Ghislaine Maxwell Trial: Photos emerge of socialite With Jeffrey Epstein

A trove of photographs of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein give a glimpse of their jet-setting lives together.

Federal prosecutors presented pictures of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell as evidence at her sex-trafficking trial, giving a window into their lives together.

A trove of photographs of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein give a glimpse of their jet-setting lives together.

Federal prosecutors have presented the photos as evidence during Ms. Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial in New York to show how close she and Epstein were. Some photos show the pair kissing and hugging. Others show Ms. Maxwell giving Epstein a foot rub on a private jet.

The two were a couple in the 1990s, and after their romantic relationship ended, Ms. Maxwell continued to run Epstein’s properties around the world. Prosecutors have described the two as “partners in crime.”

A Federal Bureau of Investigation analyst testified at Ms. Maxwell’s trial that this was a photo of her and Epstein on a private plane. The photo was released by the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan.

Prosecutors have accused Ms. Maxwell, 59 years old, of recruiting and grooming underage teens who were sexually abused by Epstein between 1994 and 2004. She faces six criminal counts at trial, including enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts.

Ms. Maxwell has pleaded not guilty and has said she hasn’t committed a crime. Her lawyers said at the start of her trial last week that she is a scapegoat who wasn’t indicted until nearly a year after Epstein died in a federal jail while awaiting his own sex-trafficking trial. The New York City medical examiner’s office ruled the death a suicide.

Maxwell and Epstein in a photo released by the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan.

The photos were from compact discs found during searches of one of Epstein’s homes in 2019, according to federal investigators. Prosecutors entered many of the photos as exhibits Tuesday during the testimony of a Federal Bureau of Investigation analyst who helped catalog the photos.

The analyst testified during cross-examination that she didn’t know when the photos were taken and whether they had been altered before they were placed on a CD.

The pair became involved in the early 1990s. Picture: Handout/US District Court for the Southern District of New York/AFP

Prosecutors have described her as his ‘right hand’. Picture: Handout/US District Court for the Southern District of New York/AFP

Maxwell ‘was in love with’ Epstein. Picture: Handout/US District Court for the Southern District of New York/AFP

The pair swiftly embarked on a mutually beneficial relationship. Picture: Handout/US District Court for the Southern District of New York/AFP

‘They are, contrary to what people think, rarely apart, I almost always see them together.’Picture: Handout/US District Court for the Southern District of New York/AFP

Maxwell and Epstein. The Queen pictured at the same spot. Picture: Southern District Court of New York

The Wall Street Journal