Ghislaine Maxwell’s Shockingly Horrible Personal Hygiene Revealed

Once photographed stepping off private jets and mingling with billionaires, Ghislaine Maxwell is now the subject of a very different kind of headline.

A former federal inmate says the convicted sex trafficker was known behind bars for something far less glamorous than her former jet-set lifestyle: what she described as “horrible personal hygiene.”

The woman, who claims she was housed with Maxwell at FCI Tallahassee in Florida from 2023 through 2025, spoke anonymously while still in federal custody. Her account paints a picture that sharply contrasts with Maxwell’s once carefully polished public image.

“She has horrible personal hygiene,” the inmate alleged. “She would shower once or twice a week. That’s it.”

Maxwell, the longtime associate and former girlfriend of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, was sentenced in 2022 to 20 years in federal prison for sex trafficking underage girls. Prosecutors said she helped recruit and groom victims for Epstein and his wealthy circle.

Epstein was arrested in 2019 on similar charges. He was found dead in his New York jail cell one month later. His death was ruled a suicide.

Since her conviction, Maxwell has been serving time in the federal prison system, first at FCI Tallahassee before being transferred in August 2025 to the minimum-security Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas.

But according to the former Tallahassee inmate, daily life there was tense — and often unpleasant.

“She worked out a lot. She jogged around the yard,” the inmate claimed. “But she wouldn’t shower after. She always had BO. It smelled like armpits.”

The woman said Maxwell had regular access to showers but chose not to use them frequently, despite Florida’s heat and humidity.

In federal prison slang, certain crimes carry heavy stigma. According to the former inmate, Maxwell was branded with one of the harshest labels.

“They called her a ‘chomo,’” the inmate said, referring to slang for child molester. “There’s no respect for that.”

While the term is common in prison culture for those convicted of crimes against minors, the inmate emphasized that Maxwell was largely left alone physically.

“No one’s trying to catch an extra charge over her,” she explained.

That hesitation, she said, had less to do with sympathy and more to do with survival.

“The hole is very hard living,” the inmate said, referring to the Special Housing Unit. “You’re locked down 24 hours. No yard. Cold food. Months like that.”

“It’s just not worth it,” she added.

In August 2025, Maxwell was moved to FPC Bryan in Texas, a minimum-security, women-only facility often nicknamed “Club Fed” because of its comparatively relaxed conditions.

The transfer followed a meeting with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Before that move, Maxwell’s family publicly voiced concern about her safety. Her brother, Ian Maxwell, said she feared for her life while in Tallahassee.

“Prisons are very dangerous places,” he said at the time. “She has real concerns.”

He cited staff shortages and the presence of higher-risk inmates as contributing factors.

Maxwell herself reportedly told Blanche that she does not believe Epstein died by suicide, despite the official ruling.

“I do not believe he died by suicide, no,” she said during their discussion, according to reports. She did not elaborate on who she believed might be responsible.

Maxwell’s legal team has continued to fight her conviction through appeals, arguing that she was unfairly targeted and that procedural errors tainted her trial. Federal prosecutors have maintained that the jury’s verdict was clear and supported by extensive evidence and victim testimony.

In the meantime, her name remains synonymous with one of the most explosive sex trafficking scandals in modern American history.

Now, years after her sentencing, the former British socialite who once navigated elite Manhattan circles is navigating prison politics instead.

And if the former inmate’s claims are accurate, even basic daily routines have become part of the controversy surrounding her life behind bars.