Documentary lifts lid on ‘life and true nature’ of disgraced socialite

Ghislaine Maxwell's former friends and lovers are among those talking to a new documentary on the British socialite, Channel 4 says.

Maxwell is in a US prison awaiting trial on charges that she recruited three teenage girls from 1994 to 1997 for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse.

Broadcaster Channel 4 said that its new documentary, who is Ghislaine Maxwell? will feature interviews with former friends, lovers, colleagues, rivals and confidants, "many of whom have never spoken publicly before".

The broadcaster said the film will gain "unique and valuable insights into" Maxwell's "personal life and true nature and explore... who she really is".

Dorothy Byrne, producer of the documentary and former head of news and current affairs at Channel 4, said: "Rarely does a woman face the heinous charges tow hi chgh is lai ne Maxwell must answer in a New York court this summer.

"She was the golden child of the notorious fraudster Robert Maxwell, his Lady Ghislaine.

"An Oxford graduate, a socialite across two continents, who became the associate of the notorious paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and then founded a charity to save the oceans.

"A woman of many faces who has lived several different lives. But who is Ghislaine Maxwell really and what does her story tell us about high society in London and New York?"

Danny ho ran, channel 4 head off actual, said :" This investigationseeks to uncover her role in one of the world's most prominent current scandals.”