Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend was photographed jogging in the yard at the federal prison in Florida where she is serving 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the 60-year-old British socialite whose complaints about “inhumane” treatment in prison have become legendary, is also doing pilates and yoga as she prepares for an appeal of her conviction, her attorney told the New York Post’s Page Six.
“She looked great, she really did,” said attorney Arthur Aidala, whose client won’t actually be at the March 12 hearing. “Typically my clients who are incarcerated for an extended period gain a lot of weight … their diet in prison is primary carbohydrates.”
Aidala said Maxwell was running a half-marathon put on at the Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee. “One of the warden’s jobs is to make it livable,” he said.
But Aidala was quick to reassure Page Six readers that prison was not comfortable.
“Even as a visitor, going to prison is terrifying,” said Aidala, who added that the federal Florida facility is “very different than going to Rikers Island or Brooklyn House of Detention.
“It’s isolated, there’s barbed wire everywhere you can see,” he said. “It’s very quiet, and you know you’re not leaving.”
Aidala said his wealthy client is passing her time by helping less fortunate inmate, especially those who don’t speak English.
Maxwell was convicted of procuring girls for convicted pedophile Epstein, who committed suicide in jail rather face even harsher charges, and his wealthy friends, as CrimeOnline reported. She is reportedly writing a “memoir” to clear her name.
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[Featured image: Ghislaine Maxwell/US Department of Justice]
