The new Peacock documentary Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell delves into the life of the disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged former madam of the late billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The documentary, which is available now on NBC’s streaming service, looks at never-before-seen documents and new information regarding Maxwell’s alleged involvement in the “enticement of minors, sex trafficking of children and perjury,” per charges of her July 2020 arrest. E! News reported that Maxwell, 59, has plead not guilty to six-count indictment against her in Epstein’s sexual abuse case, and she is currently in prison awaiting trial, which is set to begin on July 12.

Maxwell’s father was the late British media proprietor Robert Maxwell, was multimillionaire financier Epstein’s confidante. Epstein died in an apparent suicide while awaiting trial for federal sex trafficking charges in August of 2019. In one clip from the documentary, Maxwell’s “Oxford contemporary” and writer Anna Pasternak laid out the “many parallels” between Maxwell’s father and Epstein.

“Did [Robert] Maxwell jump off the back of the boat in the Canary Islands, or was he murdered? Did Epstein hang himself in a New York prison, or was he murdered?” Pasternak questioned. “It’s actually quite creepy the similarities between them both. There’s something very sinister about both stories.”

Sources have said that Epstein’s death put “the fear of God” into Maxwell, as whether or not she believed he was murdered, she knew that she was then the prime target for investigators.

“She has to be afraid because she’s, like, the next in line of succession,” said one expert. “It’s all sort of shifted to her.”

Other insiders said that Maxwell “had to disappear” after Epstein’s death because of the Virginia Roberts Giuffre defamation case documents that were made public in May 2016.

“That’s when this whole scheme unraveled,” a source explained. “It was large-scale sex trafficking, and her name was now associated with it.”

A press release states that the new docuseries looks at the “complicated and mysterious life” of Maxwell.

“Ghislaine Maxwell, who was once the heiress to the Maxwell fortune but whose life takes a sordid downturn when she meets Jeffrey Epstein, the serial sex offender,” the official statement added. “This investigative series will reveal a complicated story of power, sex, and money, which leads to Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrest awaiting trial in November 2021.”

Check out a trailer for the documentary series below.

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