A 418-page 2016 deposition in which Ghislaine Maxwell is interrogated about her sex life was made public by a New York court after multiple attempts to supress the document, revealing shocking revelations.
The document exposes Maxwellâs relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and comes just moments before a court-imposed deadline. Maxwell refused to answer questions about her sex life with Jeffrey Epstein but admitted the two had an intimate relationship.
Maxwell also dodged questions about orgies, underage girls and Prince Andrew according to the deposition document. Maxwellâs attorneys fought constantly to supress the document, which stems from a defamation lawsuit brought against Maxwell from alleged Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre in 2015, The Guardian reported.
About a dozen Maxwell files have been unsealed, with the first filing involving Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffreâs lawyer alleging the British socialite avoided a question âabout allegedly âadultâ sexual activity related to Jeffrey Epsteinâ.
Maxwell additionally tried to distance herself and play down links between Epstein and former U.S. president Bill Clinton, who had used the financierâs private plane.
There was also questions asked to Maxwell about speculation that Epstein may have performed shady financial work for the U.S. and possibly the Israeli governments.
âDo you know if Jeffrey Epstein had any relationship with the US government either working for the CIA or the FBI in his lifetime?â Maxwell was asked, prompting an objecting from her lawyer.
âI have no knowledge of that,â she ultimately answered.
âDo you know if Jeffrey Epstein has any friends that are in the CIA or FBI?â she was pressed, eventually saying: âI have no idea.â
âAre you aware of an investigation of Jeffrey Epstein in the early 80s relating to the SEC?â the lawyer asked her, apparently referring to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, a financial oversight agency.
âI have no knowledge of that,â she said.
âAre you aware that Jeffrey Epstein has told people that he worked for the government to recover stolen funds?â Giuffreâs lawyer asked, prompting yet another objecting from Maxwellâs attorney.
âI donât recall conversations about that.â
âHas he ever told you that he worked for the US government?â Maxwell was then asked, to which she replied, âI donât recollect that.
âI have no knowledge, I donât recollect him telling me he worked for the government,â she said.
In the 2015 deposition, Maxwell denied inviting minors to Epsteinâs homes, except, she said, the children of friends in a social setting but admitted that she âbroughtâ Giuffre as a 17-year-old to Epsteinâs home.
âVirginia Roberts [as her name was then] held herself out as a masseuse and invited herself to come and give a massage,â Maxwell said.
Under further questioning, Maxwell had added: âShe was a masseuse and in the form and as my job, I was to have people who he wanted for various things including massage. She came as a masseuse.â
Maxwell claimed Giuffreâs mother drove her to the house and that the mother and Maxwell spoke outside when the teen was in the home.
âI did not take her upstairs,â Maxwell had said.
The deposition also reveals that Maxwell told investigators and lawyers for Giuffre that their client was lying at point stating that she is an “awful fantasist” who created a “tissue of lies.”
“If you want to talk about what the subject matter, which is defamation and lying, Virginia Roberts, that you and Virginia Roberts are participating in perpetrating her lies, Iâm happy to address those.
‘I never saw any inappropriate underage activities with Jeffrey ever.”
Maxwell then lashed out after being asked if calling a sexual abuse victim a liar is harmful.
“I would like to say all the terrible things Virginia Roberts said about me is extremely harmful and you should turn that around. All the lies she has said and you have backed her on have been extremely damaging to me.”
New York prosecutors claim Maxwell perjured herself in her deposition, when she was asked if Epstein had “a scheme to recruit underage girls for sexual massages?”
Maxwell responded: “‘I donât know what you are talking about.”
Maxwellâs lawyers have previously said releasing the deposition would create prejudice for her right to a fair trial.
In their ruling, the judges said that “we cannot conclude that the district court abused its discretion in ordering the unsealing of the deposition materials.”
The ruling further said: ‘The District Court correctly held that the deposition materials are judicial documents to which the presumption of public access attaches and did not abuse its discretion in rejecting Maxwellâs meritless arguments that her interests superseded the presumption of access. ‘The District Courtâs order articulated and applied the correct legal framework in its individualized review of the materials to be unsealed.”
Maxwell is currently in jail awaiting trial next year on charges that she lured girls as young as 14 years old Epstein for him to abuse between 1994 and 1997. Maxwell has denied all allegations and insisted she is innocent of the claims.