Ghislaine Maxwell's Family Fears for Her Safety After Questions Spark Over Mysterious Death of Jeffrey Epstein's Friend in Prison

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Ghislaine Maxwell's sisters Isabelle (C) and Christina (L) and her brother Kevin (R) leave the Thurgood Marshall Federal Court House in lower Manhattan after British socialite Ghislaine was found guilty of recruiting and grooming young girls to be sexually abused by the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein, on December 29, 2021 in New York. - Maxwell, who turned 60 on Christmas Day, was convicted by a 12-person jury of five of the six counts she was facing including the most serious charge of sex trafficking a minor. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP)

In the aftermath of Jean-Luc Brunel's death, Ghislaine Maxwell's family has expressed concern for her safety.

Brunel was discovered dead in his Parisian jail cell on Saturday, reportedly introduced by Maxwell to wealthy pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The 76-year-old man was charged with rape and was awaiting a trial when he died. He was suspected of assisting billionaire buddy Epstein in sexually trafficking young females. Epstein, 66, committed suicide in his New York jail cell in August 2019 before facing charges, according to Mirror.

Ghislaine Maxwell's Brother Fears For Her Safety

Maxwell, a British socialite, was found guilty of sex trafficking and conspiracy late last year and faces a sentence of 65 years in jail. Her family is now afraid for her safety following the second suicide attempt.

"It's pretty upsetting," said Ian Maxwell, one of Ghislaine's siblings, to the New York Post. He went on to explain that he is concerned for her safety in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where she is being kept.

Maxwell was convicted on December 29 of recruiting and grooming adolescent females for sexual encounters with Epstein. She was then placed in a room in the jail with a psychiatrist and two other people, one of whom was a guard, and everything was videotaped.

Ghislaine was judged a suicide risk, Ian alleged, despite a psychiatrist's opinion to the contrary, and is awakened up every 15 minutes at night. Ian also stated that his younger sister was not suicidal and that he found it "ironic" that both Epstein and Brunel committed suicide while not on suicide watch.

Brunel was facing charges of raping youngsters and was linked to the sex abuse case involving Harvey Weinstein and Prince Andrew. Virginia Roberts Giuffre told attorneys she was forced to sleep with the Duke of York after being trafficked to him at least three times between the ages of 17 and 18. Ms. Giuffre and Prince Andrew have now reached a legal settlement for an estimated $16 million.

Jeffrey Epstein's pal Reportedly Hung Himself

Brunel, who is said to have been a major member of Epstein's inner circle, was not on suicide watch at the time and had no cameras in his cell at Paris' La Santé prison. Despite this, after being sectioned at the renowned prison, which is one of the hardest in France, the alleged paedo was said to have been under near continual surveillance by patrols.

While video monitoring is ubiquitous in the halls and entrances of French prisons, the great majority of cells are not. This is to maintain some level of privacy while also ensuring that European human rights legislation is not broken. Brunel allegedly discovered a time gap between patrols and hanged himself, evading punishment after being accused of human trafficking and rape.

Brunel was sure to take many of Epstein's secrets, including his heinous "sexual pyramid scheme" ring, to his grave. His death was eerily similar to that of Epstein, who committed suicide in his New York cell in August 2019 - and was not caught on camera. Two of the cameras in front of his cell failed that night while a third camera caught "unusable" film, The Sun reported.

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