An Exclusive First Look at Chasing Ghislaine
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Ahead of Ghislaine Maxwell's trial, investigative journalist and Town & Country contributor Vicky Ward is releasing her previously off-the-record conversations with Jeffrey Epstein in a three-part docuseries called Chasing Ghislaine. The program, which is executive produced by author James Patterson, will premiere later this month on discovery+ and promises to be "an in-depth and revelatory look at the woman who is accused of sharing a twisted and chilling partnership with Epstein."
"I think that there's so much that we don't know about this man. You have to remember that until the Miami Herald did their series, most people didn't know who Jeffrey Epstein was," Ward tells Town & Country. "It was only really by the time that he was arrested, and that he then died in very strange circumstances, that he was becoming a household name in America. The person who was strangely absent from this whole horrific story was him. We've heard the awful stories from some of the survivors, but we haven't heard his voice."
His voice, Ward says, is key to understanding how Epstein charmed the wealthy and the powerful, and his methods of manipulation. "What the transcripts really show in a way that nothing else can, is how incredibly manipulative he was. He had what I call a three-prong strategy: he would charm, control, and then con," she says.
And while the tapes are an integral part of the program, the real focus of the narrative is on Maxwell, and how she introduced Epstein to a network of rich and powerful men. "She introduced him to a world of male enablers. One of the points that I hope the documentary series really makes, is that those guys are still out there, and that the power structures that enabled all of this, the money guys who propped Jeffrey Epstein up, are very much still out there," Ward says.
Chasing Ghislaine will premiere just days before Maxwell's trial is set to commence in New York on November 29. She is facing multiple criminal charges related to sex trafficking and the abuse of young women and girls, and has been denied bail several times. She has pleaded not guilty.
"With Chasing Ghislaine, we are able to bring our viewers a comprehensive deep dive into one of the most globally divisive figures in this case, Ghislaine Maxwell, just as her trial begins in the U.S.," Jason Sarlanis, Discovery's President of Crime and Investigative Content, said in a statement.
"The heartbreaking reality of the Jeffrey Epstein case is that it’s about so much more than Epstein’s gross abuse of his wealth, stature, and connections—it's a larger picture of the disturbing nature of male power and the way in which some people will do everything they can to protect and satiate men in that position."
Chasing Ghislaine will debut on discovery+ on November 22, and then air on ID December 3 at 8 p.m. Watch the first trailer above.
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