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Ghislaine Maxwell’s “Secret Client List”— Revealed!
Ever since Ghislaine Maxwell got sent-up to FCI Danbury for 20 years for her role in enticing minors and child sex trafficking with Jeffrey Epstein, social media has been abuzz with a new conspiracy — Ghislaine’s “Secret Client List,” which is purported (by online conspiracy theorists) to have been withheld from public view for whatever reason. Several media outlets have since jumped on the bandwagon, reporting its existence and questioning its whereabouts. Even Elon Musk is tweeting about it.
History of Ghislaine’s “Secret Client List”
I hate to be a buzzkill, but Ghislaine Maxwell’s “Secret Client List” has never been a secret at all. In fact, it’s not even a “client list” per se. Previously, it was known as Jeffrey Epstein’s Little Black Book — a 97-page contact directory Maxwell and Epstein each had copies of, that was stolen by a former butler who was later arrested by an undercover FBI agent when he tried to sell it.
The directory contains nearly 2,000 names — a veritable Who Who’s of the world’s rich and powerful, including heads of state, celebrities and CEOs — with complete contact information including home phone numbers, cell numbers, office numbers, fax numbers, email addresses and physical addresses for each. But it also contains contact information for family members and businesses and services they used regularly, like car services, chefs, restaurants, hotels and more.
A redacted version of the directory (with all contact information blacked out) was originally released (as Epstein’s Little Black Book,) back in 2015 by Gawker. Sorry to burst your conspiracy bubble, guys, but that’s all Ghislaine’s “Secret Client List” is — merely her copy of the same 97-page contact directory containing “nearly 2,000 names.” Wah, wah, wahhhh…
Epstein’s Little Black Book became Ghislaine’s “Secret Client List” sometime around December 2021 after news media outlets began reporting, “Maxwell’s defense attorneys came to an agreement with prosecutors not to release the 97-page directory to the public,” ( — The Independent, et al). Because…
