New Ghislaine Maxwell docs: There’s more info about her and Prince Andrew

The unsealing of Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2016 deposition once again placed Prince Andrew in the center of questions that have followed both of them for years. The transcript laid out Maxwell’s answers on emails, phone calls, and her claimed lack of knowledge about anything improper involving the prince, while the public continued to examine how those answers fit with later court records and document releases.

Redacted name

One stretch of the deposition drew particular attention because the recipient of an email from Maxwell was blacked out. She confirmed she had written “Have some info. Call me when you have a moment.” When pressed on whether the follow-up call concerned Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Maxwell said she could not recall the details. Another message in the thread asked to schedule a talk about Giuffre specifically. Maxwell eventually stated that she remembered speaking with the redacted person about “what a liar she is.” She also said she had never seen that person interact with minors in a sexual manner. Maxwell denied giving a puppet resembling the redacted individual or knowing of its use in games, and she called Giuffre’s account of events in a bathtub “ludicrous” because of the tub’s size.

Prince Andrew’s response

Prince Andrew has maintained that he never met Giuffre in the way she described. A photograph taken in London in 2001 shows him with his arm around her while Maxwell stands nearby, an image Giuffre has said was taken after she was directed to have sex with him. He has denied that claim. In 2021 Giuffre filed a civil suit against him; the case settled in February 2022 with no admission of liability. He stepped back from public duties afterward. Later reporting placed the settlement amount in the region of twelve million pounds, with some of the funds coming from royal family loans.

Maxwell and Epstein

When asked whether she had been Epstein’s girlfriend, Maxwell called it a “tricky question” and said there were times she would have liked to think of herself that way. She denied ever seeing any sexual activity involving minors and denied taking part in any such activity herself. Those answers stayed on record from the 2016 deposition. In December 2021 a jury convicted Maxwell on five of six counts that included sex trafficking of a minor. She received a twenty-year sentence in June 2022 along with five years of supervised release and a $750,000 fine.

Wanting the documents sealed

Maxwell’s legal team argued that releasing the deposition would damage her chance of a fair trial. The judge rejected that position and ordered the transcript unsealed. The trial proceeded on schedule. Maxwell was convicted in late 2021 and sentenced the following year. Further batches of Epstein-related files have continued to surface, including material released in 2024 through 2026.

Recent Epstein File Releases

Additional documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act added context that was not part of the 2016 deposition coverage. Among them were 2001 emails from a sender identified only as “A” or “Invisible Man,” widely reported as Prince Andrew, asking Maxwell about “new inappropriate friends” while he was at Balmoral. A 2015 draft statement prepared by Maxwell also referenced the Giuffre photograph with Andrew. These later releases gave readers a longer timeline of exchanges than the single deposition transcript could provide.

Virginia Giuffre’s Lawsuit and Settlement

Giuffre’s 2021 civil suit against Prince Andrew ended with the February 2022 settlement. The agreement carried no admission of wrongdoing. Coverage at the time and in later reporting placed the payment near twelve million pounds, with royal family assistance noted in some accounts. Giuffre died by suicide in 2025; her memoir appeared posthumously and included further recollections of her time with Epstein and Maxwell.

Maxwell’s Current Status and Appeals

Maxwell has remained in federal custody since her sentencing. Appeals, including a petition to the Supreme Court, were exhausted by late 2025. In August 2025 she was moved to the minimum-security Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas, where she continues to serve the twenty-year term.

Prince Andrew’s Post-Interview Developments

The 2019 BBC interview left Prince Andrew largely withdrawn from official appearances. After the 2022 settlement he kept a lower profile, with further adjustments to titles and living arrangements reported in 2025. He has continued to deny the allegations made against him.

Years after the deposition was first made public, the record now includes Maxwell’s conviction, the civil resolution with Giuffre, and additional correspondence that surfaced in later file releases. Those pieces together give a clearer, if still incomplete, picture of the connections that were examined in the original transcript.