‘You Are Not Special’: Ghislaine Maxwell’s Complaints From Jail

Maxwell goes on trial over Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking
She claims she’s been treated like Hannibal Lecter in lockup

In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell stands facing her attorney Bobbi Sternheim while a U.S. marshal removes her shackles in the courtroom prior to a hearing in New York on Nov. 1. — In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell stands facing her attorney Bobbi Sternheim while a U.S. marshal removes her shackles in the courtroom prior to a hearing in New York on Nov. 1.
Photographer: Elizabeth Williams/AP Photo

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By Peter Jeffrey and Patricia Hurtado

November 27, 2021 at 6:00 PM UTC

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Ghislaine Maxwell hates being in jail.

The 59-year-old British socialite -- accused of grooming underage girls for sex with Jeffrey Epstein -- has been held at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center for almost 17 months, after being arrested last year at her 156-acre estate in New Hampshire.