When asked about her salary in her final year working for Epstein in 2009, Ghislaine said she was paid "a little" by the financier when he was in a Florida prison. The explosive documents been … There were times when I would have liked to think of myself as his girlfriend.”. He was photographed with his arm around Virginia and Maxwell was also in the shot, in the picture taken at the socialite's home in the city. The records, which date back to court depositions taken in 2016, discuss a defamation suit brought by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s accusers, which was eventually settled. The explosive documents been released today after she lost a legal battle to keep them under wraps. The explosive docs, released after the socialite lost a legal battle to keep them under wraps, contain details of the Duke's infamous London trip where it is alleged he had sex with a victim of Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell was arrested on July 2 in Bradford, New Hampshire, where authorities said she was hiding on a property she bought in December in an all-cash transaction with her identity shielded. Maxwell, who is accused of soliciting underage girls who were allegedly abused by Epstein, is awaiting trial on six federal charges. Ms Maxwell, 58, has pleaded not guilty to helping Epstein recruit and groom underage girls as young as 14 to engage in illegal sexual acts in the mid-1990s, and not guilty to perjury for having denied involvement in any such scheme when she gave her deposition under oath.

Former Epstein staff member Juan Alessi claimed in a 2016 affidavit that he would sometimes find sex toys and vibrators in Maxwell's sink at the Florida home. The deposition, given in 2016, is connected to a defamation lawsuit brought by one of Epstein’s alleged victims, Virginia Guiffre. "She claimed things took place in my bathroom in London. The name of a guest is redacted but it has been widely reported that Virginia met Prince Andrew in London.

Read the full deposition transcript here: Ghislaine Maxwell Depositio… by EKilloran. Scott Peterson: DA to seek death penalty again for convicted wife killer, following court’s decision to throw it out, ‘Boogaloo Boi’ fired into Minneapolis Third Precinct Building, helped set it on fire and looted, Mom secretly calls 911 before her husband kills her, his stepdaughter, and himself, Partial skull found in woods in ’86 is teen who vanished from group home a decade earlier, cops say, Mackenzie Lueck: University of Utah student’s admitted killer will spend the rest of his life in prison. "Were you ever in a room with (name redacted) where there was a puppet?". Ghislaine continued: "My job entailed running the homes" adding that she was in charge of hiring architects, builders and "coordinating" the building projects.

She was then asked “Were you present on the island when (name redacted) visited". Asked directly about the sex trafficking claims, she said: "Virginia lied 100 per cent. Ghislaine said she didn't "recollect" having a "basket of sex toys" at Epstein's house in Florida. In the next paragraphs, which have not been censored, the socialite continues to deny any knowledge of the alleged night in the UK capital. She was asked: “Were you in a relationship with him where you would consider yourself his girlfriend?”, In a follow-up question she is asked: “Did you ever consider yourself his girlfriend?”, Maxwell said: “That’s a tricky question. The socialite said "there were times" when she considered herself Epstein’s "girlfriend". Are you sure you want to delete this comment? The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. ", Maxwell replies: “You have to define what are you talking about.". You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment. “Do you know who [redacted] is?” the lawyers asks. Follow The Independent’s live reporting and analysis on the Ghislaine Maxwell deposition. Asked about her exact duties from 1992 until 2009, she said: "First, I was consulting and what I did was I helped with decorating houses and hiring staff to help run those houses.".