Who Is Ghislaine Maxwell, The British Socialite Who Allegedly Helped Run Jeffrey Epstein's Sex Ring?

Though it's unclear how they first met, Maxwell reportedly dated Epstein for a short time before they became close friends. A 2002 profile of Epstein quoted society journalist David Patrick Columbia, who had been following the pair, "It’s a mysterious relationship that they have. In one way, they are soul mates, yet they are hardly companions anymore. It’s a nice conventional relationship, where they serve each other’s purposes." A little too on the nose, looking back.