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This document is a page from a court filing (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE) detailing the abusive childhood of Ghislaine Maxwell. It describes the psychological abuse inflicted by her father, Mr. Maxwell, during Sunday lunches, a specific instance of physical abuse involving a hammer when she was 13, the death of her brother Michael, and her being sent to boarding school at age 8.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ghislaine Maxwell | Subject/Defendant |
Described as a child victim of her father's abuse; sent to boarding school at age 8; injured by father at age 13.
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| Mr. Maxwell | Father (Robert Maxwell) |
Described as physically imposing, verbally abusive, and physically violent toward his children; employed corporal pun...
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| Michael Maxwell | Brother |
Died at age 23, one week after Ghislaine's 7th birthday.
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Timeline (4 events)
Historical (Ghislaine age 13)
Mr. Maxwell hit Ghislaine's hand with a hammer for tacking a poster to a wall.
Ghislaine's Bedroom
Historical (Ghislaine age 8)
Sundays (Historical/Childhood)
Sunday lunchtime ordeals where Mr. Maxwell would quiz and verbally abuse the children.
Family Home
Locations (2)
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School hours away from home where Ghislaine was sent at age 8.
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Location of Sunday lunches and the bedroom incident.
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Relationships (2)
Describes abusive parenting, corporal punishment (hammer incident), and sending her to boarding school.
Mentions Michael's death shortly after Ghislaine's 7th birthday.
Key Quotes (4)
"the 'Maxwellian Drama' would begin."Source
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"Mr. Maxwell, a man of large physical stature with a booming voice, would explode, threaten, and rant at the children until they were reduced to pulp."Source
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"This outraged her father, who took the hammer and banged on Ghislaine’s dominant hand, leaving it severely bruised and painful for weeks to come."Source
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"By age eight, Ghislaine was sent off to boarding school, at a time when it was uncommon for girls, let alone girls of primary school age, to be boarded."Source
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 663 Filed 06/15/22 Page 11 of 77
presence the children would, so to speak, be put on trial, and the “Maxwellian Drama” would
begin.
begin.
The ordeal occurred every Sunday at lunchtime. The conversation would start normally,
until Mr. Maxwell selected one child to answer his questions on a particular topic in accordance
with the rules of life he has encapsulated into mnemonics and drilled into them, e.g., the 3Cs
(Concentration, Consideration and Conciseness) or WWWH (What? Why? When? and How?). If
the child stumbled, didn’t speak on point, or gave a wrong answer, Mr. Maxwell would demand
them to answer which of the principles they had forgotten to apply and the reason for that failure.
The dressing down was always painful in the extreme with everyone around the table feeling
uncomfortable. Mr. Maxwell, a man of large physical stature with a booming voice, would
explode, threaten, and rant at the children until they were reduced to pulp. Mr. Maxwell was
relentless, with children ending up in tears, punishments being doled out, and the whole family in
utter distress.
until Mr. Maxwell selected one child to answer his questions on a particular topic in accordance
with the rules of life he has encapsulated into mnemonics and drilled into them, e.g., the 3Cs
(Concentration, Consideration and Conciseness) or WWWH (What? Why? When? and How?). If
the child stumbled, didn’t speak on point, or gave a wrong answer, Mr. Maxwell would demand
them to answer which of the principles they had forgotten to apply and the reason for that failure.
The dressing down was always painful in the extreme with everyone around the table feeling
uncomfortable. Mr. Maxwell, a man of large physical stature with a booming voice, would
explode, threaten, and rant at the children until they were reduced to pulp. Mr. Maxwell was
relentless, with children ending up in tears, punishments being doled out, and the whole family in
utter distress.
Mr. Maxwell employed corporal punishment on his children. Ghislaine vividly recalls a
time when, at age 13, she tacked a poster of a pony on the newly painted wall of her bedroom.
Rather than mar the paint with tape, she carefully hammered a thin tack to mount the poster. This
outraged her father, who took the hammer and banged on Ghislaine’s dominant hand, leaving it
severely bruised and painful for weeks to come.
time when, at age 13, she tacked a poster of a pony on the newly painted wall of her bedroom.
Rather than mar the paint with tape, she carefully hammered a thin tack to mount the poster. This
outraged her father, who took the hammer and banged on Ghislaine’s dominant hand, leaving it
severely bruised and painful for weeks to come.
Out of the Home and Off to Boarding School
Within a week after Ghislaine’s seventh birthday, Michael, then 23 years old, died, further
disrupting the family. By age eight, Ghislaine was sent off to boarding school, at a time when it
was uncommon for girls, let alone girls of primary school age, to be boarded. The school was hours
away from home, and she returned only during school holidays and at the end of the school year.
disrupting the family. By age eight, Ghislaine was sent off to boarding school, at a time when it
was uncommon for girls, let alone girls of primary school age, to be boarded. The school was hours
away from home, and she returned only during school holidays and at the end of the school year.
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