Ghislaine Maxwell says Jeffrey Epstein was murdered in US jail
- An autopsy concluded that the disgraced financier had died by suicide, but the sudden death has fuelled widespread controversy and conspiracy theories
- Maxwell, who was convicted and jailed for helping Epstein sexually abuse girls, also says in a new interview that she regrets ever meeting him
Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has claimed the disgraced late US financier Jeffrey Epstein was murdered in prison, in an interview with a British broadcaster that aired on Monday.
The Oxford-educated daughter of the late British press baron Robert Maxwell is imprisoned in a Florida jail after her conviction and 20-year sentence for helping Epstein sexually abuse girls.
Epstein, who was facing charges of trafficking underage girls for sex, escaped trial by killing himself in a New York jail in August 2019.
The autopsy concluded suicide by hanging, although the 66-year-old’s sudden death fuelled widespread controversy and conspiracy theories.
“I believe that he was murdered,” former socialite Maxwell said in the series of jailhouse interviews aired on Britain’s TalkTV. “I was shocked. Then I wondered how it had happened.”