Still, what remains paints a revealing and disturbing picture.
They show how Epstein used his wealth and connections to protect himself. From Wall Street to Washington to the British royal family, the messages show the breadth of his reach. They also reveal his arrogance, his entitlement, and his cruelty toward the young women around him.
In one message, he flattered his assistant Nadia Marcinkova — who, according to her lawyer, was one of Epstein’s victims:
“YOu are the most important person to me.”
But in another email, he scolded her in a 425-word rant for not dancing, working out, doing “fun sex things,” or helping him manage his stress. He ended with:
“You should be ashamed of yourself.”
In another exchange, he responded to a contact who sent him a photo of a 21-year-old woman, asking for his opinion:
“Fat and asian sorry.”
The emails also reveal strange details from his personal life. Epstein made over 600 Amazon purchases, ranging from mundane to bizarre. Items included an FBI agent costume, teeth whitener, a leather bullwhip, size 12 Crocs, a prostate massager, girls’ school uniforms, and a box of Nilla Mini Wafers.
Interestingly, Epstein’s correspondence mentions Donald Trump only three times. Trump has said that his ties with Epstein ended before any criminal charges were filed. In a July interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Maxwell claimed she never saw Trump act inappropriately.
“President Trump was always very cordial and very kind to me,” she said, according to a transcript released last month.
Trump, when asked about the possibility of a pardon, said:
“I’m allowed to pardon her, but right now it would be inappropriate to talk about it.”
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell exchanged at least 650 emails over the years — messages that span everything from the mundane to the deeply revealing.
Some emails cover odd logistics, like how to move a 40-pound tortoise to and from Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean. Others deal with everyday matters like an insurance claim for a missing crystal chandelier, or Maxwell’s globe-trotting travels to places such as Bhutan, Panama, and Kiribati.
But beyond the day-to-day, the emails show how Maxwell worked behind the scenes to help maintain Epstein’s image and influence. She coordinated meetings and smoothed relationships with political leaders, celebrities, and tech billionaires — sometimes offering an invitation to his island or a seat on his private jet.
Maxwell has claimed that her involvement in Epstein’s life “lessened considerably” after 2003. In her interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, she described her role as “very, very diminished” by the time Epstein went to jail in June 2008.
However, the emails tell a different story.
In just the first six months of 2008 — as Epstein was preparing to face charges — the two exchanged 203 emails, averaging more than one message per day. Their communication didn’t taper off. If anything, it intensified.
Roughly a month before Epstein began his sentence in the private wing of a Palm Beach County jail, Maxwell appeared to be doing her best to comfort and protect him as his life of luxury started to crumble.
One particularly emotional email sent by Maxwell on June 24, 2008, reveals her state of mind:
From: Gmax <gmax[REDACTED]>
To: jeeproject@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 8:02 PM
Subject: —“I’m devastated
I can’t even processI know this does not help so I’ll stop now”
The message is brief, raw, and reflective of someone deeply enmeshed in Epstein’s life, even as she claimed otherwise. Despite her public statements of distance, the tone of the emails — and their sheer volume — suggest that Maxwell remained emotionally and operationally connected to Epstein during one of the most critical periods of his downfall.
Ghislaine Maxwell was born into privilege. Her father, Robert Maxwell, was a powerful British media tycoon who owned The Mirror Group. Through him, she had access to elite social circles and a life of luxury.
That all changed in 1991, when Robert Maxwell died under mysterious circumstances — falling from his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, off the coast of the Canary Islands. After his death, it was discovered that he had looted hundreds of millions of pounds from the company’s pension fund. The family’s fortune quickly unraveled.
Soon after, Ghislaine Maxwell moved to New York, where she reestablished herself among America’s wealthy and well-connected. She became a regular on the East Coast social scene. She was seen in Washington, D.C., at a party celebrating Bill Clinton’s first presidential inauguration, and later photographed at an S&M-themed Halloween party hosted by Heidi Klum, alongside Prince Andrew, son of the late Queen Elizabeth. (Both Klum and Prince Andrew declined to comment.)
In her July interview with federal investigators, Maxwell said she met Jeffrey Epstein in 1991 through a mutual female friend. At the time, Epstein was running a wealth-management firm. Following her father’s death, she claimed Epstein asked her to help find and decorate a Manhattan home. Their relationship soon turned romantic, though Maxwell described it as short-lived.
After their breakup, Epstein kept Maxwell close. He put her on his payroll, and she took on the role of property manager, overseeing his residences in New York, Paris, New Mexico, and Palm Beach. One of those properties was a $2.5 million waterfront estate in Palm Beach, located just two miles from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.
Over time, Epstein expanded his real estate empire, buying a 70-acre private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands called Little St. James, and later a seven-story mansion on Manhattan’s Upper East Side — one of the largest private homes in the city.
Throughout the 1990s, Jeffrey Epstein built his image as a financial mastermind for the ultra-rich. After leaving Bear Stearns under a cloud of suspicion involving financial misconduct, he reinvented himself as an adviser to billionaires. He earned millions in consulting fees and, by the mid-2000s, was also managing his own investments — including tens of millions of dollars in a pair of hedge funds.
Ghislaine Maxwell’s role was to keep his world running like clockwork.
She oversaw the staffing of his sprawling properties, hiring decorators, gardeners, chefs, and coordinating with builders and architects on new projects. Her job extended beyond logistics — she acted as a kind of chief of staff, making sure even the smallest details weren’t overlooked.
Emails show that Maxwell would remind Epstein about birthdays, organize holiday bonuses for his butler, and handle vacation requests from staff, which she’d pass along to Epstein. His replies were typically brief and to the point — just a “yes” or “fine.”
From the late 1990s into the early 2000s, Donald Trump was occasionally part of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s social scene.
A 2003 New York Magazine article described a dinner hosted by Maxwell at Epstein’s Upper East Side townhouse. The guest list included Trump, Clinton adviser Doug Band, and media mogul Mort Zuckerman, alongside what the article called a group of “barely clad models.”
One of the rare references to Trump in Epstein’s emails appears on September 14, 2006, just two months after Epstein was charged in Florida for soliciting prostitution. The email contains a list of 51 names — politicians, Wall Street executives, and business leaders.
Among the names were individuals previously linked to Epstein, including Jimmy Cayne (the former CEO of Bear Stearns), Jes Staley (who would later become CEO of Barclays), and Donald Trump. (Cayne died in 2021; Staley declined to comment.)
In the message, Maxwell wrote:
“Plse review list and add or remove peeps.”
Epstein’s reply was simple:
“Remove trump.”
The email thread includes a discussion about adding and removing other names from the list as well, but it’s unclear what the list was for. There was no subject line, no explanation, and no additional context. It might have been for an event, a holiday card list, or something else entirely — but its purpose remains a mystery.
Trump’s name came up again on August 23, 2007, during a period when Epstein was actively working to avoid federal prosecution by negotiating a controversial non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Florida.
In an email from Maxwell to Epstein that day, she wrote:
From: Gmax <gmax[REDACTED]>
To: jeeproject@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, Aug 23, 2007 5:31 PM
Subject: —“You have to assume they went to donald trump then, gossman, the docs in wpb, paschow etc
G
PS My e mail has changed to gmax[REDACTED] – plse make a note”
The context of this message isn’t entirely clear, but it appears Maxwell may have been speculating about a group of reporters or investigators tracking down information. Her mention of “they” possibly refers to journalists.
She seems to suggest that reporters would likely reach out to:
Donald Trump
Abe Gosman, the late healthcare tycoon whose estate Trump bought after a bidding war with Epstein
“The docs in WPB”, likely court documents from West Palm Beach
Joel Pashcow, a Palm Beach foundation board member who had flown on Epstein’s jet
(Pashcow did not respond to a request for comment.)
When asked about Trump’s name in the emails, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson dismissed it:
“This is just more stupid, fake news playing into the hands of the Democrat hoax trying to link President Trump and Epstein.”
Earlier this summer, Trump also commented on his fallout with Epstein. He claimed their relationship ended after Epstein “stole” an employee from Mar-a-Lago — a likely reference to Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers.
Giuffre has said that Maxwell recruited her while she was working at Trump’s resort, allegedly grooming her to become one of Epstein’s massage therapists.
By early 2005, Epstein’s carefully curated world began to unravel.
It started when a 14-year-old girl told her parents that a school friend had taken her to the home of a man known only as “Jeff.” During a visit that winter, she said she gave him a massage—and he touched her inappropriately. Her parents reported it to the Palm Beach Police, who opened an investigation.
As detectives dug deeper, they uncovered a disturbing pattern. Dozens of girls were being paid between $200 and $1,000 to give Epstein massages in a bedroom on the second floor of his Palm Beach mansion. Many were asked to undress and perform sexual acts.
On October 20, 2005, police executed a search warrant at Epstein’s home.
Just days after the raid, Ghislaine Maxwell sent Epstein a message—not about legal defense, but about a sperm donation for a fertility treatment they were planning together.
“You can do the sample at home,” she instructed,
“but it has to be within 90 mins of my procedure… all the ejaculate must be collected.”
Roughly eight months later, Epstein mentioned Maxwell again in an email after a medical emergency at his New Mexico ranch.
“I was very ill.. I almost feinted today,, I needed oxygen. Ghislaine came to help,” he wrote to an assistant.
By July 2006, the case had escalated. Epstein was indicted for soliciting prostitution, and just four days later, he was arrested in Palm Beach. His mugshot soon appeared in the New York Times and other news outlets. By year’s end, the investigation had grown into a federal sex crimes probe.
Despite all this, the emails suggest that Maxwell kept working to maintain Epstein’s social status—and expand it.
She name-dropped figures like Tommy Hilfiger and Martha Stewart, saying they had sent greetings. She talked about visiting the set of James Cameron’s Avatar, and was photographed on the set of Amelia, a film about aviator Amelia Earhart. (Representatives for Hilfiger, Stewart, and Cameron declined to comment.)
She also encouraged Epstein to host tech elite during the holidays.
On December 29, 2006, Maxwell urged him to be on his best behavior around Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki, the co-founder of 23andMe, who were visiting the Caribbean for New Year’s Eve.
“be v nice to her not stupid – she is interested in mapping DNA etc ..she is key :)” Maxwell wrote.
A few days later, Epstein emailed an assistant, confirming that Brin was on the island with him. (Neither Brin nor Wojcicki responded to comment requests.)
Jet Requests and Political Access
Around the same time, Maxwell received an unusual request from the office of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. His staff inquired whether he could use Epstein’s private jet for an upcoming peace mission to Sudan.
“Ghislaine – Half the price of a charter plane to Khartoum would be around $183,000. Is this possible?” his scheduler asked.
Maxwell forwarded the request to Epstein.
“have him call me today!!” Epstein replied.
That specific request hasn’t been reported before. Richardson ultimately flew on a jet owned by SlimFast billionaire S. Daniel Abraham, according to a Washington Post report from 2007.
Later, one of Epstein’s victims alleged that Maxwell instructed her to have sex with Richardson—an accusation he denied. Richardson passed away in 2023.
The Clintons and the Watch
Among the most powerful names linked to Epstein were Bill and Hillary Clinton—in part due to Maxwell’s extensive networking.
It’s been previously reported that Bill Clinton traveled on Epstein’s jet multiple times. Epstein also made donations to Clinton-related campaigns and initiatives. The emails show that Maxwell met with “Clinton” at least three times between 2006 and 2008.
She also used her nonprofit, the TerraMar Project, to collaborate with the Clinton Global Initiative, and remained close to key players in the Clinton circle, including Doug Band, the former president’s trusted aide.
A Clinton spokesperson later said the Clintons “knew nothing about Epstein’s horrific crimes” and only learned about them “when the rest of the world did.”
In early 2006, Band asked Maxwell if she could help him find a last-minute flight to Indianapolis for a basketball game. She offered the flight for free, but he declined.
When she told Epstein about the request, he suggested they pay for Band’s travel anyway.
That same holiday season, Maxwell and Epstein were discussing a luxury watch as a gift for Band.
Email Exchange: The $35,000 Watch
On December 21, 2005, Maxwell confirmed the purchase.
From: J. Epstein jeeproject@yahoo.com
To: <gmax[REDACTED]>
Subject: Re:“good..make sure he gets it for xmas”
— Gmax <gmax[REDACTED]> wrote:
Bought the watch for Doug for 35 – wiring the money today
G
Later that day, Maxwell followed up with another question:
“What do you want the note to say?” she asked.
“Is it from you, from me, from us?”
Epstein’s reply was brief:
“us”
A spokesperson for Doug Band later said that he did not accept the watch, did not charter Maxwell’s plane, and that once he learned about the allegations against her, he moved to distance Maxwell from Clinton’s inner circle.
Epstein had a long-standing habit of showering people in his orbit with expensive gifts—from close friends to legal allies to young women. And, as the emails show, Ghislaine Maxwell played a key role in organizing and distributing many of them.
In 2007, one of Epstein’s accountants emailed a spreadsheet that offered a detailed breakdown of these transactions. Covering the years 2003 to 2006, the document logged nearly $1.8 million in gifts, luxury items, and payments.
Among the entries:
A $71,000 purchase at Lexus of Watertown in Massachusetts. The gift was marked for Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard Law professor who was helping Epstein with his plea negotiations at the time.
Dershowitz later told Bloomberg that the car was for his wife, who frequently picked Epstein up when he visited their home in Martha’s Vineyard. He said the gift was part of his legal fees.
Another entry showed an $11,000 Rolex watch, listed in August 2003 as a gift for Tom Barrack, the billionaire real estate investor and longtime friend of Donald Trump. Barrack was later named U.S. ambassador to Turkey.
Three years after the watch was logged—in May 2006—Barrack’s assistant emailed one of Epstein’s staff members to reschedule a meeting due to a last-minute conflict.
“Tom would be willing to meet him at his home or office, whatever works,” the assistant wrote.
Epstein responded by offering to host the meeting at his residence.
A representative for Barrack declined to comment on the meeting itself, but pushed back on the spreadsheet’s claim.
“Tom has never received any gift ever from Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell, let alone a watch,” the spokesperson said.
Epstein’s Gifts and Payments
A spreadsheet attached in a 2007 email from one of Epstein’s accountants logged:
Luxury gifts like cars and watches
Personal payments to lawyers, business associates, and teenage victims
Coordination efforts by Maxwell, who helped arrange or deliver many of the items
Another spreadsheet entry from December 21, 2005, recorded a $35,000 watch for “DB.” That matches the value of an Audemars Piguet watch Epstein and Maxwell discussed gifting to Michael Band in emails on the same date.
Other records showed luxury purchases for wealthy clients. More than $130,000 in all-terrain vehicles were logged for Les Wexner, the billionaire behind Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works. His lawyer declined comment.
One gift included a Steinway piano valued at $47,000, though the recipient was not named. The document also tracked dozens of additional high-value purchases.
According to the spreadsheet, Maxwell herself received expensive items. In December 2005, she was listed as receiving a $60,000 diamond necklace and Sotheby’s “ear clips.”
The 2007 spreadsheet listed many women identified only by first names. Notes like “gifts for the girls” or “JE gifts girls” appeared beside several entries.
Many of the women later testified they were Epstein’s victims. Prosecutors and attorneys have said Maxwell recruited and groomed teenage girls for Epstein’s abuse throughout the 1990s and 2000s.
Trial evidence showed Maxwell enticed girls with shopping trips and scholarships, then expanded Epstein’s network by directing assistants to recruit others for so-called massages, prosecutors said in court.
Victims’ attorneys have long described Epstein’s pattern of using wealth as a weapon. They said he manipulated victims emotionally while maintaining control through lavish financial support.
One victim received more than $75,000 in listed gifts, including study abroad tuition, Thai massage lessons, a laptop, and wire transfers. She requested anonymity for safety.
Over 250 of the spreadsheet’s 2,000 entries carried Maxwell’s initials, “GM.” About half the records used only codes or “Wire,” leaving many transactions unidentified.
| Type | Date | Num | Name | Memo | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Check | 2003-09-17 | Cindy [REDACTED] | food for Cindy | $505.00 | |
| Check | 2003-09-17 | Food | Food for AM for 7,8,9/2003 | $1,057.37 | |
| Check | 2003-09-17 | Alana [REDACTED] | Gift | $38.02 | |
| Credit Card Charge | 2003-09-17 | GM | Amazon.com | JE gift for [REDACTED] | $43.90 |
| Credit Card Charge | 2003-09-17 | GM | Amazon.com | JE gift for [REDACTED] | $38.51 |
| Credit Card Charge | 2003-09-17 | GM | Big Planet Adventure Outfitters | JE gift for Catherine [REDACTED] | $110.00 |
| Check | 2003-09-17 | AA Engravers | Engraving JE gift Harney Weinstein | $30.00 | |
| Credit Card Charge | 2003-09-17 | GM | Amazon.com | Massage for Dummies | $52.14 |
| Credit Card Charge | 2003-09-17 | GM | Amazon.com | Massage for Dummies | $32.76 |
| Check | 2003-09-17 | Barnes & Noble | Massage book | $37.95 | |
| Check | 2003-09-17 | Sharper Image | Gifts | $162.78 | |
| Check | 2003-09-17 | Steps | Ballet class – Andrea | $13.00 | |
| Check | 2003-09-17 | Steps | Ballet class – Andrea | $13.00 |
Control Through Manipulation
A woman who experienced Epstein’s control firsthand described how his gifts and payments were tools of manipulation.
“Jeffrey Epstein was all about control,” she said.
“First, complete isolation. Once he controlled my location, he controlled everything—finances, beliefs, even my attire, vocabulary, exercise, and daily routine. The manipulation was endless, instilling fear from all angles.”
Payments as Leverage Over Victims and Their Families
According to the 2004 spreadsheet, Epstein paid $10,000 to the father of Johanna Sjoberg, who testified in 2016 that Maxwell recruited her under false pretenses as a college assistant, only to coerce her into sex acts with Epstein. Sjoberg also accused Prince Andrew of groping her at Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse.
A source familiar with the situation said payments to family members were a pattern intended to keep victims from leaving. Sjoberg’s father declined to comment.
Victim Testimonies and Gifts Logged in the Spreadsheet
Carolyn Andriano, another victim, testified that Maxwell personally arranged her sexual encounters with Epstein, touched her breasts, and gave her cash. The spreadsheet shows a gift from Victoria’s Secret to Andriano on January 6, 2003—when she had just turned 16.
Andriano died of a drug overdose in 2023, two years after testifying at Maxwell’s trial. Her lawyer confirmed the spreadsheet details aligned with her testimony.
Epstein’s Assistants and Their Roles
The spreadsheet also lists names of Epstein’s assistants, many of whom later identified as victims.
Nadia Marcinkova emailed Epstein about a Swedish woman who could provide a Thai massage. Epstein commented on her looks dismissively. Her attorney described Epstein as a “master manipulator” who abused and controlled Nadia for years, referring to her as his “sex slave.”
Natalya Malyshev emailed Epstein details about women to recruit, including a 19-year-old Russian model and a college student who might “be rewarded” for recruiting others. Bloomberg withheld identities to protect privacy.
FBI Investigation and Damage Control
By July 2006, Palm Beach Police handed the case to federal authorities. Epstein’s pilot told Maxwell the FBI had contacted him. Maxwell immediately asked Epstein what to say; Epstein told her to have the pilot call his lawyer.
The “Letter to Friends”
In August 2006, Epstein instructed Maxwell to distribute an 11-page letter—drafted under Alan Dershowitz’s name—denouncing the sexual abuse allegations as “highly fictionalized” and calling the police investigation “raw sewage.” Dershowitz told Bloomberg he doesn’t remember the letter.
Secret Plea Deal Negotiations
By mid-2007, Epstein’s lawyers negotiated a secret deal with federal prosecutors that avoided federal charges. Epstein kept Maxwell updated:
“did not go well ..2 years,” he wrote after prosecutors initially sought two years in prison.
On September 24, 2007, Epstein accepted a non-prosecution agreement with an 18-month sentence (he served 13 months). Maxwell wrote to him that day, emotionally admitting:
“I’m sad scared and depressed ..I can’t shake it.”
Maxwell’s Relationship and Fertility Discussions
Just before Epstein’s sentence, he and Maxwell discussed fertility procedures. By then, Maxwell was in a relationship with tech billionaire Ted Waitt (2003–2010), whom she cited to claim separation from Epstein.
Managing Epstein’s Assets Before Prison
As Epstein prepared for jail in 2008, Maxwell handled details like selling his Bentley, helicopter, and firing staff. She also worried about her shares in Bear Stearns, which collapsed in the 2008 financial crisis.
A day before Epstein’s prison term began, Maxwell mothered him via email:
“You should consider taking metamucil with you if you can…you don’t need to be any unhappier than necessary :)”
Renewed Scrutiny and Maxwell’s Legal Troubles
Epstein was released in 2009, but Maxwell disappeared from his inbox until 2014, when allegations surfaced linking her directly to Epstein’s abuse.
In April 2014, after The Daily Mail published a story on Maxwell’s involvement, she asked Epstein:
“Can you send me the file on Virginia [Giuffre] that your lawyers have or whatever info you have on her?”
Giuffre’s Lawsuit and Maxwell’s Response
In December 2014, Giuffre joined a lawsuit accusing prosecutors of hiding the plea deal from victims. She publicly named Maxwell as a key co-conspirator in Epstein’s trafficking ring.
Maxwell aggressively fought back in emails, circulating an old police report undermining Giuffre’s credibility and highlighting allegations of drug use and “possible involvement in witchcraft.”
In early 2015, Maxwell emailed Epstein:
“I guess they are fishing to see if I can have allegation against me…this would take what ever slim shred of a life I have after this mess and kill it..”
Aftermath and Legacy
In June 2020, Maxwell was federally indicted for sex trafficking.
After her conviction, she was sentenced in December 2021 to 20 years in prison.
Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April 2025, according to her family.
Giuffre’s memoir, Nobody’s Girl, is set to be published posthumously next month.
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