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Why is Ghislaine Maxwell remaining silent?

224 replies

Letsskidaddle · 02/02/2026 14:45

Posting in AIBU for traffic, but I mean ‘AIBU to wonder why she’s not said stuff…”

Is it out of loyalty? Would saying anything incriminate her even further? Will she be freed if she stays silent, and if so how/why?

I also don’t understand how she can’t be encouraged to say something. You’d think she’d be raging inside to be the only person imprisoned and would want that rectifying.

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Livelovebehappy · 02/02/2026 19:45

Theres still doubt about Epstein taking his own life, so i imagine she doesn't want to end up the same way. As each new revelation comes out, there's more and more high profile figures implicated. I reckon there's a lot of powerful men out there who will go to great lengths to keep their arses safe.

Smoggy55 · 02/02/2026 19:45

Why is it only one woman is in jail and no men who enjoyed the benefits of these illegal assignations🤔

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 02/02/2026 19:52

From what I’ve read her father was caught up in Russian subterfuge and her boyfriend seems to have been running in very similar circles. . So I would guess a combination of being well groomed to keep quiet and trying to maintain her innocence, so it would make no sense to act like she knows anything.

ifIwerenotanandroid · 02/02/2026 19:53

canisquaeso · 02/02/2026 15:04

I just want to recommend the podcast The Mysterious Mr Epstein to everyone even remotely interested in this case.

I think she’s keeping herself alive tbh.

I found ep 1 on youtube & it's very good - but where's the rest of it? Is there anywhere I can hear eps 2-6 without a subscription?

lljkk · 02/02/2026 20:06

Coffeeishot · 02/02/2026 14:50

She did say last year that Donald trump was a complete gentleman before she was moved to a better facility so there is that. She will be waiting on release she has no money so i assume she will be cashing in favours, so basically biding her time.

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Given that GM is a rampant liar and proven predator, the fact she said that makes me think that exact opposite is true.

Why does anyone want to know what GM would like to say? See previous comment about "rampant liar and predator"

secretrocker · 02/02/2026 20:08

Smoggy55 · 02/02/2026 19:45

Why is it only one woman is in jail and no men who enjoyed the benefits of these illegal assignations🤔

Ever heard of Jeffrey Epstein?

VickyEadieofThigh · 02/02/2026 20:08

Cheese55 · 02/02/2026 14:50

She needs to be looked after financially when she's released and that won't happen if she spills the beans on all the rich people. She'll be rewarded if she keeps quiet.

That's been my theory all along. She's been promised - IF she keeps her mouth shut.

lljkk · 02/02/2026 20:08

... There's a good podcast about where did Epstein get his money from, heavily implies money laundering.

Smoggy55 · 02/02/2026 20:11

It all about Epstein???

Cocolapew · 02/02/2026 20:12

What exactly was her relationship with Epstein? Were they lovers? She always looks a bit obsessed with him in photos but he had a girlfriend for years and liked teens.

canisquaeso · 02/02/2026 20:49

ifIwerenotanandroid · 02/02/2026 19:53

I found ep 1 on youtube & it's very good - but where's the rest of it? Is there anywhere I can hear eps 2-6 without a subscription?

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Oh I wouldn’t know, sorry - I listened to it via Spotify back in the day! It’s from Wondery so I think maybe apple might have it?

It was really, really long but very engaging and comprehensive, imo. Worth the time.

LBFseBrom · 02/02/2026 20:57

Cocolapew · 02/02/2026 20:12

What exactly was her relationship with Epstein? Were they lovers? She always looks a bit obsessed with him in photos but he had a girlfriend for years and liked teens.

Yes they were, she was his girlfriend for years - a very good cover for his unwholesome activities.

EmeraldShamrock000 · 02/02/2026 20:59

Child abusers, Russian spies, blonde only parties, you couldn’t make this out, there is no end to the corrupt regime.

EmeraldShamrock000 · 02/02/2026 21:02

Cocolapew · 02/02/2026 20:12

What exactly was her relationship with Epstein? Were they lovers? She always looks a bit obsessed with him in photos but he had a girlfriend for years and liked teens.

His lap dog.
The relationship goes back further than Einstein. They were matched purposely, her father allegedly use to take photos of high ranking officials with sex workers, using them for blackmail, maybe she trained Einstein. IMO they’re spies.

catmothertes1 · 02/02/2026 21:02

soupyspoon · 02/02/2026 19:17

What has she done?

She seems to have become Trump's number 1 fan.

simpsonthecat · 02/02/2026 21:05

And Ghislaine Maxwell repeatedly visited Andrew at Buckingham Palace according to Protection officers and Andrew instructed that her name was not to be entered into records.
She also visited both Balmoral and Sandringham. Andrew brought her right into the centre of the royal family

canisquaeso · 02/02/2026 21:10

Cocolapew · 02/02/2026 20:12

What exactly was her relationship with Epstein? Were they lovers? She always looks a bit obsessed with him in photos but he had a girlfriend for years and liked teens.

It seems like she pined after him to the point of obsession, really.

However I think only her doctors would be able to say if she’s a sex offender because of her obsession with Epstein and wanting to please him, or if she’s simply a sex offender in her own right too (so to speak).

Lambington · 02/02/2026 21:12

Probably the same reason JK Rowling is. Damage limitation.

soupyspoon · 02/02/2026 21:29

JK Rowling? Whats she done now?

MunicipalDarwinism · 02/02/2026 21:29

I don't agree with Rowling on quite a few things, but she has done huge amounts of good work for women and children. Criticise her for her GC views, fair enough, but slyly smearing her like this is not.

If you are talking about that invitation, she has not stayed silent:

Why is Ghislaine Maxwell remaining silent?
explanationplease · 02/02/2026 21:30

I believe the victims and they say that she is a sex offender, as did the courts. That shop has sailed so let’s not rewrite history.

explanationplease · 02/02/2026 21:32

Also, they’ll be smearing Rowling for distraction purposes.

u3ername · 02/02/2026 21:32

This is not a one off crime but something that went for a very long time on a very large scale. So many people must have been involved - where are they and why are they not talking? Obvs not the guilty but the victims, the staff, the suppliers of the regular trivial stuff?

How can this huge secret coming out be in the hands of one single woman in jail?

I think this is just a lifestyle for too many of the rich/ elite/ famous, so much so that they do not realise where the boundaries were crossed and genuinely don’t consider themselves witnessing/ being guilty.
All those a-list actors thanking Epstein when accepting a film award, all these politicians posing with him - no one knows anything?!!

This will never fully come out while the main players are alive. They’ve got power in politics to cause mayhem and divert attention.

Dustyblue · 02/02/2026 21:33

guinnessguzzler · 02/02/2026 15:22

@Thingything I have doubts about Guiffre too. I think it is plausible that she did end her own life but I think it is at least equally plausible that she was killed.

Having read Guiffre's memoir it's clear she had long term PTSD and was plagued with flashbacks. Suicide doesn't seem unlikely.

One thing that does make me wonder though is that she died intestate. Her considerable estate is now being contested by various people including her lawyer. You'd think if she planned to take her own life she would've protected her 3 kids.

Rumpoleoftheballet · 02/02/2026 21:34

I think she was paid off by the orange man to guarantee an early release following keeping shtum.