Ghislaine Maxwell's family had no idea she was married to a startup executive until she was already in jail, her brother says
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- Ghislaine Maxwell revealed in December 2020 that she was married to tech government Scott Borgerson.
- Her household had no concept concerning the relationship, her brother Ian Maxwell advised Insider.
- It's unclear in the event that they're nonetheless a pair whereas she's in jail awaiting trial on sex-trafficking costs.
Ghislaine Maxwell's household was as stunned as everybody else to study she was married to tech government Scott Borgerson, her brother advised Insider.
In December 2020, Maxwell's attorneys filed a bail application asking that she be let loose of jail forward of her trial for sex-trafficking expenses.
The prolonged doc included particulars of Maxwell's monetary and private life and confirmed what had previously been widely reported: that the previous Jeffrey Epstein pal was married to Scott Borgerson, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and former US Coast Guardsman.
"I can genuinely guarantee you that I used to be, and my siblings, have been actually stunned," Ghislaine's brother Ian Maxwell informed Insider in an interview. "We weren't terribly shocked, however we have been stunned to find that she had gotten married simply as the remainder of the world did at the exact same time."
As Insider's Becky Peterson reported, Borgerson and Maxwell's careers converged within the early 2010s as Maxwell reinvented herself as an ocean philanthropist and Borgerson constructed a profession in delivery analytics. The 2 additionally bonded over their love of present canine. And as journalists tried to seek out Maxwell following Epstein's 2019 suicide and within the months main as much as her arrest, Borgerson initiated additional safety measures to ward them off.
Maxwell's bail software - which was finally denied - included a letter from Borgerson that was closely redacted in a model made out there to the general public. Borgerson wrote that Ghislaine Maxwell is "an exquisite and loving individual" and that he was "praying for Epstein's victims."
Prosecutors have accused Maxwell of sexually abusing younger ladies, trafficking younger them in live performance with Epstein, and mendacity about her actions in a deposition introduced from an accuser in a civil lawsuit. Maxwell has pleaded not responsible to the fees and is scheduled to go to trial in November.
Ian Maxwell stated he believes his sister's relationship with Epstein has been overblown, that the Justice Division is prosecuting her only because of embarrassment over Epstein's suicide in prison, and that her defenders aren't talking up because they're afraid of being "canceled."
We don't know whether or not Maxwell and Borgerson are nonetheless collectively
Borgerson's present relationship standing with Maxwell stays unclear. Prosecutors said Maxwell told pretrial services that she was "within the means of divorcing her husband," although her defense attorneys argued she only said that to protect him.
Ian Maxwell advised Insider he doesn't know whether or not they're nonetheless an merchandise. He stated he believes Maxwell distanced herself from Borgerson and his two younger youngsters from a earlier marriage to refract the glare of media consideration.
"The youngsters need to go to high school. The daddy needs to get on with this enterprise," Maxwell stated. "She says, 'Look, I can't put you thru that; I'm simply going to have to put low for awhile.'"
Borgerson wasn't at a gathering the seven dwelling Maxwell siblings had in June 2019, which was held to honor what would have been their father's 96th birthday, Ian Maxwell stated.
And the siblings don't sometimes speak about private points whereas she's in jail, he stated, as a result of jail officers learn her letters.
"She doesn't write to me and say, 'Darling, how are you?'" Ian Maxwell stated. "The communications are by all her legal professionals."
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