The women who prey on the vulnerable on behalf of powerful and influential men

A victim of abuse by both her amoral father and then later Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell transformed her pain into cruelty, preying on young women while shielding Epstein from justice

- Marianne Thamm

Ghislaine Maxwell's father, Robert, was a deeply disfigured human being. This was a man so amoral he would allegedly wipe his arse on hand towels and leave these on the floor for "staff" to deal with.

Maxwell - politician, media tycoon and thief - was a twisted sadist, as many of his biographers have revealed: a braggart, a damaged man who “rose to riches” from nothing.

He trumpeted his love for his last-born, ninth child by naming his luxury superyacht, Lady Ghislaine, after her. The publishing magnate mysteriously drowned near Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands in 1991. It was discovered afterwards that the rotten-to-the-core businessman had stolen the pensions of the workers of the Mirror Group. Maxwell, a staunch supporter of Israel and an alleged spy, was buried in the Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery in Jerusalem.

Daddy's girl

It is little wonder that Ghislaine fell into the arms of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, who filled the vacuum after her father’s death. It was she who greased the way for Epstein to meet members of the British and other royal families, alongside other high-flyers she had connected with at daddy’s knee. Donald Trump has been in the mix from the start.