America is transfixed by the ‘trial of the century’, as the details revealed by those accusing Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking and exploitation offer a rare insight into the secretive inner world populated by the upper echelons of American society

The daughter of a controversial media mogul, Ghislaine Maxwell lived life at a rarefied level, mixing with some of the wealthiest and most influential people on earth. Now she stands accused of acting as the right-hand woman of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, in a trial that opens tomorrow in Manhattan