Ghislaine Maxwell received an honor at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2013 and attended as a guest of merit, credited for ocean conservation work. The invitation followed earlier sexual abuse accusations and came despite a prior recommendation from Bill Clinton's staff to ban her from official events after a top aide instructed CGI staff to remove her from Clinton-related lists. Virginia Roberts Giuffre alleged in a 2009 lawsuit that Maxwell recruited, groomed and participated in her sexual abuse. Maxwell was subpoenaed to testify in that suit while leaving a CGI event and later attended Chelsea Clinton's 2010 wedding. Clinton representatives said staff approved more than 600 complimentary tickets.
Ghislaine Maxwell was honored by the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in 2013, four years after sexual abuse accusations against her emerged and two years after the former president Bill Clinton's staff recommended banning her from official events, CNN has reported. Maxwell who in 2022 was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking and related crimes attended the CGI conference as a guest of merit, where she was applauded for her work on ocean conservation alongside other Commitment to Action leaders, according to the network.
That is because a top Clinton aide, Doug Band, had instructed CGI staff to remove Ghislaine, from all lists for Clinton-related events, as CNN put it. The conference invite came four years after Jeffrey Epstein's accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre claimed in a 2009 lawsuit against Epstein that Maxwell had recruited and groomed her for as well as participated in her sexual abuse. And the claims had already surfaced in press reports.
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