Ghislaine Maxwell is “obsessed” with playing softball – as she prepares to keep herself busy at the Florida prison she will call home for the next two decades.
The disgraced British socialite, 60, enjoys the sport so much that she has started playing competitive games representing her prison wing.
Inmates have now dubbed the child sex trafficker Dottie after the character in the baseball film A League of Their Own.
Lockdown conditions at Florida’s Tallahassee prison, where Maxwell is serving 20 years, were recently eased, giving the scammers more recovery time.
Inmates have now dubbed the child sex trafficker Dottie, played by Geena Davis after the character in the baseball film A League of Their Own
Ghislaine Maxwell once attended the most lavish events and socialized with the likes of Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton – but the disgraced British socialite now spends her time jogging in the mornings around the barbed wire fence of the Florida prison where she is serving 20 years of commerce with young girls for sex
A prison source told The Mirror: “Ghislaine is very popular with the girls. She is very sociable.
“She immediately started mingling with others participating in all sorts of activities. One day she almost won the Musical Chairs and came up with the last two.
“But it’s her love of softball that she seems to enjoy the most. Whenever there’s a game, Ghislaine wants to play. When she went to the field they called her Dottie. It sticks.’
Although she once attended the most lavish events and socialized with the likes of Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton, she is now a key player on her B-South unit’s softball team, beating bitter rivals A-South unit and another wing.
The 1992 film A League of Their Own stars Dottie Hinson played by Geena Davis.
The early ’90s classic, starring Tom Hanks, tells the true story of two sisters who join America’s first professional women’s baseball league.
Aerial photos show the prison, which features a running track, baseball field, and manicured lawn with trees and walkways
Maxwell, who has been criticized for complaining about prison conditions, has been allowed outside by prison officials and she spends about 40 minutes running on the four-lane track
When she’s not playing softball, Maxwell spends her mornings jogging behind the Florida prison’s barbed wire fence.
Maxwell, 60, dressed in a gray prison jersey and matching shorts, was pictured jogging slowly through the low-security courtyard of Tallahassee’s Federal Correctional Institute.
She will spend the next 20 years in the same barbed wire facility nurturing children so her lover Jeffrey Epstein could sexually abuse her hundreds of times over more than a decade.
Maxwell, who has been criticized for complaining about prison conditions, has been let outside by prison officials and she spends about 40 minutes running around the four-lane track.
A prison source told The Mirror: “Ghislaine is incredibly fit. She runs almost every day and when she’s not jogging on the track, she’s going for a walk with one of her friends.
Opened in August 1940, Danbury Federal Correctional Institution has held former inmates such as singer Lauryn Hill and reality TV star Teresa Giudice and is credited with being the inspiration for the Netflix show Orange is the New Black.
The disgraced socialite was convicted of playing a pivotal role in helping Epstein (pictured together), who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial, sexually abusing children hundreds of times over more than a decade and protecting vulnerable girls im age 14 to exploit
“She is incredibly active for her age, completing a 40 minute session lap after lap without stopping before needing to be back inside.
“She’s happy to be back outside where she has at least some semblance of freedom.”
Maxwell is likely to serve her entire 20-year sentence at the facility, which has a softball field and pristine gardens, as the federal prison has no parole. But she could potentially be fired a few years early for good behavior.
Maxwell complained during her trial about being placed in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, where she complained about the quality of the food and felt isolated.
The disgraced socialite has been convicted of playing a crucial role in helping Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial, of sexually abusing children hundreds of times over more than a decade and vulnerable girls aged 18-19 14 years to exploit.