Ghislaine: The Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein story

What did Ghislaine Maxwell know, who was she protecting, and what was she prepared to say? In the final episode of Ghislaine, journalist Tom Pattinson looks at the endgame of the Epstein scandal: the court cases, the sealed documents, the plea deals, the denials, the victims still seeking answers and the powerful people still caught in the shadow of Jeffrey Epstein’s world. After Epstein’s death,...

After Jeffrey Epstein’s death, the attention turned to the woman many believed held the answers. In episode six of Ghislaine, journalist Tom Pattinson looks at the moment Ghislaine Maxwell went from society fixer and Epstein’s former partner to the central surviving figure in the Epstein scandal. The episode follows Maxwell’s professional and romantic past, her reinvention after the collapse of th...

ow did Prince Andrew become tangled in the world of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell? In episode five of Ghislaine, journalist Tom Pattinson follows the relationship between Epstein, Maxwell and Prince Andrew, from private homes and high-society introductions to one of the most damaging royal scandals of modern times. The episode looks at how Ghislaine Maxwell’s social access helped connect E...

Who helped Jeffrey Epstein become Jeffrey Epstein? In episode four of Ghislaine, journalist Tom Pattinson investigates the strange and little-understood relationship between Epstein and Douglas Leese, the British businessman and arms dealer who became one of his earliest and most important mentors. The episode features the only ever interview with Julian Leese, Douglas Leese’s son, who gives a rar...

How far back did Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell really go? In episode three of Ghislaine, journalist Tom Pattinson investigates one of the strangest and most contested parts of the Epstein and Maxwell story: the Israel connection. The episode looks at evidence that Epstein knew both Ghislaine and Robert Maxwell in the 1980s, years before the public version of their relations...

Ghislaine Part 2 - Epstein Before the private islands, the court cases, the prison sentence and the global scandal, Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were moving through New York, London and Palm Beach as a wealthy, glamorous and unsettlingly well-connected couple. In episode two of Ghislaine, journalist Tom Pattinson looks at Maxwell’s relationship with Epstein: how they met, what they saw in...

Before Jeffrey Epstein, before Prince Andrew, before the trials, headlines and conspiracy theories, there was Robert Maxwell. In episode one of Ghislaine, journalist Tom Pattinson looks at the extraordinary early life of Ghislaine Maxwell and the father who shaped her world: Robert Maxwell, the Czech-born war hero, Labour MP, media tycoon, alleged intelligence asset and towering family patriarch w...