Ghislaine Maxwell was being guarded by British military vets while hiding out in a secluded New Hampshire estate, according to reports.
Court papers filed by prosecutors in Manhattan said one of Maxwell’s brothers hired a security company staffed by British ex-soldiers to keep her safe in the 4,300-square-foot mansion on 156 acres in Bradford, where she was arrested earlier this month, the Times of London reported.
“The FBI spoke with the security guard, who informed the agents that the defendant’s brother had hired a security company staffed with former members of the British military to guard the defendant in rotations,” the court papers said, according to the outlet.
“The defendant provided on to the guards with a credit card in the same name as the limited liability corporation that had purchased the New Hampshire property in cash,” the papers said. “The guard informed the FBI that the defendant had not left the property during his time working there and that instead, the guard was sent to make purchases for the property using the credit card.”
It was unclear which one of Maxwell’s three brothers hired the company, but it is believed to be either Kevin, 61, or Ian, 64. However, the socialite’s oldest brother, Philip, 71, had developed contacts in the security industry after setting up the Combating Jihadist Terrorism think tank in 2018.
Maxwell, 58, is accused of recruiting young girls for millionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, who committed suicide in a New York prison in August while awaiting trial.
Maxwell was ordered held without bail Tuesday.