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This document, a page from a legal filing, details the early life and personal circumstances of Ghislaine Maxwell. It describes her birth in France in 1961 and highlights significant family tragedies, including a sibling's death from leukemia and her eldest brother Michael's debilitating car accident. The text portrays a difficult childhood marked by parental distance, with her father's political career and her mother's extended absence contributing to a formative period of neglect.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell | Subject of the document |
The document details her personal circumstances, birth, and early childhood experiences.
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| Robert Maxwell | Father |
Mentioned as Ghislaine's father, head of a publishing company, and a Member of Parliament whose career led to him bec...
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| Elisabeth Maxwell | Mother |
Mentioned as Ghislaine's mother, who went on a long tour of India and Australia on doctor's orders after her son Mich...
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| Michael Maxwell | Eldest sibling |
Ghislaine's eldest sibling who was seriously injured in a car accident two days after her birth and remained in a com...
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Parliament | Government agency |
Robert Maxwell became a Member of Parliament, which changed his relationship with his children.
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| Harper Collins | Company |
Cited as the publisher of Elisabeth Maxwell's 1994 autobiography, 'A Mind of My Own'.
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Timeline (4 events)
1961-12-25
Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell was born.
Maisons Laffitte, France
1961-12-27
Ghislaine's eldest sibling, Michael, was seriously and permanently injured in a car accident.
Robert Maxwell became a Member of Parliament, after which his relationship with his children changed and he stopped living at home regularly.
circa 1962-12
On doctor's orders, Elisabeth Maxwell went on a long tour, leaving her children in the care of a nanny.
India and Australia
Locations (3)
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The birthplace of Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell.
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Elisabeth Maxwell went on a long tour of India a year after her son Michael's accident.
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Elisabeth Maxwell went on a long tour of Australia a year after her son Michael's accident.
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Relationships (4)
The document states Robert Maxwell was Ghislaine's father. It describes their relationship as becoming distant after he became a Member of Parliament, with him seeing the children only on Sundays.
The document identifies Elisabeth as Ghislaine's mother. It notes that Elisabeth left on a long tour when Ghislaine was an infant, and that Ghislaine, at age three, told her mother, "Mummy, I exist."
Michael is identified as Ghislaine's eldest sibling. His tragic car accident and subsequent coma are described as having "transformed young Ghislaine’s formative years."
The document states Ghislaine was born "to the marriage of Robert and Elisabeth Maxwell."
Key Quotes (1)
"Mummy, I exist."Source
— Ghislaine Maxwell
(Said by Ghislaine at age three to her mother, Elisabeth Maxwell, during a period when she had become anorexic and was not receiving much attention.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 663 Filed 06/15/22 Page 10 of 77
GHISLAINE’S PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND CHARACTERISTICS ⁹
Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell was born on December 25, 1961, in Maisons Laffitte, France, the last child born to the marriage of Robert and Elisabeth Maxwell. She is youngest of nine siblings. A sister died of childhood leukemia years before Ghislaine was born. Two days following Ghislaine’s birth, her eldest sibling, Michael, was seriously and permanently injured in a car accident. He remained in a coma on and then off life support for the next seven years.
Family Tragedy and Controversy¹⁰
The tragedy caused by Michael’s accident and coma disrupted the equilibrium of the Maxwell family and transformed young Ghislaine’s formative years. Ghislaine was hardly given a glance and became anorexic while still a toddler. At age three, she stood in front of her mother and said simply, “Mummy, I exist.” On doctor’s orders exactly a year after Michael’s accident, her mother went on a long tour of India and Australia, leaving infant Ghislaine and her siblings not already in boarding school at home in the care of a nanny.
With Robert Maxwell’s publishing company growing and his political career launched, the Maxwell home was filled with prominent guests and ongoing entertaining. As the children grew, they took part in the hosting of guests, having been instructed by their parents to be attentive to the needs of the guests. Despite Mr. Maxwell’s professed love for his children, his relationship with them began to change soon after he became a Member of Parliament. He stopped living at home regularly, essentially seeing the children only on Sunday, leaving little normal daily contact between father and child to counterbalance the peaks of crisis and drama he created in the family. Even on those Sundays there was an inevitable contingent of authors and businesspeople in whose
⁹ The following discussion amplifies information contained in the PSR at ¶¶134–178.
¹⁰ This section is corroborated by the autobiography of Ghislaine’s mother, Elisabeth Maxwell: A Mind of My Own (Harper Collins 1994).
¹⁰ This section is corroborated by the autobiography of Ghislaine’s mother, Elisabeth Maxwell: A Mind of My Own (Harper Collins 1994).
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