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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shanti Das

Maxwell’s PR adviser accused Epstein victim of ‘crying rape’ in past allegations

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2005
Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty in 2021 of trafficking women and girls for Jeffrey Epstein to abuse. Photograph: Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

A British PR guru hired to manage the reputation of Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell accused one of Epstein’s victims of “crying rape” and suggested past allegations of abuse would discredit her, unsealed court documents show.

Ross Gow, then a managing partner at Mayfair-based Acuity Reputation, emailed Maxwell with links to media articles about a case from the Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre’s childhood in which she claimed to have been raped by two older teenagers.

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