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The Guardian - US
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Victoria Bekiempis

Epstein documents shed new light on ‘manipulator’ Ghislaine Maxwell

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Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein in this image released by the justice department. Photograph: US Justice Department/Reuters

Documents included in the disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein investigative files have further lifted the veil on how his ex-girlfriend and co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, kept victims in check.

Maxwell, who was convicted of luring teen girls into Epstein’s abusive world, deployed a powerful mix of jocular familiarity and cutting iciness in dealings with his victims and others in her orbit, according to accusers’ accounts that were included in this document tranche.

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