A new documentary series from Channel 4 is set to tell the real-story of how the former socialite, Ghislaine Maxwell, was found guilty of sex-trafficking. Ghislaine Maxwell: The Making Of A Monster airs on Tuesday, July 5 and offers viewers an insight into the cruel nature in which she treated her victims.
Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison earlier this year, is the daughter of media tycoon and former MP Robert Maxwell. Following the mysterious death of her father in 1991, Maxwell moved to the US to pursue a career in real estate and it was here that she met American financier and convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
In the early 1990s, the pair would go on to have a romantic relationship and when this ended, they stayed close and Maxwell became his personal assistant. According to a 2003 Vanity Fair profile, author Vicky Ward said that Epstein referred to Maxwell as his "best friend". In 2019 , Epstein was arrested on federal charges for the sex trafficking of minors, but took his own life in jail before he could reach trial.
