Ghislaine Maxwell, the daughter of the late disgraced press baron Robert Maxwell, has sold her townhouse at 116 E. 65th St. for $15 million. It was asking $18.99 million last year.
Maxwell is best known for her friendship with Prince Andrew and her convicted sex offender ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein — and for her role as an alleged “madam” who procured underage girls for these men of privilege. Maxwell has denied all allegations of wrongdoing.
A lawyer with links to Epstein reportedly bought the townhouse for Maxwell, who has allegedly never earned enough or inherited enough to make the purchase on her own. After Maxwell’s father drowned falling off his yacht, Lady Ghislaine, media reports outed a massive criminal enterprise: He had stolen pension funds from his companies in part to pay for his own over-the-top lifestyle, outraging working people on both sides of the pond.
The five-story Beaux Arts-style townhouse that is allegedly Ghislaine’s is approximately 7,000 square feet and comes with eight woodburning fireplaces and a four-person elevator, plus a fully finished basement.
There’s also a chef’s kitchen, a media room/library with exposed brick, a built-in projector and surround sound, along with a home office that opens onto the landscaped garden. Ghislaine hosted many a party here. There’s also a servants’ entrance, central air and room to build a 1,000-square-foot addition with an additional floor or a roof deck.
Broker Shari Scharfer Rollins, of Douglas Elliman, did not return calls.