This morning in court, Ghislaine Maxwell looked anything but unhealthy. She was glowing and relaxed. I was prepared for a shock, but the shock I got was different from the one I’d expected.
Maxwell wasn’t wearing prison garb or handcuffs, but instead a black turtleneck sweater and gray pants. Her hair was completely black and shoulder-length—the same style she wore when her father Robert Maxwell died thirty years ago.
Maxwell smiled when she walked into the courtroom. She chatted amiably with her attorneys. At one point, one of her attorneys, Jeffrey Pagliuca, reached out and brushed her bangs off her forehead. Bobbi Sternheim, another of her lawyers, rubbed her shoulder.
We’ve read news of late from Maxwell’s camp alleging “inhumane” treatment at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center, but, in person today, Maxwell didn’t look malnourished. She looked young and well.
When she walked into the courthouse, I thought, “Wow—she looks the same as always” but then realized: no, she actually looks better than she did about five years ago.
After 15 months in jail, Maxwell is finally facing trial. This week, the pool of 600 potential jurors will begin being whittled down to the eventual 12 jurors and 6 alternates who will hear opening arguments when they start on Nov 29. Stay tuned for more.
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