Ghislaine Maxwell slams ‘fake’ smoking gun photo of Prince Andrew, sex slave

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For convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, denial isn’t a river coursing through Africa.

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The disgraced 61-year-old former socialite and heiress to a media empire gave her first TV interview to Jeremy Kyle’s U.K. TalkTV show.

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Among the highlights o Ghislaine Behind Bars is the longtime paramour and partner-in-crime of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein slamming the photo of herself, Prince Andrew and former sex slave Virginia Giuffre as a fake.

Maxwell is currently incarcerated at a women’s federal prison in northern Florida where she’s serving a 20-year sentence for trafficking young women and underage girls.

That photo, the socialite sniffed, has been doctored and she has no recollection of Andrew and Giuffre ever meeting.

“I have no memory of them meeting,” Maxwell said. “And I don’t think that picture is real. It is a fake. I don’t believe it is real for a second, in fact, I am sure it is not.”

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She added: “I don’t remember her in my home.”

Guiffre — nee Roberts — claims that she was sexually abused by the Duke of York on three different occasions. Including at Maxwell’s London townhouse.

“There is no original of that photo, [just] copies of copies and parts of it, according to some experts, looks like it has been photoshopped. I don’t remember her in my home,” Maxwell said.

Prince Andrew was a great prize pal for Maxwell and Epstein and the royal maintained close ties with the twisted financier even after he was jailed in Florida for underage prostitution.

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Epstein would die mysteriously in his New York jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Recent reports say Prince Andrew has apparently built a $10-million war chest to overturn his $20-million deal with Giuffre. His newfound money comes from the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth.

For Maxwell’s current predicament, she blames U.S. prison and justice officials for giving Epstein a soft deal on the prostitution beef.

As for the young women whose lives were shattered by Epstein and Maxwell’s predatory sexual antics, Maxwell says tough. Blame it on the system. Not me!

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“I say that Epstein died and they should take their disappointment and upset out on the authorities who allowed that to happen. And as I said, I hope they have some closure by the judicial process that took place,” Maxwell told Kyle.

She also believes that Epstein — who she reportedly hoped to marry — was murdered to keep him from spilling the beans about the wealthy and powerful men who sexually abused the young women he provided.

Lisa Bloom is one of the lawyers for Epstein’s victims. She called Maxwell’s comments “disgusting” regarding the red-hot photo but noted Andrew had “every right” to prove it was bogus.

[Epstein’s victims] are disgusted and offended every time Ghislaine Maxwell opens her mouth and has an opinion on something,” Bloom told Good Morning Britain.

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“How does she know anything about that photo? Of course, she would have never received an original of it — in court proceedings we work with photocopies. I can tell you that Prince Andrew, when there was an active case against him, had every right to get the original, to send it out for testing, to prove the point it was a fake … and it never happened.”

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Bloom added: “Instead he settled, reportedly for millions of dollars. And that’s where it’s going to end, it really doesn’t matter what Ghislaine Maxwell has to say about it.”

Maxwell reportedly plans to appeal her conviction and sentence.

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