What the unseen photos of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein reveal

The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell enters its home stretch.

Friday, the prosecution is finished after only two weeks - half less than expected - and will give way to the defense for a few days, before the deliberations.

If Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers have sometimes succeeded in highlighting inconsistencies or reversals in the testimonies of the four accusers, a series of unseen photos could weigh in the mind of the jury.

They lift a corner of the veil on the nature of the relationship between Maxwell, on trial for sex trafficking of minors, and Jeffrey Epstein, who committed suicide in his cell in August 2019.

An intimate relationship

Companion, friend, collaborator?

The exact nature of the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell has always been unclear.

Annie Farmer, who claims that Ghislaine Maxwell "fondled her breasts" during a massage at Jeffrey Epstein's ranch in New Mexico when she was 16, insisted, "My impression was always that they were in. couple ”.

One of the pilots and Epstein's butler confirmed that the pair spent "95% of their time together" and shared rooms, at least in the 1990s. Most of the new photos are from a computer seized in 2019 by the FBI during the search of his Manhattan residence.

We see an accomplice couple, traveling to the four corners of the world.

Romantic trip to Saint-Tropez

In this photo, a smiling Ghislaine Maxwell kisses Jeffrey Epstein on the cheek.

With the help of an internet user,

was able to verify on Google Street View that it was taken in front of the Saint-Tropez tourist office.

The presence of Navy sailors suggests that it was on the occasion of the Bravado, which takes place every May 16.

Jeffrey Epstein's private jet logbook attests to his presence and Ghislaine Maxwell at the nearby Nice airport on May 16, 2002.

A relationship that would have started before the death of Robert Maxwell

When and how did Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein meet? The version put forward by many American media has always been that it was after the death of her father Robert, in November 1991, that a grieving and ruined Ghislaine Maxwell left for Manhattan where she would quickly be linked to Jeffrey Epstein. But the prosecution revealed that she had traveled on the first flight of the New York millionaire's private jet as early as July 1991, four months earlier. Epstein's former financial mentor Steven Hoffenberg told

in 2020 they had known each other since the late 1980s. Epstein did indeed consult in the UK for arms dealer Douglas Leese.

According to Hoffenberg - who has no proof to verify his version - Epstein then met Robert Maxwell, who allegedly introduced him to his daughter around 1987-88.

Model agent Jean-Luc Brunel pictured

A series of photos shows Ghislaine Maxwell aboard Epstein's private jet, nicknamed the "Lolita Express" massaging the feet of her companion, who touches his chest with his foot.

Next to a smiling Epstein, the man with the colorful pants is the Frenchman Jean-Luc Brunel (photo at the top of the article). Indicted in France for two rapes that he disputes, and remanded in custody a year ago, the modeling agent has, at this stage, only been placed under the status of witness assisted in the aspect of trafficking. human being. This photo could help French investigators. Jean-Luc Brunel has indeed traveled more than 20 times aboard the Lolita Express, and has visited Little St James, Epstein's private island on several occasions. A photo obtained by

shows him on the island, hilariously, alongside Ghislaine Maxwell.

Brunel had indicated to American lawyers that he had known Robert Maxwell's daughter, who was born in France, for a long time, and that it was she who had introduced him to Jeffrey Epstein in the early 1990s.

Prince Andrew, absent

His name was mentioned a few times during the debates.

For some poorly understood reason, the prosecutor's office chose to limit the charge to just four young girls, over a period of 1994 to 2004. Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts), who claims to have been coerced by Jeffrey Epstein into having sex. sex when she was underage with Jean-Luc Brunel and Prince Andrew, is not one of them - her civil action against Andrew runs its course separately.

The Queen's favorite son is not in the footage released, but a photo nonetheless shows Epstein and Maxwell in a cottage at the royal residence in Balmoral, Scotland.

According to the BBC, it probably dates from 1999, when the couple were invited to Balmoral by Prince Andrew.

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