Ghislaine Maxwell’s Brother: They Lost Epstein on Their Watch and They’re Taking It out on My Sister

REPORTER voice over Ghislaine ░░░░░░░░ s brother speaking out ░░░░░░░░ sister behind bars awaiting ░░░░░░░░ after pleading not guilty ░░░░░░░░ charges she allegedly helped ░░░░░░░░ offender Jeffrey Epstein recruit ░░░░░░░░ groom underaged victims in ░░░░░░░░ 90s REPORTER on camera ░░░░░░░░ you see why there ░░░░░░░░ be little public sympathy ░░░░░░░░ her MAXWELL I think ░░░░░░░░ s being whipped up ░░░░░░░░ by a lynch mob ░░░░░░░░ performance I m not ░░░░░░░░ the seriousness of the ░░░░░░░░ but my sister is ░░░░░░░░ for her life and ░░░░░░░░ s pretty serious too ░░░░░░░░ voice over Maxwell became ░░░░░░░░ fixture on the New ░░░░░░░░ social scene in the ░░░░░░░░ after the death of ░░░░░░░░ father disgraced media mogul ░░░░░░░░ Maxwell She turned heads ░░░░░░░░ her relationship with the ░░░░░░░░ fancier Jeffrey Epstein MAXWELL ░░░░░░░░ know my father was ░░░░░░░░ prominent an extraordinary well ░░░░░░░░ man in his own ░░░░░░░░ So she had grown ░░░░░░░░ in that world and ░░░░░░░░ you know able to ░░░░░░░░ in it very freely ░░░░░░░░ on camera You knew ░░░░░░░░ her friendship with Jeffrey ░░░░░░░░ I only met him ░░░░░░░░ at a party I ░░░░░░░░ no knowledge of their ░░░░░░░░ or the life in ░░░░░░░░ great detail REPORTER voice ░░░░░░░░ Ian Maxwell says he ░░░░░░░░ saw his sister in ░░░░░░░░ of 2019 when all ░░░░░░░░ Maxwell children were together ░░░░░░░░ London as seen in ░░░░░░░░ photo provided to ABC ░░░░░░░░ It was just a ░░░░░░░░ before Epstein s surprise ░░░░░░░░ STEPHANOPOLOUS A wealthy financier ░░░░░░░░ Epstein REPORTER was arrested ░░░░░░░░ for alleged sex trafficking ░░░░░░░░ girls REPORTER on camera ░░░░░░░░ guys had no idea ░░░░░░░░ what was coming crosstalk ░░░░░░░░ No idea it was ░░░░░░░░ We were getting on ░░░░░░░░ our own lives and ░░░░░░░░ bang REPORTER voice over ░░░░░░░░ the Epstein story breaks ░░░░░░░░ enforcement also investigates his ░░░░░░░░ co conspirators including Maxwell ░░░░░░░░ a shocking turn of ░░░░░░░░ REPORTER We are coming ░░░░░░░░ the air with breaking ░░░░░░░░ REPORTER Sex trafficker Jeffrey ░░░░░░░░ s death in federal ░░░░░░░░ REPORTER Died from suicide ░░░░░░░░ hanging REPORTER Getting retreating ░░░░░░░░ the public eye for ░░░░░░░░ MAXWELL She s married ░░░░░░░░ a husband and two ░░░░░░░░ children She was simply ░░░░░░░░ to protect her family ░░░░░░░░ was not running away ░░░░░░░░ law enforcement REPORTER Ghislaine ░░░░░░░░ ex girlfriend of Jeffrey ░░░░░░░░ tonight under arrest REPORTER ░░░░░░░░ this 156 acre property ░░░░░░░░ away that she bought ░░░░░░░░ more than 1 million ░░░░░░░░ Ghislaine was arrested in ░░░░░░░░ dramatic FBI investigation accused ░░░░░░░░ grooming three of Epstein ░░░░░░░░ underaged victims knowing he ░░░░░░░░ to sexually abuse them ░░░░░░░░ alleged misconduct going back ░░░░░░░░ decades MAXWELL Suddenly he ░░░░░░░░ and they ve got ░░░░░░░░ really serious problem They ░░░░░░░░ got the victims of ░░░░░░░░ the prime target and ░░░░░░░░ to question them It ░░░░░░░░ to me inescapable that ░░░░░░░░ authorities decided they had ░░░░░░░░ do something about it ░░░░░░░░ In court documents the ░░░░░░░░ says Maxwell had an ░░░░░░░░ role in sexual exploitation ░░░░░░░░ cause deep and lasting ░░░░░░░░ Ghislaine is now spending ░░░░░░░░ ninth month behind bars ░░░░░░░░ first two bail requests ░░░░░░░░ been denied OSCAR MARKUS ░░░░░░░░ Maxwell is presumed innocent ░░░░░░░░ yet we re treating ░░░░░░░░ as she is guilty ░░░░░░░░ though she s been ░░░░░░░░ MAXWELL She s lost ░░░░░░░░ pounds She s losing ░░░░░░░░ hair She can t ░░░░░░░░ She has a flashlight ░░░░░░░░ in her cell every ░░░░░░░░ minutes during the night ░░░░░░░░ so she has no ░░░░░░░░ of any real quality ░░░░░░░░ is torture Why is ░░░░░░░░ Maxwell being treated differently ░░░░░░░░ s a patsy for ░░░░░░░░ is the answer whom ░░░░░░░░ lost on their watch ░░░░░░░░ they re taking it ░░░░░░░░ on my sister Damn ░░░░░░░░ that’s wrong.”