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Maxwell’s Next Home Will Be Prison That’s No ‘Camp Cupcake’

Ghislaine Maxwell, center, is led out of the courtroom in a courtroom sketch, on Dec. 29. — Ghislaine Maxwell, center, is led out of the courtroom in a courtroom sketch, on Dec. 29.
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Bob Van Voris and

Chris Dolmetsch

December 30, 2021, 7:00 AM UTCUpdated onDecember 30, 2021, 2:29 PM UTC

Ghislaine Maxwell’s high-society days are over as she faces years in a prison that’s likely to be harsher than the so-called “Camp Cupcake” prison where Martha Stewart served.

Maxwell, the socialite ex-girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, was convicted Wednesday on five counts tied to sexual abuse, including the most serious charge of sex-trafficking of a minor, which carries a maximum sentence of 40 years.