Mega Edition: Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell And The Rotating Origin Story (10/28/26)

The Vault: The Epstein Files · Oct 28, 2026 · 51m · transcript

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell appear to have met in New York in 1991 through mutual friends, although the precise details have shifted depending on the source and Maxwell’s own retellings. In a 2016 deposition, Maxwell said they were introduced by a mutual friend, and in a later Justice Department interview she gave a more detailed version: an American girlfriend suggested she meet Epstein after Maxwell had ended a long-term relationship, telling her Epstein was looking for a wife. Maxwell said she went to Epstein’s Madison Avenue office for tea and found him intelligent and engaging…